Here are some of the charitable efforts and contributions the CT REALTORS® Foundation has accomplished thanks to the generous support of our REALTOR® members and family.

The 10th annual (2025) be homeful for the holidays campaign was our best year yet! Each year, we partner with the CT Coalition to End Homelessness to raise emergency assistance funding to keep children and families safe at home and from having to enter a homeless shelter. This year, thanks to our extremely generous donors, we were able to raise $65,379! We are so grateful to our “village” of members, local Boards, local Board Foundations, MLSs, real estate firms and members of the public. And with the constant support of Daley Moving & Storage donating a truck/driver and the assistance our local Boards, we delivered more than 1,900 plush Paddington bears, Paddington chime balls, backpacks and Paddington books to 31 homeless organizations/shelters across the state with the Foundation’s sponsorship of these gifts. CT REALTORS Care!

The 10th Annual Dog Days of Summer campaign (summer 2025) was a success once again! We collected much-needed supplies at the July CTR Board of Directors meeting and thanks to all of our generous donors, we were able to raise $3,410 which will be split this year between Army’s Legacy Animal Rescue & Sanctuary and Hands Helping Paws Project. THANK YOU!!

HUGE "thank you" to those who donated to the Foundation through the 2025 Travelers Championship's Birdies for Charity program! We were able to beat last year's total, raising $5,775. This generated an $866.25 matching 15% donation from Birdies for a grand total of $6,641.25. Every dollar goes towards Gates Scholarships that will be awarded next year so we, and the lucky future recipients, can't thank you enough for your generosity!!!

51 Raymond F. Gates, Jr. Memorial Scholarships were awarded this year. Check out the scholarship recipients for 2025.

During the March 2025 CT REALTORS Board of Directors meeting, the Foundation held its 7th annual Shelter Drive. Directors very generously donated a variety of wish list items for both the Beth-El Center in Milford and Open Doors in Norwalk along with $600 in monetary donations that was split between the two shelters. Thank you, CTR Directors!

The CT REALTORS® Hometown Heroes grant program provides immediate mortgage, rent, property tax or other housing-related expense relief to those who exemplify extraordinary service to the communities where we live and work. The latest Hometown Heroes grant was presented to the Cornerstone Foundation in memory of their past Deputy Director (June 2024). Read the press release.

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