#HomeForAll
Advocacy & Outreach#HomeForAll Community Fund
The real estate community has a long tradition of giving back to others in need. Our mission is to support our community through financial donations to housing-related charities. We are committed to the welfare and prosperity of the communities where we live and work. Through our charitable contributions and member involvement, we strive to help create more productive and enriched communities.
- ACAR’s #HomeForAll movement advocates removing barriers to homeownership such as Point of Sale Inspections and Escrow requirements.
- ACAR’s #HomeforAll supports local efforts that support and promote homeownership, including education programs, homebuyer incentives, homeowner incentive programs, and other tools designed to help homeowners.
- ACAR is a community partner, providing funding and volunteers for various placemaking projects such as pocket parks, alley activations, pedestrian plazas, road diet demonstrations, and more.
- ACAR supports a local government’s authority to systematically inspect the exterior only of all residential units (not just those for sale or rent) located in that city’s jurisdiction to ensure that our neighborhoods are maintained safely.
- REALTORS® support holding all property owners accountable for maintaining property(s) in accordance with existing regulations, but we do not support subjecting a select segment of property owners – investment property owners – to onerous and costly governmental inspection and registration, as it is unfair and discourages investment in communities.
- ACAR creates and supports efforts to help buyers and sellers of all cultural backgrounds receive equal professional real estate services. Further, we collaborate with organizations to create an environment of inclusion to learn from and celebrate our differences.
- ACAR advocates on behalf of small business owners on items such as protecting the deductibility of the Business Income Deduction and other tax policies, as well as on national issues such as flood insurance, health care reform, GSE reform, and preservation of tax benefits for homeownership & real estate investment.
Goals and Good Works
Service Projects:
- Red Kettle Days with the Salvation Army
- Operation Orange at The Akron Regional Food Bank
- Produce Distribution at Cleveland Food Bank
- Holiday Retail Set up at Habitat for Humanity’s ReStore
- “Be Real” - A financial literacy program for Akron City Schools
- Helped Rehab a Vietnam Veteran’s Home with ReBuilding Cuyahoga Valley
Request Support for a Worthy Cause
New applications for 2025 disbursements are being accepted! -- The Akron Cleveland Association of REALTORS accepts applications for grant funding from its #HomeForAll Community Fund, which supports housing-related charities in ACAR's jurisdiction (Cuyahoga, Portage, and Summit Counties). All applicants must complete the application below and may be asked to present additional information in person. Awards shall be announced in October. The application window is January 1 through April 30 each year.
About Akron Community Foundation
Celebrating 59 years of building community philanthropy, Akron Community Foundation embraces and enhances the work of charitable people who make a permanent commitment to the good of the community. In 1955, a $1 million bequest from the estate of Edwin Shaw established the community foundation. Today, it is a philanthropic endowment of $181 million with a growing family of more than 450 funds established by charitable people and organizations from all walks of life. The community foundation welcomes gifts of all kinds, including cash, bequests, stock, real estate, life insurance and retirement assets, just to name a few. To date, the community foundation’s funds have awarded more than $114 million in grants to qualified nonprofit organizations.
Visit the Akron Community Foundation's website for more information.
Grant Recipients
The following have been recipients of contributions from the #HomeForAll Community Fund:
