Hearthstone BUILDER Humanitarian Awards

The Hearthstone BUILDER Humanitarian Award is a celebration of the philanthropic nature of the homebuilding community. Each year, winners receive a cash award that they then designate to the charities of their choice. In 2006, over $650,000 was awarded to charitable programs and projects across the country.

In addition to winner designated awards, a portion of the proceeds from the Award have supported such organizations as the Elizabeth Anton Habitat for Humanity Fund and the Homebuilding Community Foundation.

Elizabeth Anton Habitat for Humanity Fund
A portion of the funds from the Hearthstone Builder Award are contributed to the Elizabeth Anton Habitat for Humanity Fund. When Elizabeth Anton died one month before her 21st birthday, some of her father’s friends in the

homebuilding industry had a dream to create a fund that would allow one house to be built each year in Elizabeth’s memory for Habitat for Humanity.

The three men who had this dream – Jim Pugash, Deke Welles and David Hill – also made the initial, generous contributions to the Elizabeth Anton Habitat for Humanity Fund. Today, thanks to additional contributions from family, friends and housing industry leaders, the endowed fund has grown to over $500,000. In early 2005, ground was broken in suburban Washington, DC where Elizabeth grew up, for the first house to be built in her memory. Elizabeth’s family and friends will work on the house, and when it is complete, one more family in need will have a good home in which to live and Habitat for Humanity will have taken one more step towards its goal, its dream, of eliminating housing poverty all over the world.

The Homebuilding Community Foundation
The Homebuilding Community Foundation (HCF) was founded in 2002 by a group of industry leaders. The concept is a powerful one: We are a give through not a give to organization. Donors who establish donor advised funds at HCF can give through HCF to their favorite charities,

including virtually any tax-exempt charity in the United States. By making it easier for people to give to their favorite charities, we hope to help them give more. And because their gifts pass through a homebuilding industry organization, we help enhance the industry’s reputation for supporting its communities at the same time.

In just a few short years, almost $30 million in gifts and commitments have been made by HCF, and the foundation has made grants to over 200 charities across the country.

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	Giving back to our community The Hearthstone BUILDER Humanitarian Award is a celebration of the philanthropic nature of the homebuilding community. Each year, winners receive a cash award that they then designate to the charities of their choice. In 2006, over $650,000 was awarded to charitable programs and projects across the country. In addition to winner designated awards, a portion of the proceeds from the Award have supported such organizations as the Elizabeth Anton Habitat for Humanity Fund and the Homebuilding Community Foundation. Elizabeth Anton Habitat for Humanity Fund A portion of the funds from the Hearthstone Builder Award are contributed to the Elizabeth Anton Habitat for Humanity Fund. When Elizabeth Anton died one month before her 21st birthday, some of her father’s friends in the homebuilding industry had a dream to create a fund that would allow one house to be built each year in Elizabeth’s memory for Habitat for Humanity. The three men who had this dream – Jim Pugash, Deke Welles and David Hill – also made the initial, generous contributions to the Elizabeth Anton Habitat for Humanity Fund. Today, thanks to additional contributions from family, friends and housing industry leaders, the endowed fund has grown to over $500,000. In early 2005, ground was broken in suburban Washington, DC where Elizabeth grew up, for the first house to be built in her memory. Elizabeth’s family and friends will work on the house, and when it is complete, one more family in need will have a good home in which to live and Habitat for Humanity will have taken one more step towards its goal, its dream, of eliminating housing poverty all over the world. The Homebuilding Community Foundation The Homebuilding Community Foundation (HCF) was founded in 2002 by a group of industry leaders. The concept is a powerful one: We are a give through not a give to organization. Donors who establish donor advised funds at HCF can give through HCF to their favorite charities, including virtually any tax-exempt charity in the United States. By making it easier for people to give to their favorite charities, we hope to help them give more. And because their gifts pass through a homebuilding industry organization, we help enhance the industry’s reputation for supporting its communities at the same time. In just a few short years, almost $30 million in gifts and commitments have been made by HCF, and the foundation has made grants to over 200 charities across the country. www.homebuilding.org