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Make It Right Foundation
Foundation's logo
Founded
December 2007 (2007-12)
Founder
Brad Pitt
Type
501(c)(3) charitable organization
Tax ID no.
26-0723027
Focus
Redevelopment of the Lower 9th Ward, by building a neighborhood with safe and healthy homes.[1]
Location
New Orleans
Area served
New Orleans, LA Newark, NJ Kansas City, MO
Products
Low cost housing
Revenue
US $11,921,161[2]
Expenses
US $9,646,135[2]
Employees
<24
A Make It Right Foundation home undergoing major structural repairs in 2018A Make It Right Foundation home’s front porch, which was crumbling and collapsing in 2021[3]A Make It Right Foundation home in 2021, vacant and boarded up
The Make It Right Foundation is a non-profit foundation founded by American actor Brad Pitt in 2007 after Hurricane Katrina to rebuild houses in the Lower Ninth Ward of New Orleans in an environmentally friendly way. The organization also built structures in the American cities of Newark, New Jersey, and Kansas City, Missouri.[4]
By 2015, the foundation had built 109 homes for a total construction cost of US$26.8 million, or nearly US$250,000 per home, according to the foundation's tax filings.[5] The homes were sold for US$150,000.[5]
The development became a tourist attraction.[5]
In 2018, various residents of the foundation's homes filed suit against Make It Right, alleging that the non-profit built and sold houses with "defective" materials that caused electrical and plumbing malfunctions, with insufficient ventilation, and with other structural issues.[6] As of early 2022, reports stated that only 6 of the original 109 homes built remained in "reasonably good shape," with many rendered uninhabitable, plagued by construction errors and mold issues.[3]
In 2022, "a source close to Brad Pitt" told the British newspaper The Guardian that "Brad got involved at the beginning to help the people of the Lower Ninth Ward, and obviously it was upsetting to see what had happened once he had stepped back from the project and others took over."[7]
In 2022, the foundation paid $20.5 million to homeowners to settle a class action lawsuit.[8][5]
^VolunteerMatch. "Make It Right Foundation". VolunteerMatch. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
^ abMake It Right Foundation. "Financial Statements - 2012 Audit" (PDF). Make It Right Foundation. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
^ abKeller, Judith (31 January 2022). "How Brad Pitt's green housing dream for Hurricane Katrina survivors turned into a nightmare". The Conversation. Retrieved 30 January 2024.
^"Make it Right – Graft".
^ abcdwriter, DOUG MACCASH | Staff (17 August 2022). "Brad Pitt's Make It Right Foundation to pay $20.5M to owners of faulty post-Katrina homes". NOLA.com. Retrieved 2022-08-25.
^Menza, Kaitlin (18 January 2019). "Where Did Brad Pitt's Make it Right Foundation Go Wrong?". Architectural Digest. Condé Nast. Retrieved 30 January 2024.
^Cite error: The named reference theguardian was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^"Brad Pitt's Make It Right Foundation Must Pay Katrina Survivors $20.5 Million in Settlement". www.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2022-08-25.
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