Community Builder Award Recipients

The Foundation bestows the Community Builder Award in recognition of those individuals, communities or organizations that have had the courage to make inclusivity their mission.

A woman in a gray suit holding a plaque for the 2025 Community Builder Award, standing next to a man in a dark suit presenting the award to her.
The 2025 Community Builder Award being presented to New York State Industries for the Disabled

The Foundation bestows the Community Builder Award in recognition of those individuals, communities or organizations that have had the courage to make inclusivity their mission—that is, those who have worked tirelessly so that people with disabilities may participate as contributing, valued members of their communities.

We are honored to celebrate these past recipients of the Community Builder Award.

2025

New York State Industries for the Disabled

2024

Shri Studio (Rhode Island)

2023

PCs for People (Minnesota)

2022

Cornerstone Building Contractors (Washington)

2021

Mickey Mart (Ohio)

2013

Kiwanis International’s Aktion Clubs (Indiana)

2012

Hope House Foundation Community Support Program (Virginia)

2011

Pathway at UCLA Extension, University of California Los Angeles

Andrea Schaefer of Barefoot Dance Studio (South Dakota)

2009

Pieters Family Life Center (New York)

City of Eugene Adaptive Recreation Program (Oregon)

2008

KFI, Inc. (Maine)

New Mexico State Senator Cynthia Nava

2007

Options Day Service Program, a program of Bethesda (Kansas)

Region Ten Quality Assurance Commission (Minnesota)

2006

Dakota Communities (Minnesota)

The Town of Littleton (New Hampshire)

2005

Zuni Entrepreneurial Enterprises (New Mexico)

Wilderness Inquiry (Minnesota)

2004

Norcom Community Center (Pennsylvania)