RRF Exceeds 20th Anniversary Goal
NAR’s reduction fund elevated $8.5M, thanks to 2,500 donations from Realtors, condition and community Realtor associations, MLS corporations and other firms.
CHICAGO – The Realtors® Relief Foundation’s (RRF) Hope Increasing marketing campaign surpassed its fundraising purpose of $8.5 million. RRF supplies housing aid to victims of hurricanes, floods, wildfires and other disasters.
“I am so very pleased to see our members and marketplace occur alongside one another and aid these an essential induce,” suggests Nationwide Affiliation of Realtors® (NAR) President Leslie Rouda Smith. “Surpassing this fundraising objective means that RRF is organized to give reduction to victims of natural disasters.”
The campaign received extra than 2,500 donations from Realtors®, condition and area Realtor associations, MLS corporations and other companies. Florida Realtors® donated $600,000 towards the aim.
Other major RRF supporters incorporate Texas Realtors (Direct Big Point out), Arkansas Realtors (Lead Smaller Point out), Northeast Florida Association of Realtors (Lead Community) and real estate agent.com (Direct Company Donor). NAR also acquired key donations from its subsidiary organizations ($1,250,000). Other donations arrived from a variety of teams both big and tiny, these types of as the Japanese Arkansas Realtors Affiliation that pledged $30 per member, Stellar MLS ($250,000), Midwest Real Estate Data ($100,000), Houses.com ($100,000) and Bright MLS ($100,000).
“We challenged ourselves with the objective of $8.5 million, which surpassed the amount of money the Basis elevated in the immediate aftermath of the 9/11 terrorist assaults,” Smith suggests. “The accomplishment of this campaign demonstrates the Realtor spirit of company and devotion to caring for our communities.”
“The Hope Rising campaign was RRF’s first stage in developing sustainable reserves to make sure we are often ready to support those in want through periods of disaster,” claims RRF President Michael Ford. “The Realtor group has generally generously supported RRF and they confirmed up in a major way in 2021. This 20th anniversary campaign is the excellent way to honor our earlier even though also planning for the foreseeable future.”
Considering that 2001, RRF has awarded more than $33 million in aid, which funded about 100 catastrophe recoveries and assisted 17,000 families in 40 states and territories. With NAR masking all administrative expenditures, RRF distributes 100% of all cash gathered.
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