Non-profit Community Catalyst

06/12/2026

Congratulations Deborah and Damon on your new home and equity generation ! Proving homeownership and starter wealth is still achievable in California!

06/12/2026

At 11am to about 12pm there will be two sections of a Brand new factory built home on Highway 193 after Georgetown and Marval but before Greybar mine rd.

This should be a quick and painless delivery but please keep in mind you may want to take Spanish Dry diggins to Sliger Mine during this time frame!

We appreciate everyone's patience on these deliveries and we continue to lower the cost of homeownership in our community! Each home delivered represents a family in our community taking a massive step in their journey. We are proud to support the divide and making sure our families gain equitable financial head starts in homeownership, stability and housing!

Congratulations to Damon and Deborah Mercer and their Grandson on your new home!

06/11/2026

The California Housing and Equity Accelerator program. . .

The California Housing and Equity Accelerator program is a program based on partnerships that lower the cost of factory built housing to assist in the creation of Equity and Upward mobility, starter wealth and entry level homes.

This program is vital and is currently being implemented in disaster recovery rebuilding and our pilot program at Non-profit Community Catalyst. Every county and city has the opportunity to support the program and we have gained support of the program by many representatives as well as many local real estate agents and brokers as well as participating families who see or have realized an equitable financial gain of the program.

As we await additional considerations of support, the "affordable housing task force" has recieved the information as well but I wanted to take the time and point some vitally important information out there. None of the affordable housing discussions in our county include homeownership opportunities, pathways to exit welfare dependency or assistance in Hardship homes, ADUs, new construction projects, Starter homes and duplexs, non-deed restricted and the ones that are, are all income capped programs. None of these conversations currently have anything to do with actual implementation of housing that is affordable to each and every person.

The California Housing and Equity Accelerator program provides not only a pathway for homeownership but investment gains with equity incentives built in for our local community to participate in a true housing program that addresses the needs for our community in housing and not just putting "affordable housing" needs first. A pathway with guidance, a prescription for meeting housing goals on a rural communities own terms. Bridging the gaps between what affordable housing has been mentioned as vs what affordable housing is for families who want to become homeowners, support a disabled son, daughter, sister or father with a Hardship home, an ADU for their son daughter or for passive income to offset their current mortgage, even a families first steps into homeownership should and will provide a financial gain woth this program
Thankfully, this is every bit of those needs.

I truly hope our local government can be humble enough to know that there are more housing needs than just an affordable housing nexus study and ideas to talk about. This program is available now, its the one proposed program that makes a streamlined process, speeds up construction, builds starter wealth and incentives to becoming financially independent. Thats why we are sharing the information, because if the program doesn't gain the funding it means every potential family will loose the opportunities we are creating for them.

Please, if you talk with a Supervisor remind them they have an opportunity to help everyone in our county, not just the developers on highway 50 and when we talk about affordable housing make sure you ask them " Is the "AFFORDABLE HOUSING " your talking about include my family ? "

Oh and BTW, one of our CHEA pilot homes is being delivered to Georgetown CA tomorrow ! This is for two grandparents raising their grandson and this was the only program that made it possible for them all to have a home and be together under one roof they can call their own! We are not advocating for large scale developments, we are providing a program that converts a families $100's of $1000's of dollars into local wealth and affordability. This isn't our program, its your.

Non-profit Community Catalyst

06/10/2026

Awesome progress on our second annual mobile home critical repair work!

06/09/2026

We received a very grateful thankyou from Kathy and Dave Rueter today.

Dave Rueter is a combat veteran whom has been stuck with high interest debt, uneducated VA lenders and high costs of rehabilitating their home.

Dave was referred to NPCC by a Veteran Service Organization at the VA and after hearing about our services, programs and work they reached out to us in hopes we could assist them in their home rehabilitation and construction work.

We are very proud to say that we have been able to assist Dave and Kathy! What's Just as wonderful? American Eagle Roofing !

They have been a proud supporter of our Veterans and Non-profit Community Catalyst, Stepping up to help on this project however they can ! Thank-you AER for stepping up and helping us lower the cost of construction for our Veterans in our community!

