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HIGHLIGHTS
2020
OUR
YEAR
IN
There are certain things that, once started, must be seen through.
Construction is like that. Once you tear out part of a wall to replace some old pipes, you
have to finish: the new pipes have to go in, the wall has to be put back, and the water turned
back on. This requires focus, stamina, and loyalty to the task, no matter the conditions or
distractions. No matter how hard it might get.
This last year has been a long slog through painful conditions and terrible distractions, and
we are deeply grateful to those who helped see us through. We welcomed many new and
returning supporters who generously invested in this work, who believe in this work, and
who understand that a single dad in Esmont trying to survive a furlough, mounting bills, and
remote learning with spotty internet does not also need a roof leak to worry about.
The good news is that a roof leak is fixable. So is a failed furnace, a lack of insulation, and a
broken waterline, and with your continued support and advocacy, we will continue to make
those fixes, no matter the conditions or distractions. No matter how hard it might get.
AHIP believes that everyone should be safe at home. We work year-round to provide
emergency repairs, home rehabs, and energy-efficiency upgrades to families in Charlottesville
and Albemarle County. Our mission is to ensure safe, affordable homes for our neighbors in
need.
Whatever your connection to AHIP last year—client, partner, donor, volunteer, or community
advocate—you made it possible for us to keep on going. We are deeply grateful for your
focus, stamina, and loyalty to the vital and urgent task of home repair in a time when having a
safe and secure home is more vital and urgent than ever before.
With very best wishes,
Jen Jacobs
Executive Director, AHIP
OUR YEAR IN HIGHLIGHTS 3
DELLA IS FIFEVILLE.
“My house was falling apart and now This legacy of Black homeownership is a to sell in desperation but also improves and bathroom upgrades, and other essential
everything is beautiful.” defining feature of historic Fifeville, and one health and well-being. They can stay in repairs.
that is under threat. With increasing pressure place, age in place, transfer wealth to the
Born and raised in Charlottesville, Della from real estate investors, developers, and next generation, and continue to have a “It gave me a better life,” Della said of the
started working for her dad at a young affluent buyers looking to move downtown, permanent stake in the community that project. “I feel better. I’m so overjoyed and
age, helping to grow the family’s cleaning Black and lower-income homeowners in belongs to them. grateful, a little girl who is starting all over.
business. She loved it, but there came a day Fifeville and elsewhere are under increasing
when she couldn’t do it anymore due to pressure to sell. For those who run into AHIP’s rehab work—a dynamic team “I’ve been here for 25 years. I love this
disabling back pain and what would become trouble making mortgage payments, paying effort by our own rehab staff and crews, house with all my heart.”
a lifelong battle with lupus. taxes, and covering big-ticket critical repair local subcontractors, volunteers, the City
needs, the pressure can be unbearable. of Charlottesville, local companies who
Della shines with a bright light—her warmth brought donated materials and services,
and positivity radiate from her when she Critical rehab and repair is one path to and local private donors—included a new
talks about her life, her family, and her home, preserving homeownership and protecting roof, foundation repairs, a shed renovation,
which has been in her family since the early family wealth. Delivering meaningful, insulation, handicap modifications, new
20th century. It belonged to her father tangible, and long-lasting upgrades not flooring, new windows and doors, kitchen
before it belonged to her. only saves the homeowner from having
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LAWRENCE
IS ROSE HILL.
When your heating system dies and you Lawrence is a native son of Charlottesville. Now
can’t afford a new one, what do you do? 82 years old, he grew up in this house, returning
after college and a six-year tour in the U.S.
Like many of the homeowners we meet,
Army to raise his own family. He made service
Lawrence bought space heaters.
his life’s work, with consecutive careers at UVA,
the Albemarle County Sheriff’s Department, the
“We’ve been using space heaters for about a
Charlottesville Police Department, and finally
year now,” Lawrence told us when we met him.
JAUNT. He retired at age 77.
“All together we have five of them in different
rooms.”
