REAL ESTATE INDUSTRY GRANT APPLICATION
                  Category 1: Organized Real Estate
                  INSTRUCTIONS AND PROGRAM INFO
                  The application deadline is 11.59pm on December 15, 2021.
                  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
                  Please contact our Grants Coordinator (grants@refbc.com| 604-343-2629 or toll free at 1-866-912-
                  6800 ext. 109) if you have any questions about the grant application process or would like to discuss 
                  our funding criteria and eligibility. If our Grants Coordinator is unavailable please contact one of our 
                  Grants Program Managers.
                  Real Estate Industry Grants
                  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. 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, and to engage, strengthen relationships, and 
                           create opportunities for collaboration and partnership with Indigenous, Black and people of 
                           colour in BC.
                  SECTION 1 – APPLICANT INFORMATION
                  1.1. Applicant Organization Name: 
                  Please provide the full legal name of your organization followed by the preferred acronym - without 
                  punctuation - in brackets. eg: Real Estate Foundation of BC (REFBC)
                  1.2. Applicant Organization - Website 
                  Please copy/paste the URL for your organization’s website (including the http:// or https://)
                  1.3. Social Media
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                  If available, please share your organization’s social media account info.
                  Facebook 
                  Instagram 
                  Twitter 
                  1.4. Application Primary Contact 
                  Please provide the name and contact information of the person REFBC should contact if there are 
                  questions about your application. This is the person who will be notified about the status of your 
                  application. 
                  Contact First Name
                  Contact Last Name
                  Job Title
                  Organization Name
                  Email Address
                  Office Phone
                  Cell Phone
                  Office Address
                  City
                  Province
                  Postal Code
                  1.5. Application Secondary Contact (optional) 
                  If there is an additional contact related to this application, please note their details here for reference 
                  (they may be at your organization or from a key partner organization).
                  Contact First Name
                  Contact Last Name
                  Job Title
                  Organization Name
                  Email Address
                  Office Phone
                  Cell Phone
                  Office Address
                  City
                  Province
                  Postal Code
                  1.6. Advancing Racial Equity and Justice 
                  At REFBC, we are stepping up our listening, learning and reflecting on how racism, colonialism and the 
                  uneven distribution of power are woven into the structures and institutions of our society. We are 
                  reviewing internal policies and processes, collaborating with other funders, and investing time and 
                  resources in Board and Staff training and discussions to action our commitment to anti-racism. 
                  Fundamentally, we recognize the critical need to better support those who have been historically under-
                  represented or prevented from participating in decision-making, and land-use decision-making in 
                  particular. We will be looking to our grantees, prospective applicants, and partners to share perspectives 
                  and learnings on this work. Please comment on your organization’s efforts, learning, or interests in 
                  advancing justice, equity, and inclusion with Indigenous, Black, and/or people of colour.
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                  Character limit: 2,500 
                  SECTION 2 – PROJECT INFORMATION
                  2.1. Project title: 
                  Character Limit: 75
                  2.2. Amount applied for: 
                  Note: The Real Estate Foundation of BC does not fund project activities retroactively. The funding you 
                  are requesting should be allocated in your budget towards activities that do not begin until after funding 
                  decisions are made in March.
                  2.3. Total cash project budget (excluding in-kind contributions): 
                  2.4. Estimated Project Duration 
                  Provide an estimate for the number of months required to deliver your project.
                  2.5. Estimated Project Start Date: 
                  Please use the format DD/MM/YYYY when entering dates.
                  2.6. Estimated Project End Date: 
                  Please use the format DD/MM/YYYY when entering dates.
                  2.7. REFBC has a legislated mandate to support projects with activities that fall under one or more of 
                  the following categories. Please check the box beside the type of activity/activities in your proposal. 
                  Check all that apply. 
                    Research:                                                 ☐
                    Law/Policy Analysis and Reform:                           ☐
                    Professional Education:                                   ☐
                    Public Education:                                         ☐
                  2.8. Project summary statement – please provide a brief synopsis of your project idea and intended 
                  outcomes. 
                  (Note: Outcomes are the anticipated immediate project results or goals)
                  Character Limit: 1000
                  2.9. Project Activities 
                  Please describe your proposed project activities. What key phases, activities, and steps are required? 
                  Character Limit: 2500
                  2.10. Geographical Area Served 
                  Please select the option that best represents the region of the province in which your project activities 
                  will take place:
                       -   Cariboo & Northern BC
                       -   Kootenay Region
                       -   Lower Mainland & Sea-to-Sky
                       -   Okanagan & Southern Interior
                       -   Vancouver Island & Gulf Islands
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                           -     Province-Wide/Multi-Region
                      2.11. Geographic Impact 
                      If your project impacts multiple regions and you wish to explain, please comment briefly. Please also list 
                      the Indigenous territory/territories on which your project will take place. 
                      Character Limit: 250
                      2.12. Sustainable Land Use & Real Estate Practices 
                      Briefly describe how your project supports or promotes land use and/or real estate practices that 
                      integrate social & environmental objectives into policy and practice for the long-term well-being of 
                      communities and ecosystems. 
                      Character Limit: 2500
                      2.13. Relationship to Existing Work 
                      Is this project building on past or current initiatives within your organization or by other organizations 
                      that support the change you are trying to create? If so, please provide details of how your project is 
                      building on past or concurrent initiatives. How are you ensuring that the project doesn’t duplicate work 
                      already being done?
                      Character Limit: 3000
                      SECTION 3 – PARTNERSHIPS
                      Project Partners are not mandatory for Real Estate Industry Grants awarded to Organized Real Estate 
                      bodies. However, the Foundation encourages partnerships and collaboration if this makes sense for the 
                      project proposal, and partner organizations may come from the non-profit, public, government and/or 
                      private sectors.
                      Please list partner organizations and consultants that will be directly involved in the project. Partners are 
                      organizations that share in project planning and/or implementation. Partners may also share in decision-
                      making about the project. Add additional boxes, as required, to list all key partners. Note: organizations 
                      only providing financial support are not considered partners for this question. 
                      Partner 1 Name: 
                      Partner 1 Type: (select one)
                           -     NGO
                           -     Local/Regional Government
                           -     Provincial Government
                           -     First Nation Government
                           -     Industry Association
                           -     Academic
                           -     Media
                           -     Consultant/Private Sector
                           -     Other
                      Partner 1 Project Role: What role are they playing in the project? Character limit: 500 
                      Add Additional Partner? (checkbox)
                      SECTION 4 – PROJECT BUDGET
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