About Us

Niagara Area Habitat was founded in 1993 by Rev. David Dodge and a small band of volunteers whose passion was to improve our local housing opportunities following the same belief as stated in its articles of incorporation, as follows:

(a)   To witness to and to implement the Gospel of Jesus Christ in Western New York and throughout the United States and around the world by working with economically disadvantaged people to help them to create a better human habitat in which to live and work.

(b)   To cooperate with other charitable organizations, through grants and otherwise, which are working to develop a better human habitat for economically disadvantaged people.

(c)   To communicate the Gospel of Jesus Christ by means of the spoken and written word.

(d)   To receive, maintain, and accept as assets of the corporation any property, whether real, personal, or mixed, by way of gift, bequest, devise, or purchase from any person, firm, trust, or corporation, to be held, administered, and disposed of exclusively for charitable, religious, or educational purposes within the meaning of Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, as amended and in accordance with and pursuant to the provisions of these articles of incorporation; but no gift, bequest, devise, or purchase of any such property shall be received or made and accepted if it is conditioned or limited in such manner as shall require the disposition of income or principal to any organization other than a “charitable organization” or for any purposes other than “ charitable purposes” which would jeopardize the status of the corporation as an entity exempt from federal income tax pursuant to the relevant provisions of the Internal Revenue Code, as amended.

Board Members:

Claudia Folsom – President

Daleen Lewis – Treasurer, Special Events

Dan Brick – Legal

Betsy Diachun – Family Selection,Fundraising

Mike Moraca- Audit

Hope Robinson – Publicity