We gave out 1 million dollars for Covid-19 Relief

The Ontario REALTORS Care® Foundation has Granted out $1 Million Dollars to Shelter Related Charities for COVID-19 Relief

In response to the challenges faced by Ontario’s shelters and food banks brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, Ontario REALTORS Care® has distributed  $1,000,000 to local charities. Funds have been distributed to more than 100 local charities by our 37 Member Boards.

Barrie & District Association of REALTORS® Inc

Charity Name Grant Amount Year Granted
Women & Children’s Shelter of Barrie $2,330.00 2020
United Way Simcoe Muskoka $2,330.00 2020
Youth Haven Barrie $2,330.00 2020
The Women & Children Shelter of Barrie $2,620.00 2021
Youth Haven $2,500.00 2021
United Way Simcoe Muskoka $2,600.00 2021

Brampton Real Estate Board

Charity Name Grant Amount Year Granted
Ste. Louise Outreach Centre of Peel $4,780.00 2020
Rosa's Centre $4,780.00 2020
Rosa's Centre $10,533.00 2021

Brantford Regional Real Estate Association Inc.

Charity Name Grant Amount Year Granted
Community Resource & Employment Service (Brantford) $3,960.00 2020
Jason's Wheelhouse $2,081.50 2021
Rosewod House $2,081.50 2021

Cambridge Association of REALTORS

Charity Name Grant Amount Year Granted
Cambridge Self Help Food Bank $4,410.00 2020
Cambridge Memorial Hospital Foundation $2,268.00 2021
The Cambridge Self Help Food Bank $2,267.00 2021

Chatham-Kent Assoc. of Realtors

Charity Name Grant Amount Year Granted
Chatham-Kent Health Alliance Foundation $2,800.00 2020
Indwell Community Homes $2,945.00 2021

Cornwall and District Real Estate Board

Charity Name Grant Amount Year Granted
Maison Baldwin House $2,930.00 2020
Maison Baldwin House $2,961.00 2021

Durham Region Assoc. of Realtors

Charity Name Grant Amount Year Granted
Luke's Place Support & Resource Ctr. For Women & Children $1,995.00 2020
Nanny Angel Network Inc. $1,995.00 2020
Dreams and Wishes Children's Charity $1,995.00 2020
Shine Through the Rain Foundation $1,995.00 2020
Bereaved Families of Ontario – Durham Region $4,209.50 2021
Back Door Mission for the Relief of Poverty $4,209.50 2021

Guelph and District Association of REALTORS

Charity Name Grant Amount Year Granted
Welcome In Drop In Centre $1,000.00 2020
Lakeside HOPE House $1,000.00 2020
East Wellington Community Services $850.00 2020
Wyndham House $1,000.00 2020
Centre Wellington Food Bank $1,000.00 2020
Wyndham House $1,025.00 2021
East Wellington Community Services $1,025.00 2021
Hope House  $1,025.00 2021
Drop in Centre $1,025.00 2021
Centre Wellington Food Bank $1,025.00 2021

Huron Perth Association of REALTORS®

Charity Name Grant Amount Year Granted
Huron County Food Bank Distribution Centre Inc. $1,585.00 2020
The Local Community Food Centre $1,585.00 2020
Huron County Bulk Food Distribution Centre  $1,669.00 2021
The Local Community Food Centre $1,669.00 2021

Kawartha Lakes Real Estate Association

Charity Name Grant Amount Year Granted
A Place Called Home $1,000.00 2020
Women’s Resources of Kawartha Lakes $1,000.00 2020
CMHA HKPK $950.00 2020
Kawartha Lakes Food Source $2,229.00 2021
Bobcaygeon Helps Food Bank $743.00 2021

Kingston and Area Real Estate Association

Charity Name Grant Amount Year Granted
Gananoque Food Bank $2,460.00 2020
Salvation Army Napanee Food Bank $2,460.00 2020
Dawn House Services and Housing for Women $2,554.00 2021
Morningstar Relief Mission Inc. $2,554.00 2021

Kitchener-Waterloo Association of REALTORS

Charity Name Grant Amount Year Granted
The Food Bank of Waterloo Region $9,550.00 2020
House of Friendship $10,413.00 2021

