Homes From The Heart

What Homes From The Heart does

Homes From The Heart is a small (1-10 employee) faith-based nonprofit founded in 2001 and headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri, that constructs disaster-resistant concrete homes for families living in poverty in El Salvador, Haiti, and Guatemala. Since 2001, the organization has built over 400 homes in El Salvador; since entering Haiti in 2010, it has built more than 230 homes; and it has been active in Guatemala since 2018. Per-home construction cost is approximately $3,685 in El Salvador and $5,000 in Haiti, achieved through a combination of volunteer labor, donated materials, and in-country partner logistics. Recent programmatic additions include solar panel installations on new homes, a community medical clinic, and food distribution, indicating a deliberate broadening of the beneficiary offering from shelter toward broader community development.

The organization's revenue model is donation-driven rather than commercial. Cash inflows are sourced from individual donors, U.S. church partnerships, corporate sponsorships, and foundation grants. The construction operation is delivered through a network of institutional partners including the Fuller Center for Housing, Catholic Relief Services, and Food for the Poor, which provide in-country logistics, beneficiary identification, and material sourcing. Geographic expansion has been incremental: Haiti added in 2010, Guatemala in 2018, and a deeper push into Mirebalais, Haiti in 2023. In April 2024 the Haiti program crossed a cumulative 200-home threshold. The organization does not disclose financials; headcount and program scale imply a small annual operating budget relative to larger international humanitarian NGOs.

Name

Homes From The Heart

Legal name

Homes from the Heart, Inc.

Website

https://homesfromtheheart.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2001

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Homes From The Heart is a Kansas City-based nonprofit founded in 2001 that builds disaster-resistant concrete homes for families in poverty across El Salvador, Haiti, and Guatemala, funded by donations and church, corporate, and foundation partners.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Humanitarian Housing Services

NAICS

Residential Building Construction (2361), Construction of Buildings (236), Poured Concrete Foundation and Structure Contractors (238110)

SIC

Services-To Dwellings & Other Buildings (7340)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYHSAPAEAH

Post-Disaster Whole-Home Rebuild (Fire/Water/Storm)

Home & Personal Services/Residential Renovation Services/Whole-Home Renovation & Remodel

SECONDARYIMAFABAI

Residential Affordable Housing Development & Construction

Industrials, Manufacturing & Construction/Construction & Civil Engineering/Residential Building Construction

SECONDARYIMAFABAH

Residential Green / High-Performance Home Construction (Net-Zero, Passive House)

Industrials, Manufacturing & Construction/Construction & Civil Engineering/Residential Building Construction

Keywords

• Disaster relief housing
• Humanitarian construction services
• Faith-based nonprofit
• Community development programs
• International housing ministry

Headquarters

HQ city

Jacksonville

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Supply Chain, Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Individual Donations: Tax-deductible donations from individuals supporting the organization's mission to build homes in disaster-affected areas.
2. Church Partnerships: Financial support, prayer, and volunteer teams from church partners in the United States and El Salvador.
3. Corporate Sponsorship: Contributions from corporations including equipment, tools, financial resources, time, and energy.
4. Foundation Grants: Funding from foundations such as the Go FISH Foundation for specific projects like the first home in Guatemala.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Homes from the Heart constructs permanent, earthquake- and hurricane-resistant concrete homes for families displaced by natural disasters, gang violence, and chronic poverty in El Salvador, Haiti, and Guatemala. Construction uses concrete tablets ("tablas") assembled manually, typically completed in about two weeks at a cost of roughly $5,000 per home. The organization supplements home construction with related community infrastructure (schools, churches, water towers, playgrounds), a free medical clinic in Haiti, solar panel installations, and emergency food distribution.

Product overview

Homes From The Heart is a faith-based nonprofit organization that provides affordable housing and community development services primarily in El Salvador, Haiti, and Guatemala. The organization builds safe, secure homes for families in need, particularly those displaced by natural disasters or living in poverty. Their core service is home construction, supplemented by community development programs, medical assistance, and food distribution initiatives.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Home Building Program Constructs permanent, earthquake- and hurricane-resistant concrete homes using interlocking concrete tablets ("tablas") for families displaced by disasters, gang violence, or chronic poverty in El Salvador, Haiti, and Guatemala. Homes are built at no cost to recipient families through donor and grant funding.
• Haiti Housing Program Focused housing initiative in Haiti, primarily in Croix-des-Bouquets and Mirebalais, that has built over 230 homes since 2010 for families displaced by the 2010 earthquake, Hurricane Matthew, and gang violence from Port-au-Prince.
• Community Development Construction of community infrastructure in underserved areas, including schools (e.g., Romero Vo-Tech), churches, water towers, and playgrounds, in tandem with home-building projects in El Salvador, Haiti, and Guatemala.
• Klinik Medikal Trinite

