Saddle Brook, NJ – February 1, 2024 – Greater Bergen REALTORS® (GBR), REALTORS® Care Foundation (RCF) hosted their annual 2023 RCF Grant Award Ceremony at GBR Headquarters in Saddle Brook, NJ on Friday, January 26, 2024. This year, the RCF awarded over $202,000 in grant awards to 41 local non-profit organizations.
The yearly event is a celebration of the ongoing philanthropic efforts of the REALTORS® Care Foundation and other local non-profit organizations across Northern New Jersey. The gourmet catered breakfast ceremony, kindly donated by Skopos Catering, Wood Ridge, NJ was an opportunity for RCF Trustees, NJMLS executive leadership, and the grant award recipients to gather to highlight each special organization's impactful work.
Organizations who received RCF Grant Awards include Baby Bundle, Inc.; Bergen County Court Appointed Special Advocates; Bergen Volunteer Medical Initiative, Boys & Girls Club of Lower Bergen County, 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; Family Promise of Bergen County; Habitat for Humanity of Bergen County/Home Build Project; Humanism in Building dba Senior Source; Jewish Family & Children's Services of Northern NJ; Juvenile Education & Awareness Project; Kids Against Hunger, Philadelphia; 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, dba Meals on Wheels North Jersey; Paterson Task Force; Pony Power Therapies; Project Literacy of Greater Bergen County; Rebuilding Together North Jersey; REED Foundation for Autism; Residents Assistance Program; Roots & Wings; Rutherford Senior Center 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 Food Brigade, Inc.; The Valley Program Foundation for Children with Autism; Transition Professionals; Vantage Health System, Inc.; Women’s Rights Information Center; YCS Foundation, Inc.
“The Grant Award Ceremony is by far my favorite day of the year,” says 2023 RCF President, Maureen Mamunes, “It is heartening to celebrate and recognize the many incredible organizations that are making our world a better place. I have been privileged to see the REALTORS® Care Foundation grow as an organization that continues to support such impactful causes, aiding in making a difference for those in our local communities.”
The mission of the REALTORS® Care Foundation is to provide support to those in need and to improve the quality of life in the communities where our REALTOR® members live and work. Since its debut in 2015, the RCF has awarded over $1,400,000.00 in grants to more than 70 local non-profit organizations providing food, clothing, shelter, education, and more to individuals, families, and children in need.
To learn more about the REALTORS® Care Foundation please visit www.gbrcarefoundation.org
Click HERE to view photos of the event, courtesy of Brian Johnson, Real Estate Shooters.