Founded in 2025
Carrying Debie's work forward.
Debie Baranchulk spent her life helping people find a stable place to live. Her foundation continues that work through affordable housing, homelessness response, and life skills education.
Coming up
Veterans Day Benefit Concert
Who Debie was
Debie was a pioneering lender in the Sacramento area who spent her career making homeownership possible for more families. She trained housing counselors across the country, served on the boards of several nonprofits, and later turned her attention to people experiencing homelessness.
She passed away from adrenal cancer in December 2024. The foundation was started in May 2025 to keep her work going.
- Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment AgencyHome Loan Counseling Center, instructor to Chair of the Board
- NeighborWorks AmericaTrained housing counselors and wrote curriculum used nationwide
- Francis House CenterBoard member and organizer of Feast for the Streets
- Fremont Presbyterian ChurchDeacon, Elder, and mentor
Support Debie's legacy
Every gift goes toward the causes Debie gave her life to: affordable housing, homelessness response, and life skills education.
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We are looking for partners
If your organization works in housing, homelessness, or education, we would love to talk about sponsoring a program, co-hosting an event, or sharing resources.