Quantifiable outcome

• 230+ homes built in Haiti alone since 2010 earthquake response
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

20 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Fuller Center for HousingcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFoundational partner organization. Millard Fuller taught the organization to be 'unashamedly Christian and enthusiastically ecumenical.' HFTH operates as part of the Fuller Center network, utilizing their Global Builders program for volunteer coordination and housing ministry principles.
• Church of St. John NeumanncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCleveland, Ohio church that has brought teams to build with HFTH in El Salvador.
• Chestnut Mountain Presbyterian ChurchcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerChestnut Mountain, Georgia church partner providing volunteer teams and financial support.
• Second Presbyterian ChurchcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerKansas City, Missouri church partner supporting HFTH's work.
• Faith Bridge ChurchminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSpring, Texas church that has partnered with HFTH for building projects.
• Mission to ChiltiupancoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDiocese of Cleveland mission in Chiltiupan, El Salvador that coordinates local building efforts with HFTH.
• Archdiocese of San SalvadorcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCatholic archdiocese in El Salvador that partners on housing projects.
• Catholic Relief ServicescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMajor international NGO that partnered with HFTH on the Soyapango community project, including attendance at groundbreaking ceremonies with Salvadoran government officials.
• The Miller GroupcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerKansas City-based company that hosts HFTH events and celebrations. The Miller family has been deeply involved since founding, with current staff member Shaughnessy Miller serving as author and coordinator.
• CIS (Corporacion de Iglesias para la Accion Social)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEl Salvador-based organization that HFTH partners with for housing construction, including the Panameña family home project.
• Patch Adams / Gesundheit InstituteminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnered with HFTH to build a clinic in El Mozote, combining healthcare and housing ministry.
• CaritasminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCatholic charitable organization in El Salvador that partners on community development projects.
• Berkel & CompanyminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerKansas-based corporation that has contributed equipment and resources to HFTH projects.
• Rotary InternationalminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerGlobal service organization that has provided support for HFTH projects.
• U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerUS government development agency that has supported international development projects.
• Food for the PoorcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for the Paso Puente Community project in El Salvador, where Food for the Poor funds construction of 13 homes and HFTH funds the remaining 13.
• Western FormsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerKansas City-based company providing forming equipment for concrete construction.
• Conception AbbeyminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMonastery in Missouri that has partnered with HFTH.
• Sisters of St. Francis of the Holy EucharistminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerReligious community in Independence, Missouri supporting HFTH's mission.
• Union Church of San SalvadorcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerChurch in El Salvador that is a key local partner for housing projects.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• World Vision: Large Christian humanitarian organization with community development, housing, and disaster response programs in many of the same countries HFTH serves. Adjacent in mission and target beneficiaries, though substantially larger in scope.
• Catholic Relief Services: Official US Catholic overseas relief agency and HFTH partner on the Soyapango community project. Operates a far broader humanitarian portfolio but participates in the same housing-and-community-development space in El Salvador, Haiti, and Guatemala.
• Samaritan's Purse: Large faith-based humanitarian organization that runs disaster relief, shelter programs, and reconstruction projects globally — overlapping with HFTH's disaster-response housing mission but at significantly greater scale and scope.

Others

• Compassion International: Christian child-sponsorship and poverty-relief nonprofit operating in many of the same Latin American and Caribbean countries as HFTH. Mission-adjacent rather than directly competitive, but shares the faith-based donor funnel.
• Caritas: International Catholic charitable confederation and HFTH partner in El Salvador. Operates community-development and housing initiatives at much greater scale across the same geographies.

Direct peers

• Food for the Poor: Christian nonprofit that builds homes for the poor in Haiti, El Salvador, and the Caribbean, and is a documented HFTH co-funding partner (Paso Puente project). Operates a very similar housing-and-community-development model in the same geographies.
• Habitat for Humanity: Largest nonprofit homebuilder for low-income families globally, with faith-based roots and volunteer-driven construction trips. Operates in many of the same disaster-affected geographies as HFTH and uses a comparable affordable-housing model.
• All Hands and Hearts: Disaster-response nonprofit that rebuilds schools and homes in communities impacted by natural disasters, using volunteer labor. Directly comparable to HFTH's post-disaster reconstruction work in Haiti, Guatemala, and beyond.
• Fuller Center for Housing: Faith-based nonprofit founded by Millard Fuller that builds affordable housing worldwide and is one of HFTH's core strategic partners. Uses an identical volunteer-driven, community-partnership homebuilding model.

Emerging players

• New Story: Nonprofit that builds homes and entire communities for families living in extreme poverty in Latin America and beyond. Comparable model of low-cost, donor-funded home construction in developing countries, with similar target geographies.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/homesfromtheheart
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/homes-from-the-heart-inc

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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