Project Captains Wanted

Be a builder giving back and volunteer your company's expertise to serve as a Project Captain. The support of the building industry is what makes our program successful. Our project captains lead our projects, provide technical expertise and help develop project resources.

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Volunteer your expertise on a shelter-related project
As builders, our industry holds a key to preventing and ending homelessness. Through the Home Builders Care Foundation, we hope you will help us build to make a difference in the lives of others in need of a home in Maryland.
Our project selection focuses on increasing capacities and improving space at housing facilities, shelters and other community-based facilities where housing and supportive social services are delivered hand-in-hand.
In our communities, the need to build supportive housing and provide shelter for the homeless is continuous.
The Project Captain is the centerpiece of our program.  It showcases our industry’s expertise and builds goodwill. For each project, we match our non-profit partnering organization with a member company of the industry - a home builder, developer, general contractor or trade partner (“Project Captain”) who spearheads a project with assistance from an HBCF Board Member. The Foundation Director and the HBCF Board of Directors at large provide further project support. HBCF donations and other project contributions have historically covered most project costs. The Project  Captain is rewarded with a tangible way to give back to the community by volunteering their firm's expertise and stepping up with resources. We could all use your help.

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Interested in helping?  Please complete the form below to receive more information about how your company can get involved in a project.

Basic Project Captain Responsibilities:
Help develop and fine-tune the scope of work for the project

• Create, implement and maintain the construction budget
• Help recruit and secure trade partners, suppliers and subcontractors for the project
• Provide a project manager/superintendent to oversee construction
• Help maintain records on trades which include contact information and the dollar value of in-kind donations
• Participate in donor recognition for all the trades and volunteers

Project Captain Benefits:
Involvement in charity work is a great motivating & team building opportunity for Project Captains, their staff and trade partners. We understand the time commitment necessary for Project Captains and deeply value these partnerships. HBCF, the Foundation Director, Board of Directors and the specific Board member assigned to the project support and collaborate with the Project Captain in the following ways:

We screen prospective shelter projects to ensure that the necessary funds and organizational stability are in place to ensure a successful project.

• We strive to limit paperwork for the Project Captain.
• We help bridge the funding gap to make the project feasible for both the nonprofit and the Project Captain.
• We feature the Project Captain in media outreach campaigns and printed materials related to the project and promote the project from beginning to dedication.
• We recognize the Project Captain as well as all suppliers and subcontractors at all events related to the project.
• We feature Project Captains with their project on our website & can link to your website.
• We feature our partners in not only HBCF but also MBIA newsletters, which reaches 1,200 industry members, government officials and community leaders.
• We can provide the necessary insurance for the project.
• We assist with project management including documenting the scope of work, bookkeeping, the tracking in-kind donations, and acknowledging contributing trades and partners appropriately.
• We provide an opportunity for you to make a public, meaningful, lasting contribution to the community by doing what you do best – build.
• Thank you to our many Project Captains of note!