Trumark Homes—No. 73 on the 2024 Builder 100—recently announced a $156,000 donation to charity: water, a global nonprofit dedicated to providing clean and safe water to the millions of people living without it.
This year’s gift sets a record for the company’s annual contributions to the organization, due to Trumark Homes’ strong sales last year and continued growth across its four divisions.
“Our employees are passionate about charity: water and the impact our annual donation has in providing clean and safe water to families and communities across Africa,” says Michael Maples, principal and co-founder of Trumark Cos. “Everyone deserves access to clean and safe water, and we are particularly humbled that this year’s contribution will change the lives of so many students and educators, providing the necessary water infrastructure to help them focus on their studies and school activities.”
Since partnering with the charity, Trumark Homes has contributed a total of $681,000, bringing clean water to over 23,000 people through funded and built projects across Africa, reports the company. In the 13 years that Trumark Homes has supported charity: water, its contributions have funded 63 water projects, from Ethiopia and Uganda to Malawi and Mozambique.
This latest gift will fund water point and sanitation facilities at five schools in the East African country of Rwanda, providing approximately 4,000 students and staff with access to clean water and safe sanitation facilities including gender-specific latrines and handwashing stations.