WHAT:
Idaho Housing’s Home Partnership Foundation is awarding grant prizes totaling $145,000 to nonprofits in the Avenues for Hope Housing Challenge on Wednesday, January 20.
Representatives from nonprofits attending the Boise event will be available for interviews to speak about their plans to help their communities in 2016, and Gerald M. Hunter, president of Idaho Housing, will award grant prize funding at 10:30 a.m.

Avenues for Hope raised $317,494 for 32 nonprofits in 2015. Nonprofits serving the homeless and those at risk of homelessness across Idaho received donations and grant prizes in the online fundraiser, which ended December 31, 2015.

WHO:
Gerald M. Hunter, president, Idaho Housing
Julie Williams Mitchell, executive vice president, Idaho Housing
Deanna Ward, director of development, Home Partnership Foundation
Representatives from nonprofits

WHEN:
Wednesday, January 20, 2016 at 10:30 a.m.

WHERE:
IHFA (565 W. Myrtle, Boise)

VISUALS:
Indoor and outdoor locations (weather permitting) at Idaho Housing’s Boise office building.

INTERVIEWS: 
Representatives of Idaho Housing, Home Partnership Foundation, and the nonprofits in attendance will be available for interviews.

About Home Partnership Foundation

The Home Partnership Foundation is an independent 501(c)(3) organization created by Idaho Housing and Finance Association 10 years ago to help people build a strong foundation for their lives through stable, safe, and affordable housing. Home Partnership Foundation is the organizer of the Avenues for Hope Housing Challenge, which has raised $971,228 for housing nonprofits in Idaho since its inception in 2011.

The mission of HPF is to strengthen communities across Idaho by encouraging tax-deductible charitable gifts to support shelters and shelter services for the homeless and disadvantaged, help avoid eviction actions to stabilize households and prevent homelessness, encourage asset-building and education to achieve economic independence, build equity-sharing funds to make workforce housing attainable, and facilitate tax-advantaged land donations for affordable housing purposes.

Website: www.homepartnershipfoundation.org

Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/HomePartnershipFoundation

Twitter: https://twitter.com/avenuesforhope

About Idaho Housing and Finance Association

Idaho Housing and Finance Association is a financial services and housing business organization. IHFA’s mission is to improve lives and strengthen Idaho communities by expanding housing opportunities, building self-sufficiency, and fostering economic development.

Website: www.idahohousing.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/idahohousing

Twitter: https://twitter.com/idahohousing