NeighborWorks Green Bay was one of 45 nonprofits honored to participate in Give Big Green Bay for a second year in a row. Thanks to the generosity of our donors, volunteers, supporters, and staff, NeighborWorks Green Bay rounded out the top 10 with a total of $61, 830 from 169 donors. NeighborWorks Green Bay’s challenge continues to be immense, faced with a current housing crisis that by 2040 has a critical need for over 11,000 housing units in the City of Green Bay alone. According to Noel Halvorsen, President and CEO of NeighborWorks Green Bay, “Green Bay is in a housing crisis. We don’t have enough units for the people that live here or enough for those that are coming. We need to build more homes, that’s one of the reasons we are working with high schoolers to teach them about the construction and trades industry. We have families at-risk that we serve with our rental housing and we need to build more housing for working families, so they have a place to call home.” NeighborWorks Green Bay is grateful to Associated Bank Foundation for providing internal matching funds, the Greater Green Bay Community Foundation, and the Green Bay Packers Give Back program-with their help and those of our donors, NeighborWorks Green Bay can build a better Green Bay.
NeighborWorks Green Bay provides Homeownership Preparation and Preservation services, Real Estate Development and Real Estate Management, offering over 250 affordable homes for rent, and Community Building and Engagement services, including the Neighborhood Partners Program and administrative support of Green Bay Neighborhoods.
In the 41 years that NeighborWorks Green Bay has served the broader community, we have educated and counseled 19,678aspiring homebuyers and existing homeowners and helped 3,861 families achieve their dream of homeownership through the HomeOwnership Center. We have renovated or built 440 homes and apartments through Real Estate Development services. Through our Asset Management services, 50,000 square feet of nonprofit office, service, or retail space has been developed and $537 million of modest resources has been invested into our community. Through Community Building and Engagement, 1,000’s of volunteers have been engaged in community events, home repair projects, neighborhood activities and more.
NeighborWorks Green Bay, member of the National NeighborWorks Network with 248 affiliates, is a resident-led 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation and a Community Housing Development Organization (CHDO).
For more information about the housing and community services we provide, go to nwgreenbay.org.
