The Hearthstone Builder Humanitarian Award is a celebration of the philanthropic nature of the home building community. Winners receive awards to make contributions to the charities that they support. These awards are made through a donor advised fund created in each winner’s name at the Homebuilding Community Foundation.

To learn more about the award, please visit the web site.

Nominate an outstanding builder
All for-profit builders or lot developers are eligible as either individuals or companies for the Hearthstone Builder Humanitarian Award. Builders may nominate themselves or be nominated by other builders or by the charities, nonprofits, or government organizations they have helped.

Nominee’s charitable involvement is measured against the following criteria by a panel of distinguished judges, many of who have received the Hearthstone Builder Humanitarian Award.

Award Criteria:
  • Lifetime Commitment
  • Depth of Commitment
  • Significance of builder’s contribution
  • Inspirational value
  • Significance of charity
  • Ability of charities of use the award


For questions or more information on the nomination process, please contact Loretta Williams at 202-736-3455 or via email at lwilliams@hanleywood.com.

2009
On January 20, 2009, opening day of the International Builders Show in Las Vegas, NV a celebration dinner was had commemorating the anniversaries of the Hearthstone BUILDER Humanitarian Awards and BUILDER magazine. BUILDER magazine celebrated its 30th anniversary while Hearthstone celebrated its 10 year partnership with BUILDER on the Hearthstone BUILDER Awards. The event honored the 30 leaders and visionaries who have shaped the home building industry over the past 30 years.

The Homebuilding Community Foundation is pleased to acknowledge its board members who were recognized as innovators at the Hearthstone BUILDER Humanitarian Dinner:
Kent Colton, Joint Center for Housing Studies, Harvard University
Paul Hylbert, Jr., ProBuild
The late James Z. Pugash, Hearthstone and HCF founder
Nicolas Retsinas, Joint Center for Housing Studies, Harvard University
David Weekley, David Weekley Homes.

To pay tribute to the 30 innovators, the Hearthstone BUILDER Award made a grant to both The Home Depot Foundation and Global Green in their honor.

Winners of the Hearthstone Builder Award

2008
Jeff Rutt, Keystone Homes
Thomas Gipson, Thomas Gipson Homes

2007
John Crosland, Jr., Crosland, Inc.
Robert M. Atack, Atack Properties
James Z. Pugash, Chairman, Hearthstone

2006
Ralph A. Drees, The Drees Company
David M. Showers, Strausser Investment
J. Ronald Terwilliger, Trammell Crow Residential
Pardee Homes

2005
Larry Webb, John Laing Homes
Joseph Pusateri, Jr., Elite Homes

2004
David K. Hill, Kimball Hill Homes
J. Roger Glunt, Glunt Development / Jayar Construction

2003
Robert Strudler, Lennar Corporation
Lee Wetherington, Lee Wetherington Homes

2002
John Wieland, John Wieland Homes & Neighborhoods
Bernard Drueding, B.J. Drueding Builders

2001
Keith Johnson, Fieldstone Communities
Antone Raymus, Raymus Development & Sales

2000
Don Ball, Ball Homes
David Weekley, David Weekley Homes
George Pringle & John Pringle, Pringle Development

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