Project H.O.M.E.

History: “Project H.O.M.E. was founded in 1989 by two incredible women with very different personalities, skills and styles — but with a shared commitment to the dignity of each person: Sister Mary Scullion and Joan Dawson McConnon.

“In just 16 years, Project H.O.M.E has grown from an emergency winter shelter to an organization with 416 units of housing, three businesses that provide employment to formerly homeless adults, and a comprehensive neighborhood revitalization program in North Central Philadelphia. The latter program includes the state-of-the-art Honickman Learning Center and Comcast Technology Labs, which provides educational and workforce development programming to children and families; economic development initiatives; and a home-ownership program for the working poor. To date, Project H.O.M.E. has leveraged more than $50 million in equity toward housing and economic development.”