About Us

Our Mission

Down Home empowers lives by furnishing homes for families and individuals emerging from homelessness.

2022 Annual Report

Our Vision

Down Home envisions a community where everyone lives in a supported, stable, and nurturing home.

Our Team

FILLIPI FAMILY

CO-FOUNDERS

Founded Down Home in October 2017.

Jenessa Fillipi

FOUNDER & EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Down Home

Jake Fillipi

FOUNDER & BOARD MEMBER

Axis Property Management

Charlene Kuznia

CO-FOUNDER & OPERATIONS DIRECTOR

Down Home

Janet Nysetvold

CONNECTIONS COORDINATOR

Down Home

Emily Kaiser

COMMUNITY OUTREACH COORDINATOR

Down Home

Matthew Bye

WAREHOUSE MANAGER

Down Home & CMTA Engineering

Chandra Lendobeja

PROGRAMMING & VOLUNTEER RELATIONS COORDINATOR

Down Home

Kristie Eid

BOARD MEMBER-SECRETARY

Eid-Co Custom Homes

Angela Lord

BOARD MEMBER

Vogel Law Firm

Dan Seefeldt

BOARD MEMBER

MSUM Adjunct Professor

Brittaney VanderHagen

BOARD MEMBER

JBC Commercial Real Estate

Jill Waslaski

BOARD MEMBER

Jill of All Trades

Jeremy Welsand

BOARD MEMBER-TREASURER

Border States Electric

Brent Wersinger

BOARD MEMBER

First Interstate Bank