Kitsap Home Builders Foundation

The Kitsap Home Builders Foundation is organized for educational and charitable purposes, within the meaning of Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Tthe Kitsap Home Builders Foundation is organized to support the educational and charitable activities of the Home Builders Association of Kitsap County.

Activities of the Foundation

Support of Habitat for Humanity with the Surplus Building Materials Sale held during the annual Peninsula Home & Garden Expo held in March.

BUILT GREEN Program Education. Providng education and support for the environmentally friendly building and development program.

Scholarship Program in cooperation with the Building Industry Association of Washington. Two $500 scholarships are awarded each year to students working toward a degree in a construction related field. Recepients also compete for two $2,000 scholarships awarded by the BIAW. Download Scholarship Application

Build A Better Christmas - Assisting familes with Christmas in cooperation with the Alive Shelter.

Bike & Rod Rally -A summer bike & rod run around Hood Canal, with proceeds benefiting Hang on Kitsap, a Leadership Kitsap started project that provides hand rails for elderly citizens.

Current Projects:

Kitsap Low Impact Development (LID)- LID is a storm-water management and land development strategy applied at the parcel and subdivision scale that emphasizes conservation and use of on-site natural features integrated with engineered, small-scale hydrologic controls to more closely mimic predevelopment hydrologic functions. The foundation is working with our cities, county and other stakeholders to develop a Kitsap LID Guide for implementation during 2009

Home Builders Association Office Site LID Retrofit. The Kitsap Home Builders Foundation has received a PIE grant from the Puget Sound Action Team to retrofit the HBA Office building site with low impact development techniques.

 e-mail:acastle@kitsaphba.com