The Primavera Foundation, Inc

Street Address:
702 South Sixth Avenue
Tucson, AZ 85701


Phone: 520-623-5111
Fax: 520-623-6434
Website: www.primavera.org

Peggy Hutchison, Executive Director

Contact Name: Peggy Hutchison
Phone: 520-623-5111x111
Fax: 520-623-6434
Email: phutchison@primavera.org


Staff Size: Full Time: 82 

Background
The Primavera Foundation provides a continuum of programs and services designed to assist low-income or homeless individuals and families in need. This continuum spans a broad range that includes; homeless drop-in centers, emergency shelter, employment and training, affordable home construction, home construction rehabilitation, transitional and affordable housing, financial counseling and home ownership. Homebuyers may qualify for down payment assistance, below market interest rate mortgages and reduced closing costs. Primavera Foundation addresses homelessness and poverty by seeking to eliminate its root causes. Toward this end The Primavera Foundation engages in education and advocacy, job training, affordable housing, affordable homeownership, neighborhood revitalization, life skills training, collaborative referrals and case management.

Mission
The Primavera Foundation provides pathways out of poverty. We promote economic and social justice while working to build a future in which all people are assured basic human rights, a livable income, and safe, affordable housing. The foundation does this through community education and advocacy while providing a continuum of services that address homelessness and poverty.

Total Operating Expense (9/30/2007): $3,897,562

 Lines of Business
  • Asset and Property Management

  • Community Based Economic Development

  • Community Building and Organizing

  • Home Ownership Promotion Services

  • Lending and Loan Portfolio Management

  • Real Estate Development


    • National NeighborWorks ® Programs
  • NeighborWorks Multifamily Initiative

    • Accomplishments in FY 2008
  • Provided 260 families with pre- and post- purchase housing counseling.
  • Rehabilitated or repaired 21 rental or owner occupied units (1-4 units).
  • Assisted 85 families in purchasing a home through homeownership counseling, downpayment, closing cost or financing assistance.
  • Owned or managed 246 rental units.
  • Invested $21,500 in the community through The Primavera Foundation, Inc's revolving loan fund, which leveraged $14,228,500 from conventional lenders and other sources.
  • Total direct investment in the community is $14,250,000.

    • Additional Accomplishments
    Date Additional Accomplishment
    6/30/2008 Successfully completed the first year of an organizational merger between Primavera Foundation and Travelers Aid Society of Tucson, including the acquisition of three rental properties. The merger resulted in community savings of over $500,000 in administrative overhead during the first year of integration.
    6/30/2008 Primavera was successful in securing funding for its new Neighborhood Revitalization business line for the period 2008-2012. The first HOME funds grant totaling $250,000 was received from Pima County and can be renewed up to five times. NeighborWorks® America provided a grant of $100,000. Immediately following close of the 2007-2008 fiscal year, Primavera was informed that its proposal to CFED’s Innovations in Manufactured Housing Initiative was chosen to receive a grant of $150,000.
    6/30/2009 To date, PREP has served 492 participants. Outcomes have surpassed the DOL goals for this demonstration grant: initial job placements: 78%; entered employment rate after first quarter: 67%; employment retention rate: 76%; recidivism rate: 13%.

    Community Services
  • Community Building

  •  Clean-up Project

  •  Community Outreach and Organizing

  • Financial Planning and Assistance

  •  Down-payment Assistance

  •  Financial Education

  •  Foreclosure Prevention Training

  •  IDA Savings Program

  • Housing Programs and Home Ownership Counseling

  •  Home Ownership Counseling

  •  Housing for Handicapped

  •  Housing for Homeless

  •  Housing for Veterans

  •  Rental Housing

  •  Transitional Housing for Homeless Families


    • Board of Directors
    NameBoard Role/TitleSectorCompany/OrganizationJob Title
    Nancy BissellBoard MemberResident  
    Leslie CohenBoard Vice PresidentResident Director, Sonoran UCEDD Family and Community Medicine
    Jan CrebbsBoard MemberResident Administrative Assistant
    Rhonda DeanBoard MemberResident  
    Adrian DuarteBoard SecretaryResident Conductor, Union Pacific Railroad
    Rick EckBoard MemberResident Psychologist
    Joel GastelumBoard MemberLocal Government Planner, City of South Tucson
    Leslie HunterBoard PresidentResidentCOT Community Services DepartmentCommunity Services Administrator
    Ana LopezBoard MemberResident Teacher
    Rebecca McReynoldsBoard TreasurerFinancial Institution Financial Writer
    Gordon PackardBoard MemberResident  
    John SchwarzBoard MemberResidentUniversity of ArizonaProfessor/Author
    Andrew SilvermanBoard MemberResidentCollege of Law, University of ArizonaProfessor
    Susan TarrenceBoard MemberResident  
    Debbie WongBoard MemberResidentBank One/Chase ManhattanVP & Relationship Manager

    About the NeighborWorks ® Network
    The NeighborWorks® network is a nationwide network of more than 240 community development organizations working in nearly 4358 urban, suburban and rural communities across America. These organizations engage in revitalization strategies that strengthen communities and transform lives. In the last five years alone, NeighborWorks® organizations have generated more than $8.5 billion in reinvestment and helped more than 500,000 families of modest means purchase or improve their homes or secure safe, decent rental or mutual housing.

    NeighborWorks ® America Contact Information
    District:  Rocky Mountain
    Name:  Josie Martinez-Littig
    Phone:  303-782-4805
    Toll-Free:  
    Fax:  303-782-5568
    Email:  jlittig@nw.org