*** Keep an eye out for another veteran service project coming soon and the awesome team at American Eagle Roofing!

06/06/2026

🏡 CHEA IMPACT ANNOUNCEMENT 🏡

Non-profit Community Catalyst is proud to announce another California Housing & Equity Accelerator (CHEA) home moving forward.

This project will provide a permanent hardship housing solution for a local family while removing a significant barrier to housing access.

Through the CHEA housing production model, the participating family avoided approximately $60,000 in additional costs commonly associated with traditional for-profit manufactured housing retail channels.

For many families seeking hardship housing, these additional costs can be the difference between obtaining permanent housing and remaining without a viable solution.

The CHEA program was created to reduce unnecessary housing production costs, expand housing opportunities, and create pathways toward long-term wealth building.

Looking ahead, if the family elects to convert this hardship home into an Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) in the future, the housing asset may contribute significantly to overall property value and equity creation while continuing to serve a housing need.

This is more than a home delivery.

✅ Permanent hardship housing
✅ Reduced barriers to homeownership
✅ Lower housing production costs
✅ Potential long-term equity creation
✅ Stronger families and communities

Building Homes.
Creating Equity.
Accelerating Opportunity.

California Housing & Equity Accelerator (CHEA)
A Non-profit Community Catalyst Program.

**This program is not currently funded by the state or local governments. We are doing the work in our communities daily to make this program possible! Please support our work and advocate for the CHEA program implementation in your community!

06/04/2026

We are honored to have the support of Assemblymember Heather Hadwick for the implementation of the California Housing and Equity Accelerator program !

As we strive to bring the most affordable housing models to all members of our communities, building upward mobility and providing opportunities with incentives to pursue wealth building is amoung some of this most critical work we can overlap in housing needs.

Working at the community level upward to gain funding for the implementation of the CHEA program will bring vital housing resources to every rural community in California that it is implemented.

Thank-you Assemblymember Hadwick for your support and endorsement of the California Housing and Equity Accelerator!

06/02/2026

Today Caleb Armstrong, Chief Executive Officer recieved a very powerful letter of support of our organization and our initiative in the development of the California Housing and Equity Accelerator program!

The CHEA program is a first of its kind program providing upfront equity for low and moderate income families whom are pursuing homeownership and at the same time being provided a viable path to starter wealth and opportunity here in our local communities through homeownership and affordable housing opportunity provided by the CHEA framework.

Thank-you to executive director Amy Poole of the El Dorado Community Foundation for your continued support of our work here in El Dorado County and the California Housing and Equity Accelerator program!

05/29/2026

Thank-you George Turnboo, El Dorado County District 2 Supervisor for your endorsement and support of the California Housing and Equity Accelerator program being implemented within El Dorado County. Rural communities deserve the opportunity of success, and with our upfront equity incentives we as a community can get back on the right track at housing production with real financial incentives built in that does not take years to build or industry knowledge to gain.

By having the support of our local representatives we are able to reach up to the State and Federal levels to support our efforts and implementation of California Housing and Equity Accelerator program. A program that was developed right in El Dorado County, recently we recieved confirmation of HCD Department of Housing will be providing technical assistance to the CHEA program!

The CHEA program is our gift to our rural communities across California!

05/27/2026

El Dorado Community Foundation celebrates its 35th anniversary ! Included in this amazing release is our first free and clear home for Veteran Mac Macneil and Cathy Adams.

We are proud to have earned the support of such an amazing foundation that truly elevated our work in Grizzly Flats! We are adamantly working on new programs and homeownership goals for our communities in El Dorado County!

This year the Foundation celebrates our 35th anniversary, and with it we celebrate everyone who has been a part of our 35 year story. All of the donors, community partners, past and current Board members, past and current staff, the nonprofit community, and everyone in between that has contributed, even in the smallest way, to that story. You are a part of who we are, and together we are the Foundation.

Check out our 2025 Community Impact Report, celebrating 35 years at: https://issuu.com/eldoradocf/docs/2025_annual_report_digital?fr=xKAE9_zMzMw