WHO WE ARE
Hearts & Hands of Indiana Corporation (Hearts & Hands) was established in 2009, when Father John McCaslin, pastor of the Holy Trinity and St. Anthony parishes, shared his vision for rebuilding the neighborhood with a group of parishioners and old friends. This small group met and, within 60 days, became incorporated as Hearts & Hands of Indiana Corporation.
Hearts & Hands has come far in just 7 years, transitioning from an entirely volunteer-driven operation to hiring our first Executive Director and a staff of three, but the heart of the mission remains the same: We believe in the spirit of the Near West, we believe in the tenacity of its residents to dream big and make a better life for themselves and their children, and we believe in the power of people working together to build a better future.
By focusing on a small service area within the Haughville and Hawthorne neighborhoods, we believe we can create a center of positive change that will then expand to the rest of the community.
Hearts & Hands has come far in just 7 years, transitioning from an entirely volunteer-driven operation to hiring our first Executive Director and a staff of three, but the heart of the mission remains the same: We believe in the spirit of the Near West, we believe in the tenacity of its residents to dream big and make a better life for themselves and their children, and we believe in the power of people working together to build a better future.
By focusing on a small service area within the Haughville and Hawthorne neighborhoods, we believe we can create a center of positive change that will then expand to the rest of the community.
WHAT WE DO
As a nonprofit organization driven by our Catholic values, we help families and individuals attain affordable, long-term homeownership in the near-west side of Indianapolis by providing education, mentoring, and quality rehabilitated homes.
By helping families achieve long-term homeownership, we also help them attain the many benefits related to homeownership, including increased civic engagement, educational achievement, and improved property value. These benefits, in turn, enable these families to contribute to the overall stability and improvement of the neighborhood. We focus both on transforming vacant and abandoned houses in the Near West into safe, welcoming homes that low-income families can be proud to own and on helping these families prepare for homeownership through education and strategic mentoring.
To date, we've rehabbed 7 properties and sold them to 7 families who now have affordable, stable homes. We currently have 4 more houses in our pipeline and have further plans for neighboring properties in the future.
By helping families achieve long-term homeownership, we also help them attain the many benefits related to homeownership, including increased civic engagement, educational achievement, and improved property value. These benefits, in turn, enable these families to contribute to the overall stability and improvement of the neighborhood. We focus both on transforming vacant and abandoned houses in the Near West into safe, welcoming homes that low-income families can be proud to own and on helping these families prepare for homeownership through education and strategic mentoring.
To date, we've rehabbed 7 properties and sold them to 7 families who now have affordable, stable homes. We currently have 4 more houses in our pipeline and have further plans for neighboring properties in the future.
HOW WE DO IT
The KEY to how we do what we do is our supporters. Because of you, we're changing lives in our Near West community. See a list of our major supporters by clicking the button below.
We wouldn't be who we are today without the help of each and every one of our donors, volunteers, board members, Houses to Homes supporters, and homeowners. Their stories are best captured in our annual reports and the stories written by members of our community, which you can read by clicking the links below.
