Steamboat Sotheby’s International Realty Community Fund is currently accepting applications for the Fall 2018 grant cycle.
CLICK HERE for the grant application or HERE to find out more about the Steamboat Sotheby’s International Realty Community Fund.
The deadline for Fall 2018 grant applications is October 1, 2018, with funding being awarded by October 31.
Steamboat Sotheby’s International Realty is proud to have collaborated with the Yampa Valley Community Foundation to create the Steamboat Sotheby’s International Realty Community Fund. The company-wide fundraising effort provides an opportunity for SSIR brokers, owners and staff to contribute to the collective fund, which will then issue grants to local non-profits.
All applications must be sponsored by an SSIR agent or staff member, to ensure that grant applications are for organizations in and around the Steamboat community. An internal granting committee made up of agents and staff will decide how to award the grants and distribute the funds. There are two grant cycles a year, every fall and spring. The Yampa Valley Community Foundation administers the fund and functions as an advisory board, offering expertise on collective giving.
“Our goal is to really make a meaningful impact in organizations within our community,” says Traci Smith, Director of Marketing for Steamboat Sotheby’s International Realty. “Almost all our brokers already contribute significantly to over 100 local organizations, either financially or through volunteerism, so our team is already making an impact in our community on an individual basis. We saw this as an opportunity for everyone within our firm to work together toward a common goal. The beauty of collective giving is that you don’t have to give a lot individually to create a situation where the group, collectively, can contribute significantly. It’s a perfect example of the old adage: ‘the whole is greater than the sum of its parts.’”
“Our focus is to promote local charitable giving,” says Mark Andersen, Executive Director, Yampa Valley Community Foundation, who is administering the fund in partnership with SSIR. “We help donors connect with non-profit organizations. We try to make giving easy by helping organizations like Steamboat Sotheby’s International Realty set up a granting process to gather their donations and have a collective impact. The goal of our organization is to create a culture of giving in the Yampa Valley, and Steamboat Sotheby’s International Realty is doing just that.”