CONCORD, Calif. (July 12, 2024) – Yellow Roof Foundation's annual “Raise the Roof” fundraiser reached new heights this year, bringing in more than $1,015,000 to support the development of affordable rental housing for families and individuals at risk of homelessness.

Raise the Roof 2024 was a success, view the fun we had on June 23rd!

Join us for a magical evening filled with award-winning wines, mouth watering cuisine and once-in-a-lifetime acoustic performance by country music's own Lee Brice, Jerrod Niemann and Nick Norman! All in support of Yellow Roof Foundation's mission to build affordable rental housing for families and individuals at risk of homelessness.

CONCORD, Calif. – Yellow Roof Foundation, a 501(c)(3) public charity founded by Dave and Lori Sanson, owners of Concord, Calif.-based DeNova Homes, announced that it has been awarded a $1 million grant from the State of California to support its mission of providing affordable rental homes for those at risk of homelessness.

On a sold-out evening headlined by 2023 GRAMMY Award winner Carly Pearce, Yellow Roof Foundation presented its third annual “Raise the Roof” fundraiser, bringing in more than $817,000 to support its mission of building affordable rental housing opportunities for families and individuals at risk of homelessness.

Watch video footage from Raise the Roof 2023 here! 

See all of the photos from 2023's Raise the Roof fundraiser! 

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Grammy winner Carly Pearce will perform at Yellow Roof Foundation's Raise the Roof, with 100% of the event's proceeds benefiting Yellow Roof Foundation's mission to build affordable, income based, rental housing for families and individuals at risk of homelessness.

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Yellow Roof Foundation is proud to announce that Co-Founder Lori Sanson has been named a “Woman of the Year” at the California Legislative Women’s Caucus (LWC).

Highlighting our residents is so special and we love others getting to see their stories come to light. Read here about Lisa Sprague and how she came to be a new resident at one of our affordable rental ADUs in our Clayton community! 

We are so excited to share that we have been selected as a 2022 California Nonprofit of the Year by Assemblymember Tim Grayson! Read more about this exciting time for everyone involved in the Yellow Roof family here 

Check out the Raise the Roof photo gallery from this year!

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Watch our Raise the Roof video from this year! 

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The Grand Opening of Gonsalves Village was so magical and Yellow Roof is so lucky that some moments were able to be caught on camera! Watch the video below for our ribbon cutting ceremony and as one of our own residents shares how grateful she is for Gonsalves Village!

Watch the video here

The opening of Gonsalves Village was so special, relive the moments with us! View the gallery here

New Year. New Home. New Hope.

All of us at Yellow Roof Foundation wish you and yours a Happy, Healthy New Year and we thank you for all of the support that allows us to make this very special introduction.

Meet our First Gonsalves Village Residents!

As the year comes to an end, visions of 2020 fill our heads, and although it has certainly been an unprecedented year, immense thanks fills our hearts!  Here's a glimpse of what we accomplished together just this year.

Read the full press release featured on East County Today here!

Read the full article by Symone Garvett on BUILDER Magazine here. 

Here's a preview of some of the photos taken during our first-ever RAISE THE ROOF event. 

Feel free to access the full gallery of images here, with the password: YRF. 

We are also excited to share a video created to show the highlights of our RAISE THE ROOF event this past March 08, 2020.

Take a look below!

First and foremost, we hope you and yours are well during these unprecedented times.  

Event Date: March 8, 2020 from  6:30PM — 10:30PM

Dear Friends,

Giving back has always been important to us.  Having spent over 30 years working in the home building industry we realize the unique opportunity we have to help families and individuals at risk for homelessness.  With the heart and resources of our team, industry, state/local leadership, and you; together we will create brighter tomorrows by building transformational affordable housing opportunities today.