REALTORS® Charitable Foundation
Mission Statement
The REALTORS® Charitable Foundation’s mission is to support home ownership opportunities and build strong community relationships.
A Collective Heart
Our History
The REALTORS® Charitable Foundation represents the collective heart of more than 3,200 REALTORS® in the Rochester, Finger Lakes and Southern Tier Regions.
Since its inception, the REALTORS® Charitable Foundation has made grants of over $800,000 to more than 35 Rochester & Finger Lakes area non-profit organizations whose mission support the mission of the REALTORS® Charitable Foundation. See the complete list of grant recipients here.
Through our programs and grants, the REALTORS® Charitable Foundation seeks to create wider access to home ownership, provide educational programs on the benefits of home ownership, partner with organizations who help first-time home buyers prepare for home ownership, and work with the community to address our regions housing related issues.

Past RCF Grant Recipients
- AIDS Rochester — The Greenhouse Housing Program
- Alternatives for Battered Women Bishop Sheen Ecumenical Housing Foundation — Emergency Home Repair Program
- Catholic Charities of Livingston County — Partnership for Success Program
- Catholic Charities — La Casa Program
- Corn Hill Neighbors Association — Ad-Hoc Playground Equipment
- Dimitri House, Inc. — Hunter House, Inc.
- East House — Crossroads Apartment Program
- Family Service of Rochester, Inc. — Enriched Housing Program for low income Senior Citizens
- Finger Lakes Developmental Disabilities Service Office Friends Helping Friends — Transitional Living Program
- Habitat for Humanity of Ontario County — Honeoye House
- Hillside Children’s Foundation — Promises to Keep Campaign (Emergency Shelter)
- Housing Opportunities, Inc. — Family Empowerment Program
- Mercy Residential Services Regional Center for Independent Living — Section 8 Home Purchase Program
- Rochester Fire Department — Smoke Detector Campaign
- Rochester Interfaith Network (RAIHN)
- Roland Williams Youth Lifeline Foundation — Financial Literacy Program
- Ronald McDonald Charities of Rochester, Inc. — House Within a Hospital at Golisano’s Children’s Hospital
- Sector 4 Community Development Corporation — Urban Brew Coffee Shop
- Sojourner House — Supportive Housing and Outreach Program (Transitional Housing Program)
- The Center for Youth — Transitional Living Program
- The Housing Council — Rental Registry The Salvation Army – Hope House Emergency Shelter
- Wilson Commencement Park — Housing Choice Program
Grant Requests
Currently, the REALTORS® Charitable Foundation is not accepting Grant Requests.
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