Builders Care Mission
Want to Make a Difference?
For many, Builders Care is their last hope to maintain a quality of life at home. Builders Care specializes in building ramps to make homes handicapped-accessible and providing assistance in emergency home repairs.
Since 2001, Builders Care has helped hundreds of people in Northeast Florida in need of critical home repairs. For many low-income residents, owning a home can become a burden, when there are no funds to repair or maintain their property. The ultimate goal of Builders Care is to provide quality home reconstruction to those who are unable to afford it otherwise.
The work of Builders Care began in 2001, but our community is still facing an enormous need. There are an estimated 45,000 substandard homes in Northeast Florida in desperate need of repair. Many of these people are elderly or disabled. Typically, their only source of income is social security. This barely leaves money to cover food and medicine with no money left over for necessary home maintenance or repairs. Typically, these people sit in silence out of fear they will be forced out of their homes or face fines from municipal authorities. The work that Builders Care does allows them to safely remain in their homes.
All residents of Northeast Florida deserve to live in dignity; you can personally help your neighbors by volunteering with Builders Care or through in-kind and financial donations.
Care Through Collaboration: The facts about Builders Care
- Founded by the Northeast Florida Builders Association (NEFBA) on October 1, 2001, Builders Care has renovated over 600 houses and provided $6.5 million dollars of fair market value construction at no charge to Jacksonville’s neediest families.
- As of December 2020, Builders Care has had over 10,000 volunteers, many of which come back to help more than one project.
- Builders Care functions as a construction company as well as a charity, and we are able to leverage our resources and provide quality construction services for those who cannot afford to contract our work.
- Builders Care is a charitable arm of NEFBA, which consists of over 1,100 construction trade members representing more than 50,000 employees. Many of them serve on the Board of Directors for Builders Care and are our most supportive tradesmen when we need supplies or professional insight on our projects.
- Builders Care coordinates with various organizations to find Jacksonville residents in need. Organizations include: Hart Felt Ministries, Beaches Energy Assistance Ministry (BEAM), City Council members, Disabled Services, Legal Aid, Urban Jacksonville, the Independent Living Resource Center, City Code Enforcement, and Meals on Wheels.
Caring Member
- MasterCraft Builder Group
- ICI Homes
- Providence Homes
- Beson4
- B&G Plumbing
- Breeze Homes
- Builders FirstSource
- Davidson Cares, Inc.
- Greg Matovina
- MasterCraft Builder Group
- Peggy Collins, Polished Properties-US
- The Landmark Foundation
- The Wood Development Company
- CorHomes
- Dostie Homes
- HW Contracting
- Ian MacDonald
- Keith Ward, Thomas May Construction
- MaryEllen Willis Trust
- McAneny Builders
- Miranda Contracting
- Nate Day, H. Smith, Inc.
- Tidewater Homes
- Ameris Bank
- Cole Slate, Slate Real Estate
- Sherry Davidson, Davidson Realty
- Dominion Engineering Group, Inc.
- Doug Wenzel
- Hart Resources
- Jodi Schoenfeld
- Larry Wittmer
- Anderson Restoration
- ARC Construction
- BCM Services, Inc.
- Construction Solutions & Supply
- Construction Specialists of North Florida
- Oxley Cabinet Warehouse
- Pro-Tile & Marble
- Sisler Johnston Interior Design
- Linda Lewis
- Mark Robert Hersey
- Sessions Development LLC
- Steve Madden, Synovus Bank
- Supreme Stucco
- Surfside Painting
- Tye Dye Gyes
- Whitco Insurance Agency, LLC
