Deadline: 10-Dec-24
Applications are now open for the Real Estate Industry Grants to support projects led by non-profit organizations serving real estate professionals in British Columbia.
All Real Estate Foundation grants support projects that are in the public interest. Each year, the Foundation earmarks a percentage of its budget to fund research, education, and law reform projects led by real estate industry organizations. These projects build capacity in the industry and empower real estate professionals with the knowledge, skills, and tools needed to serve the public.
Objectives
- REFBC supports work that:
- Builds real estate professionals’ knowledge of sustainable land use and real estate practices
- Connects real estate industry organizations with other partners to collaborate and build support for sustainable land use practices among real estate professionals, the public, and policy makers.
- Supports real estate professionals in their role as advisors on real estate, land use and built environment trends, laws and standards that help foster a high quality of life and/or serve the public interest in other ways.
- Supports real estate professionals’ efforts to understand and address systemic racism in land use and its historical and contemporary contexts, to recognize Indigenous rights, and to engage, strengthen relationships, and create opportunities for collaboration and partnership with Indigenous, Black and people of colour in BC.
Funding Information
- For requests over $20,000, REFBC generally matches up to 50% of the cash portion of a project’s budget. For requests up to $20,000, matching funding from other sources is encouraged but not required.
Eligible Expenses
- Eligible expenses include staffing and program delivery, project coordination, communications, consultant fees, convening & workshops, travel, Indigenous ceremony & cultural protocols, honoraria, and building cultural competency.
Eligibility Criteria
- Only the following Organized Real Estate organizations are eligible to apply:
- BC Real Estate Association
- Real Estate Institute of BC
- Local Real Estate Boards and Associations.
For more information, visit REFBC.