Keystone Custom Homes is a three-time hailed Best Builder in America by the famous Builder Magazine. This home builder has been considered as the largest independent provider of top-of-the-line home building services and high quality products in Central Pennsylvania. Founded in 1992, this home builder has been driven by the simple philosophy of delivering nothing but utmost customer services in its main office at Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Jeff Rutt is the founder and the current Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Keystone Custom Homes. Prior to the establishment of this home builder company, Rutt and his wife were operating their 200-acre owned farm in Lancaster County. It took a decade of working in the farm before he decided to pursue a home building business. Bearing the values of perseverance and positivity along with efficiency, Rutt was able to successfully put up and start the Keystone Custom Homes. During the first 6 months in the business world, this company has already sold 12 homes to Pennsylvanian citizens. Since then, Keystone Custom Homes has grown too much in terms of number of employees, scopes of products and services, infrastructures and technology used, and customer base. It has been the top-choice homebuilder for the 38 communities around the state, especially the counties of Dauphin, Lebanon, Chester, York, and Cumberland. Aside from that, this home builder also caters clients from several nearby states.
Other than being an exceptionally skilled businessman, Jeff Rutt also had the heart to help families residing in indigenous communities. That is why in 1997, he founded the HOPE International after receiving a lifetime service achievement award where he was given a $200,000 grant. Basically, HOPE International was founded as a non-profit organization that provides microfinance programs to help families get out of the poverty line. One thing that makes these microfinance programs to the usual livelihood programs is the promotion of business principles that are centered on Christian faith. People in the chosen communities are provided seminars and trainings on how to build and run a small business through a biblical approach. They are also encouraged to grow spiritually so they can improve the status of their lives with faith in God and harmony among others.
To date, HOPE International continues to reach out more lives in 13 countries all over the world. It currently serves about 200,000 clients in these communities. To support its charitable activities, Jeff Rutt has been committed to transfer a percentage of the profit from the Keystone Custom Homes to the funds of this organization.