Saddle Brook, NJ – January 27, 2025 - Greater Bergen REALTORS® (GBR), REALTORS® Care Foundation (RCF) hosted their annual 2024 RCF Grant Award Ceremony at GBR Headquarters in Saddle Brook, NJ on Thursday, January 23, 2025. This year, the RCF awarded $165,050.00 in grant awards to 47 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. The event was photographed courtesy of Brian Johnson, Real Estate Shooters.
Organizations who received RCF Grant Awards include:
A Partnership for Change (APFC); Baby Bundle, Inc.; Bergen Volunteer Medical Initiative; Boys & Girls Club of Hawthorne, Inc.; Camp Youth Development Program Corp; Center for Food Action NJ Weekend Snack Pack Program ; Center for Hope & Safety, Inc. Children's Aid and Family Services; Community Meals Inc.; Emmanuel Cancer Foundation; Family Promise of Bergen County - Grant 1 Housing & Support; Geriatrics Services, Inc. (D/B/A The Bright Side Family); Habitat for Humanity of Bergen County / Habitat Bergen Home Build Project ; Jewish Association for Developmental Disabilities; JL Gives A NJ Nonprofit Corp. DBA JL Blessings; Julia Anne Kirsch Foundation, Inc.; Junior League of Bergen County, Inc.; Juvenile Education & Awareness Project; New Concepts for Living; New Horizons in Autism, Inc.; NJ Community Development Corporation, Inc.; Oasis - A Haven for Women and Children - After School Academy; Para La Gloria de Dios Foundation, Inc.; Pascack Valley Meals on Wheels, dba Meals on Wheels North Jersey; Pony Power Therapies; Project Literacy of Greater Bergen County; Rebuilding Together North Jersey; Roots & Wings; Rutherford Senior Center aka 55 KIP Center; Several Sources Shelters; Social Service Association of Ridgewood & Vicinity; Spectrum for Living Development Inc.; Spectrum Works, Inc.; Spring Lake Toys Foundation, Inc./ Spring Lake Hope Foundation; St. Josephs Health Foundation; The Food Brigade, Inc.; The Lighthouse (A Ministry of the Episcopal Church of St. Paul & Incarnation); The Valley Program Foundation for Children with Autism; Transformations by New Jersey Angels; Transition Professionals; Tomorrows Children's Fund; Volunteer Center of Bergen County - Community Engagement & Leadership; Volunteer Center of Bergen County - Strengthening Families; Women's Rights Information Center; YCS Foundation, Inc.
“I am proud to continue the RCF's goal of raising funds to support initiatives aimed at elevating the well-being of the community,” says 2025 RCF President, Shana Sanchez. “It is so rewarding to see exactly what our grants are going toward within each of these amazing organizations, and how they truly make a difference."
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 $1,500,000.00 in grants to more than 85 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