The new heating system was part of a larger
rehab project to revitalize this 100-year-old
Electric and kerosene space heaters, an
home. The needs were extensive, including
oven door propped open, the kids piled into
severe structural issues, a failing roof, and
one room with lots of blankets: these are all
plumbing and electrical issues, and Lawrence
common workarounds when a heating system
knew he did not have the funds to take them on.
fails and a new one is completely out of reach.
Friends in Charlottesville who had worked with
AHIP in the past persuaded him to call.
Being without heat is distressing—and space
heaters can be dangerous. According to the
Safety and preservation are what drive AHIP’s
National Fire Protection Association, space
work, and they are our guiding principles for
heaters factor into about 43 percent of home
this and all of our rehab projects. For Lawrence,
heating-related fires. Those fueled with kerosene
fixing up his home and preserving it for his own
can also cause burns, breathing problems, and
children honored his parents, who, as a young
carbon monoxide poisoning.
Black couple in the 1930s, worked hard and
against significant odds to purchase their home
AHIP sets out to fix heat emergencies as swiftly
and eventually pass it on to their son.
as possible to keep people safe, warm, and
stress-free. We subcontract with local HVAC
As he told a local NBC29 reporter, “They would
companies to repair or replace systems with
be proud to know that I didn’t just try to sell this
high-efficiency units that will also make their
house off…but try to keep it up.”
heating and cooling bills more affordable. Our
local partner Beck Cohen donates and discounts
systems to AHIP clients throughout the year,
and they donated the brand-new system that
we incorporated into Lawrence’s larger rehab
project.
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REHAB HIGHLIGHTS
• Lead abatement throughout
• New roof
• New siding, gutters, and downspouts
• New storm doors
• Chimney removal
• New flooring in kitchen
• Plumbing and electrical repairs
ENERGY UPGRADE HIGHLIGHTS
JULIE IS BELMONT. •
•
•
Insulation and weatherization
New high-efficiency furnace and tankless
Water heater
• New high-efficiency windows and trim
• New energy-efficient appliances
Homes that are attainable for lower- out letters to Belmont homeowners about the
rehab initiative, Julie and Sean jumped at the
• New smart exhaust fan in bathroom
income families are the ones that are
chance to participate.
older and need more work, and this is
true of the 100-year-old Belmont home
Housing quality matters, and it matters
that Julie and her husband purchased in
especially for kids. Immediate hazards such
2015. as lead paint and electrical deficiencies can
cause direct harm, while a home’s looming and
For Julie and Sean, a local teacher and pastor, worsening repair needs put tremendous stress
this stucco house on Blenheim Avenue was and anxiety on moms and dads who often
their shot at the American dream. It was a don’t have enough to make ends meet each
place of permanence to raise their family, month.
which has since grown to include three young
boys. But the repair needs kept coming, and Improving housing quality and stability makes
although they had tackled some of them, they parents better parents, improves children’s
knew the home needed more to be truly safe emotional and behavioral well-being, boosts
and sound. academic performance, improves health
outcomes, reduces healthcare costs, and leads
Enter AHIP’s Belmont Block-by-Block initiative, to better economic outcomes for kids as they
which set out to help existing low-income become adults themselves.
homeowners stay safe and stay in place in one
of Charlottesville’s most dynamic and rapidly
gentrifying neighborhoods. When AHIP sent
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THELMA IS
ESMONT.
If you aren’t from Esmont, you might She called AHIP because her gas furnace had died,
never know that it’s there. Tucked into and she was using space heaters to try to stay
warm in the winter. There were a host of other
the southern corner of Albemarle County,
repair needs that were getting more worrisome and
Esmont and its rural neighbors—North
harder to ignore.
Garden, Schuyler, and Alberene—share
a history of a region rich in slate and AHIP’s local partner Beck Cohen stepped in to
soapstone, the rise and fall of agriculture provide the new HVAC system, while AHIP crews,
and the local quarry industry, deep poverty subcontractors, and volunteers tackled other
side by side with tremendous wealth, and major items: a new roof, new windows and doors,
thriving enclaves where formerly enslaved new flooring, key kitchen and bathroom upgrades,
insulation, and electrical and plumbing repairs.
people and their descendants settled, built
schools, and owned land.
