The 9th Annual Avenues for Hope Housing Challenge is off to its best-ever start with more than $160,000 raised. In a little less than 48 hours, Avenues for Hope eclipsed the amount raised in the first two years of the campaign.

The online fundraising campaign assists 80 nonprofits that manage the day-to-day work of helping Idahoans find safe, stable, and affordable housing. The 20-day effort helps benefit chronically and temporarily homeless, domestic violence survivors, veterans, people with disabilities, vulnerable youth, seniors and low-income Idahoans.

“Many of our neighbors are struggling as housing affordability in the state has become very tight,” Idaho Housing and Finance Association President Gerald Hunter said. “It’s why this year we hope to raise $1 million to help participating nonprofits maintain and expand their housing and homelessness prevention services.”

Many of the participating nonprofits rely on this additional funding to not only help them with their mission, but to keep their doors open.

“Without The Home Partnership Foundation, that and the Avenues for Hope, we wouldn’t be existing today,” Sojourners’ Alliance Executive Director Steve Bonnar said.

Nonprofits can also win monetary bonuses during the campaign based on a number of categories, including most donations, random drawings, or even social media efforts. The total prize pool and matching funds donated from 40 sponsors is up to $300,000.

The campaign runs from Dec. 12 through midnight Dec. 31, 2019.

Participating nonprofits:

North Idaho

Alternatives to Violence of the Palouse	Bonner Community Housing Agency	Bonner Homeless Transitions	Boundary County School District
Children’s Village	Family Promise of Lewis Clark Valley	Family Promise North Idaho	Family Promise of the Palouse
Habitat for Humanity of North Idaho	Lake Pend Oreille School District	Moscow Affordable Housing Trust	Safe Passage
Sojourners’ Alliance	St. Vincent de Paul North Idaho	The Salvation Army of Lewiston	Union Gospel Mission

Southeast Idaho

Aid for Friends	American Falls School District	Bannock Youth Foundation	Cassia County Joint School District
CLUB, Inc.	Community Resource Center of Teton Valley	Family Services Alliance of SE Idaho	Gateway Habitat for Humanity Pocatello
Habitat for Humanity Idaho Falls Area	Habitat for Humanity of the Magic Valley	Idaho Falls Rescue Mission	Jerome Joint School district
Mini-Cassia Shelter, Crossroads Harbor	Minidoka School District	NeighborWorks Pocatello	Oneida Crisis Center
Promise Ridge	South Central Community Action Partnership	Southeastern Idaho Community Action Partnership	The Mahoney House
Twin Falls Optimist Youth House	Twin Falls School District	Voices Against Family Violence

Southwest Idaho

Advocates Against Family Violence	Astegos.org	Boise Public Schools Foundation	Boise Valley Habitat for Humanity
Canyon County Habitat for Humanity	CATCH	Community Council of Idaho	Corpus Christi House
Education Foundation for Joint School District	El-Ada Community Action Partnership	Emmett Independ School District	Faces of Hope
First Story	Giraffe Laugh Early Learning Centers	Good Samaritan Home	Harmony Park, Inc.
Idaho Anti-Trafficking Coalition	Idaho Suicide Prevention Hotline	Idaho Tiny House Association	Idaho Veterans Garden
Idaho Youth Ranch	Interfaith Sanctuary	International Rescue Committee in Boise	JEMfriends, Inc.
Jesse Tree	LEAP Charities	Nampa School District	NeighborWorks Boise
NWRECC Stepping Stones	One Stone	Shepherd’s Home	St. Vincent de Paul Southwest Idaho
Terry Reilly Health Services	The Community Builder	The Home Partnership Foundation	The House Next Door
The Salvation Army Nampa	The Village Charter School	Trinity new Hope	Vision Charter School
Women’s and Children’s Alliance

Avenues for Hope Sponsors:

Platinum: Regence BlueShild of Idaho, Wells Fargo, Idaho Housing and Finance Association

Silver: Academy Mortgage, Micron Technology, Mountain West Bank, Stifel, The Hawkins Family Foundation.

Bronze: Barclays, Boise Housing Corporation, First Interstate Bank, Idaho Central Credit Union, Idaho Power Company, Magellan Health, New Beginnings Housing, Northwest Integrity Housing, Skinner Fawcett, The Housing Company.

Friends: Alliance Title & Escrow, Bank of Commerce, Citizens Community Bank, Commonwealth Agency, Eide Bailly, Essent Guaranty, Evergreen Home Loans, Fairway Independent Mortgage, Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines, Guild Mortgage, Icon Credit Union, Idaho Mortgage Lenders Association, Intermountain Gas Company, Landmark Promotions, P1FCU, Saint Alphonsus Health System, TAO Idaho, Teton Valley Real Estate, The Pacific Companies, TitleOne, Valbridge Property Advisors, Westcor Land Title Insurance, Wright Brothers.