ShareNAR offers several grants to help state and local REALTOR® associations fund and support commercial services and programs in their local communities. View grant options, application ideas, and more.
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NAR Grants Promoting Commercial Programs
Commercial Innovation Grants
Provides "kickstarter" funds to help state and local REALTOR associations create new commercial services or programs.
(Grants may be awarded in amounts ranging from $500 to $3,500)
Questions? Please contact: CommercialInnovationGrant@nar.realtor.
Consumer Advocacy Grant
The Consumer Advocacy Grant allows local and state REALTOR® associations to create consumer advocacy activities in their communities that advance wise public policies that strengthen the real estate market, promote property ownership, and build strong communities leading to a healthy economy.
(Up to $25,000 may be requested if not a collaborative campaign. If collaborative campaign state and local associations, up to $75,000 may be requested.)
Smart Growth Grant
Smart Growth Grants support state and local REALTOR association efforts to advance programs, policies and initiatives aligned with one or more of the 10 Smart Growth Principles.
Placemaking Grant
NAR’s Placemaking Grant is available to REALTOR® associations to help them plan, organize, implement, and maintain Placemaking activities in collaboration with their communities.
(Level 1 up to $3,000 may be requested. Level 2 up to $7,500 may be requested.)
Rural Outreach Grant
NAR's Rural Outreach Grant is available to state and local REALTOR associations serving communities with a population of under 30,000 people. Grants can support training, forums, events, studies, and ordinance drafting, on a wide range of issues such as broadband, well and septic, open space preservation, environmental standards, and planning and zoning issues.
(Level 1 maximum award is $3,000. Level 2 maximum award is $7,500.)
Transforming Neighborhoods
Does your community need help reimagining a neighborhood or town center, repurposing a brownfield or other troubled site, spurring economic development, or igniting commercial activity? Local REALTOR® associations can apply for NAR’s Transforming Neighborhoods to bring the Counselors of Real Estate’s (CRE) Consulting Corp expert real estate problem solving skills to their area. Applications open early January and close mid-February each year. NAR underwrites the cost of CRE Consulting Corp team travel and report generation.