“I was afraid to walk on parts of my floor before,
and I didn’t have heat for years, except for space
Thelma grew up in Porters Road, an African
heaters,” said Thelma after her project was
American enclave historically known as “lower
complete. “Now I feel safer, I’m warm, and my
Esmont.” She returned in 1980 with her husband to
electric bill has definitely changed—it used to be
build a home on inherited family land. They worked
outrageous!”
hard—Thelma for 36 years on the assembly line in
circuit-board manufacturing, and her husband as a
When we hear “affordable housing,” we often
chef for a local sanitorium, as a personal chef for a
automatically think about the urban setting.
wealthy local family, and as a preacher for a Baptist
Thelma reminds us that investing in rural areas and
church in neighboring Buckingham County.
preserving family land and homes there should be
one of our priorities.
Thelma, now in her 70s, is widowed and gets by on
a fixed retirement income. Like many seniors, her
“For senior citizens like me and for other families in
income stretches only so far and she often has to
need,” she said, “it’s important that there are people
pick and choose among competing needs every
like the AHIP staff to do the work.”
month. Home repairs invariably get pushed down
the priority list behind mortgage, food, and medical
expenses.
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14 THIS IS
We greatly appreciate each gift given to
support your neighbors and have made every
effort to ensure the accuracy of this listing.
volunteer groups Please notify Elise Noyes, Development
WHO HELPED US.
Manager, of any inaccuracies or omissions:
434-817-2447 x29 or enoyes@ahipva.org.
90 We apologize for any errors.
households helped in the City
of Charlottesville and Organizations Individual Contributors James Graves John and Kay Peters
Adiuvans Relief Fund Anonymous Bill Gray Brock and Cindy Petrie
Albemarle County AmazonSmile Foundation Doug Adamson Dana and Dorothy Grimes Jacquie and John Pickering
Anonymous Elizabeth and Greg Allen Summer and Matt Gruber Cathy Pillon-Dorsey and Dan Dorsey
Atlantic Bay Mortgage Group, LLC Katie Crocker Allen Sorin and Alina Gruia Eddie Pinson
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Bama Works Fund Of Dave Deborah and Michel van Eersel Michael and Dottie Guthrie Sarah Plummer
Matthews Band Kim Armstrong Sonia Haimes Phyllis “Rose” Popkin
Battelle’s Always Giving Program James and Patricia Atkinson Jason Halbert Michael and Karen Powell
Batten Family Fund in CACF Lynne W. Bair Pat Harder Lori Pyle
people helped in FY20 Belmont Baptist Church Womens Lori and David Balaban Mark and Leslie Haskins Denise Ramey
Missionary Union Frank and Melissa Ballif John and Teresa Hickey Craig Redinger
Blue Ridge Home Builders James Barkley and Carolyn Dalldorf Jane H. Hix Susan Reed
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Association Alice S. Batten Jennifer Hopkins Carey Reinicke
Carol & Jack Weber Fund Katherine Beard Dana Horton Ravi K. Respeto
Charlottesville Area Association of Quinton Beckham A. Cherie and L. Peyton Humphrey Ellen Root
individual volunteers REALTORS Halsey and Carol Blake-Scott Elizabeth Irvin Margaret and Tim Rose
Charlottesville Area Community Liz Blankenship Roussie and Lawrence Jacksina Liz Russell
THIS IS
Foundation Kline and Nancy Bolton Beverley Jacobs Martha Russell
