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.

2024 Groundbreaker Awards’ honorees will be announced soon. Previous honorees and presenters include: 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.

Tables of ten for the dinner are priced at $25,000, $15,000, and $10,000, and can be purchased via the bitton below or by contacting Rachel Cleary at 415.994.1044 or R.Cleary@housingworks.org

Note: all dinner guests also receive transferable tickets to the Design on a Dime Opening Night Reception, starting with an exclusive VIP Hour, on the following evening, April 25, 2024.

Design on a Dime

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 where everything is sold at 50-80% off to benefit Housing Works Mission.