The Groundbreaker Awards Dinner: Recognizing and Celebrating Change Agents

Slated for Wednesday, April 24th, 2024 at NYC’s Metropolitan Pavilion, the Groundbreaker Awards Dinner will once again exuberantly bring to life Housing Works’ premier fundraising celebration.

Since 2013, the Groundbreaker Awards Dinner has annually gathered luminaries from across home and design, entertainment, philanthropy and business to laud the philanthropic achievements brought by a host of truly exceptional individuals. Whether in league with Housing Works’ own mission to end HIV/AIDS and homelessness or on behalf of other critical humanitarian causes, Groundbreaker Awards’ honorees are all potent change agents affecting the public good.

This year's honorees are Chief Creative Officer of F. Schumacher & Co. and Editor-in-Cheif of FREDERIC, Dara Caponigro; Model/Mother/Ally, Linda Evangelista; and Founder and CEO of HarbourView Equity Partners, Sherrese Clarke Soares. They will join an illustrious group of previous honorees including Award-winning actor Patricia Arquette; President and CEO of Hermès, Robert Chavez; President of Kering America, Laurent Claquin; designer Jamie Drake; actress Maggie Gyllenhaal; journalist Tamron Hall; fashion advocate Bethann Hardison; model and entrepreneur Iman; designer Charlotte Moss; designer Miles Redd; President of the Ford Foundation, Darren Walker; and designer Bunny Williams -- among many others.

Design on a Dime: Home and Design Benefit for Housing Works

Every year, the Groundbreaker Awards Dinner precedes and kicks-off its sister fundraising event, Design on a Dime: Housing Works’ annual 3-day décor shopping festival (April 25 – 27, 2024 – the Metropolitan Pavilion).

Design on a Dime is a signature cause of the design and home industries where the full complement of both converge to bring the event spectacularly to life. Founded in 2005 by renown interior designer James “Ford” Huniford, every April Design on a Dime convenes the volunteered time, talent and treasure of 50+ leading interior designers and home brands, all who combine to create a fleet of individual magical model room “vignettes.” Each vignette is stunningly decorated with choice donated décor and home furnishings; thousands of design gems in the aggregate. Following an exclusive fundraising preview, the vignettes suddenly transform into fundraising shops. Here, patrons notch bottom dollar deals on fantastic finds for the home amid a fabulous shopping party. Next, Design on a Dime opens to the public with a pair of free admission shopping days. Here, New Yorkers converge to
capture and carry home décor treasures priced for the proverbial “dime” – with every purchase benefiting Housing Works’ mission.

Design on a Dime 2024 is being led by a stellar cast of Co-Chairs including Rayman Boozer, Jamie Drake, Elissa Grayer, Young Huh,
David Kaihoi, Charlotte Moss, Joy Moyler, and Miles Redd.