Health and well-being
Preventive care, vaccination clinics, one-on-one health coaching, and food access — on-site, at no cost. 97% of residents have health insurance. 94% had a checkup last year, compared to 66% of low-income adults nationally.
Why Mercy Builds
This is what a 40-year track record looks like.
The housing crisis is real. Safety nets are shrinking. Mercy Housing’s response is not to react — it’s to build something permanent. Here’s why this campaign exists, and why now is the moment.
Education and youth
After-school programs, summer learning, literacy and STEM enrichment — close to home, built into the community. When children are not shifting from school to school, the whole family gains stability.
Financial coaching
Credit building, counseling, and benefits navigation. Residents who move from survival mode to financial planning build differently — for themselves and for the next generation.
Community and belonging
Resident-led programs, art and wellness classes, peer support networks. Mercy Housing builds the relationships, not just the residences.
Case management
Skilled community health workers who know the systems and know the residents — and can act the moment something changes. Often people with lived experience of the same journey.
Proven at scale
The numbers behind the model.
Nearly five decades of outcomes, across every region of the country. These are the numbers that make the case.
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People housed across 45 states since 1981 – largest nonprofit affordable housing in the US
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Individuals served through resident services in 2023, the greatest impact to date
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Of residents have health insurance (national average for this group: 79%)
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Had a health checkup last year (national average: 66%)
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Median income gain in service-enriched housing vs. without on-site services
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Saved through Mercy Housing's environmental sustainability program
A gift that doesn’t get spent.
Most philanthropy responds to the moment. An endowment investment does something different — it compounds. It generates a return that funds programs year after year, independent of grant cycles or policy shifts.
The model works. The track record is nearly five decades long. What has been missing is the permanent financial foundation. A gift to Mercy Builds doesn’t serve one year’s residents. It serves the people who will arrive in five years, in twenty, in fifty. It will outlast the donor who makes it.