Saddle Brook, NJ – December 13, 2022- The Greater Bergen REALTORS®, REALTORS® Care Foundation (RCF) and the New Jersey Multiple Listing Service (NJMLS) were happy to announce their 2022 grant recipients at their Annual Grant Award Breakfast Ceremony on December 14th, 2022. This year, the GBR REALTORS® Care Foundation successfully raised $293,000 for 46 grants to 39 non-profit 501-c3 organizations across Northern New Jersey.
The REALTORS® Care Foundation gives focus and added strength to the association’s tradition of giving back to the community where their members live and work by providing support to non-profit organizations involved in homelessness, shelter, and education with monetary grants. The GBR REALTORS® Care Foundation Grant Program is funded by the NJMLS, whose generosity assists the Foundation in increasing the number of 501-c3 non-profits they help each year since its debut in 2015. The program was designed to help local organizations with special projects and/or initiatives that will improve their facilities and empower those in the communities where we live and work.
The Grant Award Ceremony celebrated and acknowledged the following organizations for their dedication and hard work in their local communities throughout Northern New Jersey:
Adler Aphasia Center, Advance Housing, Inc., Baby Bundle, Inc., Bergen County Court Appointed Special Advocates, Bergen Volunteer Medical Initiative, Boys & Girls Club of Lower Bergen County – Hackensack, Boys & Girls Club of Lower Bergen County – Lodi, Boys & Girls Club of Hawthorne, Inc., Camp Youth Development Program Corp, Center for Food Action, Center for Hope & Safety, Children’s Aid and Family Services, Community Meals, Inc., Emmanuel Cancer Foundation, Eva’s Village, Family Promise of Bergen County, Habitat for Humanity of Bergen County – Fairview, Habitat for Humanity of Bergen County – Hillsdale, Humanism in Building a NJ non-profit dba Senior Source, Jewish Family & Children’s Services of Northern NJ, Julia Anne Kirsch Foundation, Inc., Juvenile Education & Awareness Project, Mark Schonwetter Holocaust Education Foundation, New Horizons in Autism, Inc., NJ Community Development Corporation, Inc., North Jersey Friendship House, Oasis – A Haven for Women & Children, Pascack Valley Meals on Wheels, Paterson Task Force, Rebuilding Together North Jersey, REED Foundation for Autism, Roots & Wings, Rutherford Senior Citizen aka 55 Kip Center, Social Service Association of Ridgewood & Vicinity, Spectrum for Living Development, Inc., Spectrum Works, Inc., Table to Table, The CTC Academy, Inc., The Valley Program Foundation for Children with Autism, Vantage Health System, Inc., Women’s Rights Information Center, YCS Foundation, Inc. – Hackensack, YCS Foundation, Inc. – Paterson
REALTORS® Care Foundation 2022 President, Maureen Mamunes, presented the grant awards on behalf of the foundation, stating, “Our goal is to make the world a better place, and to do more for Northern New Jersey. We are an organization that looks to help in any way we can, because we know that supporting other organizations who share the same goal is the ultimate way to give hope to those who need it most.”
To learn more about the REALTORS® Care Foundation and their charitable work, visit our website www.gbarcarefoundation.org.