Get involved

Everything NHSH has built started as a gift from someone who loves this island

Land, houses, cash, securities, a Saturday with a caulk gun. All of it becomes homes that stay year-round forever.

Donate

One-time or monthly. North Haven Sustainable Housing is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Donations are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law.

$50

Window insert

Materials for one insulating window insert that keeps a drafty island window warm all winter.

$250

Energy audit

Brings a mainland energy auditor to one island home during Weatherization Week.

$1,000

A month of rent gap

Covers the difference between what an island family can pay and what a rental actually costs.

$10,000

Foundation

Site work, well or septic on one South Shore Road lot: the unglamorous costs that make a home possible.

Give online Give by check or stock

By check

Payable to North Haven Sustainable Housing

P.O. Box 373
North Haven, ME 04853

For gifts over $1,000, a check saves us processing fees, so more goes to housing.

Securities and planned gifts

To give appreciated securities, email jmann@nhshousing.org or call (207) 653-8980.

Give land or a house

Our first home sits on land Charlie Pingree gave. Southern Harbor House began as Mary White's house. Five new homes are rising on 11.4 acres the Pingree family donated. Nancy and Jamie Davisson sold their house to NHSH below market and it now belongs to an island family.

If you own property on North Haven and want it to stay in the year-round community, there are several ways to do it: an outright gift, a bargain sale, a sale with a covenant to an islander we help find, or a bequest. Each has tax advantages we can walk through with your advisor.

Talk to the Executive Director

Outright gift

Deed a house or land to NHSH. Full fair-market-value deduction; the property stays year-round forever.

Bargain sale

Sell to NHSH below market. The discount is a charitable gift; you receive cash and a deduction.

Brokered covenant sale

Sell directly to an island household we help find, with an affordability covenant. NHSH handles the covenant.

Bequest

Name NHSH in your will or trust. The simplest way to keep your island house in the community.

Volunteer

Volunteers renovated the Davisson house, built hundreds of window inserts, and staff the summer event every year. Skilled trades, painting, landscaping, hospitality, spreadsheets: all welcome.

•Build window inserts at the next Weatherization Week
•Paint, landscape and clean up at a renovation
•Help run the summer event
•Serve on a committee: finance, construction, tenant selection

Email to volunteer

Summer event

The NHSH summer gathering

Every summer the whole island turns out to celebrate what we've built and fund what comes next. Food, music, a tour of the newest project, and the year's big ask.

Dates for the next event are announced in the spring. Check the News page or follow @nhshousing.