In 2023, LSTAR continued to honour its pledge to the Ontario REALTORS Care® Foundation’s Every REALTOR® Campaign in the amount of $2.00 per member per month. The Foundation’s mission is “to advance the Foundation’s philanthropy by enabling REALTOR® Members and real estate boards to practice effective and ethical fundraising in support of shelter-related causes in Ontario.”
Are you willing to be an Advocate for a deserving local organization or charity that could benefit from the Ontario REALTORS Care® Foundation’s Every REALTOR® Campaign? If so, please encourage them to send an application to Kelly Bougie, Director of Administration at kbougie [at] lstar.ca (kbougie[at]lstar[dot]ca) no later than August 16, 2024, at 4:30 pm.
How to Apply for a REALTORS Care® Grant:
- Review the Grant Application Guidelines and fill in the Grant Application Form.
- Create a short video (maximum 4 minutes in length) that meets the following requirements:
- Explains how the charitable organization’s project benefits the local community.
- Shows a breakdown of the charity’s current funding.
- Discloses if the organization has or has not received an Ontario REALTORS Care® grant in the past.
- Clearly describes what the REALTORS Care® grant would be used for and what dollar amount would be required to complete the project.
- Includes any other pertinent information that LSTAR’s Community Engagement Committee should know about the organization.
- Upload the video on the charity's YouTube channel, and then send a link to that video along with your completed Grant Application Form to kbougie [at] lstar.ca (kbougie[at]lstar[dot]ca).
LSTAR's Community Engagement Committee will be reviewing all applications and videos during the last two weeks of August 2024. The Committee will use a scoring matrix to evaluate all applications and produce a list of grant finalists. The finalists will then be invited to attend an online meeting via Zoom on September 10, 2024, to answer any additional questions the Committee may have.
As the available funds are limited, we cannot guarantee that all applicants will be awarded funding at this time. However, all funding requests will be kept on file. If any of the applicants receive an unfavourable decision, it is important to note that this outcome does not bear any reflection on the merits of the requesting organization’s project.
If you have any further questions, please contact Kelly Bougie, Director of Administration at LSTAR, via kbougie [at] lstar.ca (kbougie[at]lstar[dot]ca).
