Uniting Services
Rebuilding Lives
We are a community-based non-profit focused on helping support crisis housing, affordable housing and community development in Northern Alabama.
WHAT MAKES US DIFFERENT
The community model
Our goal is to rely on small, grassroots monthly donations. This means we answer to our community and those particip ants in our programs rather than to politicians, wealthy donors or federal program mandates.
AVERAGE DONATION
$4.78/MONTH
what people give on average
RECURRING DONORS
9.4k MEMBERS
how many people we need to give
OUR GOAL
$45k/MONTH
unlocks capacity to make impact
ANNUAL IMpACT GOALs
- create 4 gap houses per year
- graduate 25 new homewoners per year
- offer direct assistance grants to both operators and participants of crisis housing
our INSPIRATION
The heart behind our help.
it’s not something that one person’s going to do alone.
Chris Richtsmeier
Chief Development Officer & Founding Board Member
our programs
Join a project today.
crisis
intervention
create gap houses
setup and coordinate crisis housing operations throughout the city
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direct
assistance
THE RIGHT HELP AT THE RIGHT TIME
small monthly donations fund a safety net for people in transition
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community
events
COMMUNITY GROWS IN SHARED SPACES
a community needs places and reasons to gather together
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affordable
housing
making more homeowners
a coaching and support framework for buying a home
Learn More
our NETWORK
The friends who share our mission
OUR TEAM
The hands behind the project
BO
NFL Veteran
Community Development
Canyon
Technology
Operational Excellence
CHRIS
Real Estate
Transitional Housing
KENESHA
Academia
Mental & Physical Health
Uniting Services
Rebuilding Lives
We are a community-based non-profit focused on helping support crisis housing, affordable housing and community development in Northern Alabama.
WHAT MAKES US DIFFERENT
The community model
Our goal is to rely on small, grassroots monthly donations. This means we answer to our community and those particip ants in our programs rather than to politicians, wealthy donors or federal program mandates.
AVERAGE DONATION
$4.78/MONTH
what people give on average
RECURRING DONORS
9.4k MEMBERS
how many people we need to give
OUR GOAL
$45k/MONTH
unlocks capacity to make impact
ANNUAL IMpACT GOALs
- 4 gap houses launched
- 640 people housed
- 25 new homeowners
- 100 direct assistance grants
our INSPIRATION
The heart behind our help.
it’s not something that one person’s going to do alone.
Chris Richtsmeier
Chief Development Officer & Founding Board Member
our programs
Join a project today.
crisis
intervention
create gap houses
setup and coordinate crisis housing operations throughout the city
Learn More
direct
assistance
THE RIGHT HELP AT THE RIGHT TIME
small monthly donations fund a safety net for people in transition
Learn More
community
events
COMMUNITY GROWS IN SHARED SPACES
a community needs places and reasons to gather together
Learn More
affordable
housing
making more homeowners
a coaching and support framework for buying a home
Learn More
our NETWORK
The friends who share our mission
OUR TEAM
The hands behind the project
CHRIS
Real Estate
Transitional Housing
KENESHA
Academia
Mental & Physical Health
BO
NFL Veteran
Community Development
Canyon
Technology
Operational Excellence
