Home Builders Care Foundation Honors Greenebaum Enterprises as its 2022 Robert L. Mitchell Founders Award Winner

Home Builders Care Foundation Honors Greenebaum Enterprises as its 2022 Robert L. Mitchell Founders Award Winner 

​Pikesville, MD (October 13, 2022) – Greenebaum Enterprises, a real estate company engaged in the development and acquisition of office, retail, residential and large-scale mixed-use properties, today announced that it has been named the 2022 Robert L. Mitchell Founders Award winner by the Home Builders Care Foundation (HBCF). The annual prestigious award recognizes lifetime achievement and philanthropy by industry members to the local community.
 
Greenebaum Enterprises will be honored at the Home Builders Care Foundation’s 10th Annual Charity event at the Marriott Owings Mills Metro Centre on October 12, 2022. All proceeds from the event benefit the Home Builders Care Foundation’s program to shelter and support the homeless and others in crisis.
 
“Greenebaum Enterprises is honored to be recognized for its commitment to philanthropy and dedication to sharing our resources to give back to our local communities to help make a positive impact on families and underserved communities,” said Michael Greenebaum, president of Greenebaum Enterprises. “We are proud to carry on the philanthropic tradition set by my late father and company founder, Stewart Greenebaum, who was one of our industry’s most generous community leaders for many years.”   
 
“The Home Builders Care Foundation is extremely grateful for Greenebaum Enterprises’ extraordinary generosity over the years, which includes the gift of land and extensive professional in-kind contributions that led to the creation of the Maryland Center for Housing, our industry’s home, in the award-winning Maple Lawn community of Howard County where Greenebaum is the master developer,” said Patti B. Kane, Foundation Director, Home Builders Care Foundation, Inc.
 
Michael Greenebaum, president of Greenebaum Enterprises, considers philanthropy essential to his company’s mission. The Greenebaum Family Foundation is focused on improving the human condition most notably in the fields of education and medicine. Michael is involved with many philanthropic and civic organizations. He is co-chair of the University of Maryland School of Medicine Board of Visitors, board member of the University of Maryland Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center, and a member of the Johns Hopkins Peabody Institute Advisory Board. Michael is a former Trustee of McDonogh School and generously donated $8 million toward the construction of the Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Middle School.   

Mark Bennett, Sr., vice president of land development and construction, has been with Greenebaum Enterprises for more than 30 years. Bennett is an active Life Director of the Maryland Building Industry Association and is a past-president of the Home Builders Care Foundation. He personally oversaw the planning and construction of the Maryland Center for Housing. He is also past president and lifetime member of the Aberdeen Volunteer Fire Department.

Named after the Founder of the Home Builders Care program, the Robert L. Mitchell Founders Award is presented in recognition of a lifetime of leadership and commitment to community outreach and charitable efforts, particularly within the state of Maryland and through HBCF, its community service programs and charitable construction projects.

Chosen by the HBCF Board of Directors, recipients of this prestigious award are selected on the basis of dedication, service, participation and contributions – both in-kind and financial - that go above and beyond “normal” volunteer activity.  The award recognizes lifetime achievement and philanthropy.
 
For more information on the 10th Annual Charity event, please visit: Lifetime Achievement Honors - HOME BUILDERS CARE FOUNDATION OF MARYLAND (hbcf.org).
 
About The Maryland Building Industry Association:
The Maryland Building Industry Association is a not-for-profit trade organization representing the interests of over 1,000 member firms and more than 100,000 employees, including home builders, remodelers, developers and affiliate professional and service providers in the Maryland Counties of Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Calvert, Carroll, Cecil, Charles, Harford, Howard, Montgomery, Prince George's and St. Mary's as well as Baltimore City, the Eastern Shore and Washington, DC. www.marylandbuilders.org.
 
About The Home Builders Care Foundation
Founded in 1984, HBCF is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization and the official charity of MBIA, serving 85% of the state of Maryland as well as the District of Columbia. It’s mission is to give back by utilizing the skills and resources of building industry members on shelter-related construction for the homeless and others at-risk. The Foundation is an accredited organization with the Standards for Excellence Institute, a national initiative established to promote the highest standards of ethics, effectiveness, and accountability in nonprofit governance. Find out more at: www.hbcf.org
 
About Greenebaum Enterprises
Greenebaum Enterprises is a real estate company engaged in the development and acquisition of office, retail, residential and large-scale mixed-use properties. For information, visit: https://greenebaumenterprises.com.
 
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