CAMPAIGN INVESTMENT + BUILD HORIZON

The $16 Million Campaign

WHERE THE $16 MILLION GOES

Affordable Home Construction
$8.5M
Materials and direct construction costs for 50 homes.
CLT Stewardship & Affordability
$1M
Homeowner education, administration, and stewardship.
Land & Community Infrastructure
$4M
Land, roads, utilities, drainage, and site work.
Replication & Future Affordability Fund
$500K
Future affordability initiatives and ROOTS model expansion.
Project Management & Delivery
$1.5M
Staff labor, engineering, architectural, consultant, and logistics expenses.
Construction & Financing Reserves
$500K
Contingency for construction, financing, and cost escalation.
$16,000,000
50 permanently affordable homes + land held in trust = capacity for decades

TIMELINE TO 50 HOMES

1
2026
Campaign launch; site infrastructure completed; first home construction begins
2
January 2027
First family move-in
3
2027–2028
Continued construction with rolling occupancy as homes are completed
4
End of three-year build
All 50 homes occupied; stewardship systems operational

GIVING OPPORTUNITIES

Become a Founding Investor

OPPORTUNITIES TO PARTICIPATE

  • Leadership Gift: fund infrastructure, homes, or a permanent reserve.

  • Multi-Year Commitment: spread a founding investment across the campaign.

  • Foundation or DAF Gift: direct charitable capital to permanent housing in WNC

CAMPAIGN GIFT LADDER

Gift Campaign Goal Recognition What Your Gift Can Build

$2.5M

1

Community Champion

10 homes

$1.5M

2

Neighborhood Champion

6 homes

$1M

3

Legacy Home Cluster

4 homes

$500K

4

Duplex Sponsor

2 homes

$250K

8

Legacy Home Sponsor

1 home

$100K

15

Founding Builder

Excavation, foundation, and frame

$50K

20

Founding Neighbor

Windows, doors, and siding

$25K

25

Founding Friend

Kitchen for a family to gather in

Under $25K

Open

Community Circle

Lumber, hardware, and materials

Fifty homes. Fifty families. One community that stays.

MAKE A GIFT OR DISCUSS A PARTNERSHIP

Give online: www.disaster-rebuilders.org

By check: Fuller Center Disaster Rebuilders, memo: ROOTS CLT

Contact: Tracy Overstreet, FCDR Executive Director
Tracy@disaster-rebuilders.org | (813) 420-5571

ROOTS Community Land Trust is currently a program of Fuller Center Disaster Rebuilders, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. Gifts made payable to Fuller Center Disaster Rebuilders and designated to ROOTS CLT are tax deductible to the extent allowed by law.