LONDON AND ST. THOMAS ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS®

Charity Name Grant Amount Year Granted
Meals on Wheels London $2,312.00 2020
St. Thomas Elgin Food Bank $2,312.00 2020
The Salvation Army Strathroy Community and Family Services $2,312.00 2020
Mission Services of London $2,312.00 2020
London & Area Food Bank $2,312.00 2020
London & Area Food Bank $2,055.00 2021
St. Thomas Elgin Food Bank $2,055.00 2021
"Strathroy Area Food Bank (Operated by the Salvation Army
Strathroy Community and Family Services) "
$2,055.00 2021
Meals on Wheels London $3,080.00 2021
My Sisters’ Place $3,080.00 2021

Mississauga Real Estate Board

Charity Name Grant Amount Year Granted
The Mississauga Food Bank $6,010.00 2020
Mississauga Food Bank $6,275.00 2021

Niagara Association of REALTORS

Charity Name Grant Amount Year Granted
Hospice Niagara $2,122.50 2020
Port Cares (Port Colborne Association for Resource Extension) $2,122.50 2020
Matthew House Refugee Ministry of Fort Erie $2,122.50 2020
Westview Christian Fellowship ( Westview Centre4Women $2,122.50 2020
Matthew House Refugee Ministry of Fort Erie $3,030.33 2021
Arid Recovery Homes $3,030.33 2021
Habitat for Humanity $3,030.33 2021

North Bay Real Estate Board

Charity Name Grant Amount Year Granted
Powassan Food Bank $465.00 2020
Mattawa and Area Food Bank $465.00 2020
Bonfield and Rutherglen Food Bank $465.00 2020
Temagami Food Bank $465.00 2020
Callander and District Food Bank $465.00 2020
West Nipissing Food Bank $465.00 2020
Bonfield and Rutherglen Food Bank $390.17 2021
Callander and District Food Bank $390.17 2021
Mattawa and Area Food Bank $390.17 2021
North Bay Food Bank $500.00 2021
Powassan Food Bank $390.17 2021
Temagami Food Bank $390.16 2021
West Nipissing Food Bank $390.16 2021

Northumberland Hills Assoc. of Realtors

Charity Name Grant Amount Year Granted
Northumberland Hills Share Food Bank- Cobourg $2,680.00 2020
Green Wood Coalition $2,574.00 2021

Ottawa Real Estate Board

Charity Name Grant Amount Year Granted
Ancoura $2,608.57 2020
A New Day Youth and Adult Services $2,608.57 2020
Bruce House $2,608.57 2020
Eastern Ottawa Resource Centre $2,608.57 2020
Hospice Care Ottawa $2,608.57 2020
Jericho Road Ministries $2,608.57 2020
Lanark Highlands Youth Centre $2,608.58 2020
Ancoura $4,959.25 2021
Eastern Ottawa Reserve Centre $4,959.25 2021
Jericho Road Ministries $4,959.25 2021
Ottawa-Carleton Association for Persons with Developmental Disabilities $4,959.25 2021

Peterborough & Kawarthas Assoc. of REALTORS

Charity Name Grant Amount Year Granted
The Mount Community Centre $4,580.00 2020
YWCA Peterborough Haliburton $4,715.00 2021

Quinte & District Association of REALTORS

Charity Name Grant Amount Year Granted
Gleaners Food Bank (Quinte) Inc. $4,200.00 2020
Gleaners Food Bank (Quinte) Inc. $4,595.00 2021

Realtors Assoc. of Grey Bruce Owen Sound

Charity Name Grant Amount Year Granted
Habitat for Humanity Grey Bruce $4,000.00 2020
Habitat for Humanity Grey Bruce $4,120.00 2021

REALTORS® Association of Hamilton-Burlington

Charity Name Grant Amount Year Granted
Halton Women's Place $5,930.00 2020
Inasmuch House $5,930.00 2020
Good Shepherd Centre $5,930.00 2020
Halton Women's Place $3,858.00 2021
The Salvation Army Hamilton Booth $3,858.00 2021
The Bridge: From Prison to Community $3,858.00 2021
Wesley Urban Ministries (Wesley) $3,858.00 2021
YWCA Hamilton $3,858.00 2021

Renfrew County Real Estate Board

Charity Name Grant Amount Year Granted
Bernadette McCann House $2,760.00 2020
Hospice Renfrew $2,721.00 2021