Coastal Network, Inc. Ruby Stradford Boston Jennifer Jacobs Susi Schaeffer and Iggy Provencio
$30,566
Commonwealth of Virginia Olivia Branch Tele Jenifer Leslie Scott
Campaign Nicholas Brandt Todd Jenkins Joyce and James Scuffham
HOW WE
Cove Garden Ruritan Club John and Kristin Breen James Jessup Wendy and Nick Seay
total value of volunteer hours David and Marie Wilson Charitable Christopher Brement Troy R. Johnson Sr. John Shepherd
Trust John and Margaret Brennan J. Barrett Jones Patricia Shifflett
Dennis and Ann Rooker Charitable Margaret and Peter Briggs William Jones and Amy Mathers Elizabeth Sidamon-Eristoff and
Fund Amanda Brookman Mary Kaufmann Hunter Lewis
HELPED. 1,074
Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation Katherine Brooks Kurt Keesecker Erica Sims
Emmanuel Episcopal Church Deborah Brown John Kelly Jeffrey Sitler and Janet Herman
Farkas Family Foundation James Brown Linda King Dede Smith
Fulton Bank Warren and Ashley Buford Rosemarie King S. Sonjia Smith
total volunteer work hours Genan Foundation Janice Burns Ruffin King Nicole and Ashley Snyder
Greenfield ICF Services, Inc. Rachel Burns Glenda Kohlhafer-Regan Emily Sohr
Hilltop Foundation Ronald H. Burton Tracey Krupski and Jeff Thompson Richard Stanley
Huffman Family Fund Rip and Millie Cathcart Doris Kuttesch Suzanne and Ed Stephens
J&E Berkley Foundation Helen Cathro John Lanham Buck Stevens
J/C/W/E Jackson Charitable Fund Diane Caton John Larmour Frank and Liz Stoner
Jones & Company CPA, LLC. Samuel D. Caughron Karen Latil Thomas and Nancy Strassburg
Kroger Community Rewards Ramona Chapman Karol Kozak Lester Bob Sullivan and Jean Bryan
Revenues Program
M. Austin Davis Foundation, Inc.
Mike and Mary Chinn
Meta Chisholm
Linda Lester
Susan Loose
Leslie Sullivan
Paul D. Summers Jr.
*FY20 Management Services Corporation Matthew Christensen Kevin Lynch Sylvia Sundin
Montague Miller & Co Realtors Michele Claibourn and Paul Martin Kelley MacDougall and Mike Pausic Pat and Wes Sury
Olivet Presbyterian Church Elisabeth Clarke Roslyn Magruder Kristin and Joe Szakos
Perry Foundation Inc. Dan Conquest Leonard and Grace Mailloux Kirk Tanner
R & J Nunley Fund at the CACF Nancy Cornell Ann Mallek Jennifer and Joshua Thomas
Locality Funding: $1,552,235 Richard & Caroline T. Gwathmey Ivan and Roberta Crosby Bernice Marcopulos and Tom Mac and Elsie Thompson
Memorial Trust Linda A. D’Alisera Guterbock John Trimmer
Private Contributions: $1,156,018 (includes in-kind) Richard A Oliva & Sons, Inc Charles and Sara Dassance Kathy Markwood Micaela Trumbull
Rimora Foundation Katie Davenport Paxton Marshall George and Martha Truxel
Roy Wheeler Realty Co. Jeffrey Davis Sabina Martin Karen Turner
Loan Payments: $38,006 S & P Global Foundation Douglas and Hildrene DeGood Michele McCarthy John and Sandra Updike
Smyth Foundation Fund James Dell Janet and Jay McDonald Heather and Michael Vanderweide
Property Management: $50 Stillfield Fund I Pam Dent Paul McEvily Deborah and Michel van Eersel
The Andrew and Bernie Dracopoli Ali and Griff DiGuardo Edith and Henry McHenry Doris Vargo
Other Income: $466,416 Fund Norman Dill Steve McNerney Andrea Vest
The Bank of America Charitable Whit and Emily Douglas G. Neil Means Erika Viccellio
Foundation Thierry Drapanas Rich Meeker Roger Voisinet
Total: $3,212,725 The Catering Outfit Gina Dubuisson Ken Mextorf Christopher Wade
The Charles Fund, Inc. Robert Dunscomb Tim and Virginia Michel Carolyn and Joseph Warden
The Church of Our Saviour Jamie and Emily Estes Chita and Frederick Middleton Gregory and Barbara Wells
Expenses The CRBH Jr Trust
The IX Foundation
Cynthia Hoehler-Fatton
April Fletcher
Jodi and Chuck Mills
Maribeth Mills
Ted and Sheila Weschler
Thomas White
*FY20 The Merck Foundation Wendy Waldner Flynn Jayne and Fred Missel Jane Whitworth
The Moorman Family Charitable Rachel Foster Dan and Lynda Monahan Mary Williams
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Fund Florence Bryan Fowlkes Percy Montague Page and Peggy Williams
Three Notch’d Brewing Company Tobe and Leora Friedberg Suzanne Morse Moomaw, Ph.D. Stephen Wilson
Housing Improvement: $2,418,124 Twentieth Century Merchants Fund John and Susie Gainer Stephen Murphy Tammy Wilt
Ujala Foundation Zahra Gallagher Jon Nafziger and Carol Hurst Carmelita Wood
Van der Linde Recycling John Gallant David and Ann Normansell Lucille Wood
HOW WE
Fundraising: $252,061 Virgil and Margaret Wagner Fund Kate B. Galloway Imre Noth and Sheila Auslander Keith Woodard
Virginia Housing Phil and Susan Garland Arlene Page Stewart Wright
Management & General: $118,670 Wells Fargo Bank Marjorie Garmey and Melinda Joyce Pastors Waki Wynn
Wells Fargo Foundation Educational Baumann Ashley Patel Janet P. Yance
OPERATED.
Matching Gifts Program Carl and Elizabeth Garrett Krunal Patel Arleen Yobs
Property Management: $5,245 Women United in Philanthropy Janet Gassman Loi Patkin and Paul Clarke Charles and Elna Yongue
Peg Gilliland Nancy and Dave Paulson Jamie and Brandy Yowell
Total: $2,794,100 Meg Gilmer Robert and Jane Paxton
Grace Giras Cheryl and Gerald Petencin
*July 1, 2019 - June 30, 2020
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Partners, Funders, and In-kind Contributors Programs
Beck Cohen Cory Demchak, Director of Programs
Building Goodness Foundation Jane Andrews, Program Manager, Construction
The Charlottesville Radio Group Laurie Jensen, Office and Intake Manager
Charlottesville Title and Settlement Services, LLC George Herring, Construction Supervisor
City of Charlottesville Lee Miller, Rehab Specialist
Climate Collaborative Fund Len Wishart, Rehab Specialist
Community Housing Partners Weatherization Services
County of Albemarle Construction
Dominique Attaway Photography Wayne Snow, Crew Leader
Johnson Custom Windows and Doors, LLC David Bauer, Electrician
LEAP Steve Faircloth, Carpenter
Piedmont Housing Alliance Travis Brown, Carpenter
Robertson Electric Company Seth Wood, Carpenter’s Helper
Southern Development Michael Owens, Laborer
Thomas Jefferson Planning District Commission
Tiger Fuel Company Board of Directors
USDA Rural Development Waki Wynn, President
U.S. Dept. of HUD Fred Missel, Vice President
Virginia Dept. of Housing & Community Development Kristin Szakos, Vice President
Virginia Dept. of Social Services Vicki Jones, Treasurer
Weatherseal Insulation Margaret Anderson
WVIR-TV NBC29 James Brown
Emily Douglas
AHIP STAFF AND BOARD Rachel Foster
Administration Charley Lewis
Jennifer Jacobs, Executive Director Grey McLean
Craig Kaiser, Chief Financial Officer Suzanne Morse Moomaw, PhD
Erica Dempsey, Assistant to the CFO Steve Murphy
Liz Russell
Development Deborah van Eersel
Ashley Patel, Director of Development Carmelita Wood
Elise Noyes, Development Manager
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