Rideau St Lawrence Real Estate Board

Charity Name Grant Amount Year Granted
Smiths Falls Community Food Bank $540.00 2020
The Table Community Food Centre $540.00 2020
Operation Harvest Sharing $540.00 2020
Food for All Food Bank Serving South Grenville Area Inc. $540.00 2020
Athens Food Bank Crisis Fund Assoc. $540.00 2020
Lanark County Interval House $1,360.50 2021
Leeds & Greenville Interval House $1,360.50 2021

Sarnia Lambton Real Estate Board

Charity Name Grant Amount Year Granted
Habitat for Humanity Sarnia Lambton $1,595.00 2020
The Inn of the Good Shepherd $1,595.00 2020
Habitat for Humanity Sarnia Lambton $1,653.00 2021
The Inn of the Good Shepherd $1,653.00 2021

Simcoe & District Real Estate Board

Charity Name Grant Amount Year Granted
CMHA Brant Haldimand Norfolk $650.00 2020
Port Dover and Area Lifeline Food Bank $200.00 2020
Waterford & District Food BankCupboard $200.00 2020
Delhi Sharing Pantry $200.00 2020
Mission Food Bank $200.00 2020
Haldimand-Norfolk Women's Services $500.00 2020
Canadian Mental Health Association - BHN Branch $2,699.00 2021

Southern Georgian Bay Association of REALTORS®

Charity Name Grant Amount Year Granted
Hospice Huronia - Tomkins House $2,390.00 2020
Hospice Georgian Triangle Foundation $2,390.00 2020
Shelter Now $1,690.00 2021
Home Horizon Georgian Triangle Residential Services $1,690.00 2021
My Friend's House $1,690.00 2021

Sudbury Real Estate Board

Charity Name Grant Amount Year Granted
Sudbury Womens Centre $1,890.50 2021
Inner City Home of Sudbury $1,890.50 2021

The Lakelands Association of REALTORS®

Charity Name Grant Amount Year Granted
Burk's Falls and District Food Bank $1,000.00 2020
The Sharing Place Food Centre $1,780.00 2020
Harvest Share Community Food Programs $1,500.00 2020
Minden Food Bank $1,500.00 2020
Burk’s Falls Food Bank $1,186.60 2021
The Sharing Place Food Centre (Orillia) $1,186.60 2021
Harvest Share Parry Sound $1,186.60 2021
Minden Food Bank $1,186.60 2021
United Way Simcoe Muskoka $1,186.60 2021

The Oakville, Milton and District Real Estate Board

Charity Name Grant Amount Year Granted
Milton Resource Centre $3,176.67 2020
Food For Life $3,176.67 2020
Kerr Street Mission $3,176.66 2020
THE LIGHTHOUSE PROGRAM FOR GRIEVING CHILDREN $9,872.00 2021

The Sault Ste. Marie Real Estate Board

Charity Name Grant Amount Year Granted
St. Vincent Place Sault Ste. Marie $2,850.00 2020
Pauline's Place $2,983.00 2021

Thunder Bay Real Estate Board

Charity Name Grant Amount Year Granted
Crisis Homes Inc. o/a Faye Peterson House $3,310.00 2020
Women's Shelter Saakaate House $1,732.00 2021
Faye Peterson House $1,732.00 2021

Tillsonburg District Real Estate Board

Charity Name Grant Amount Year Granted
Helping Hand Food Bank $850.00 2020
The Salvation Army - Tillsonburg $850.00 2020
Tillsonburg & District Multi-Service Centre $830.00 2020
Salvation Army - Tillsonburg Community Church $845.00 2021
Helping Hand Foodbank $845.00 2021
Domestic Abuse Services Oxford $845.00 2021

Timmins, Cochrane & Timiskaming Districts

Charity Name Grant Amount Year Granted
Pavilion Women's Centre $1,310.00 2020
Timmins and Area Women in Crisis $1,310.00 2020
Living Space $2,656.00 2021

Toronto Regional Real Estate Board

Charity Name Grant Amount Year Granted
DAILY BREAD FOOD BANK $32,500.00 2020
NORTH YORK HARVEST FOOD BANK $32,500.00 2020
BUILDING ROOTS $2,000.00 2020
SECOND HARVEST $22,000.00 2020
KNIGHTS TABLE $5,000.00 2020
SEVA FOOD BANK $5,000.00 2020
THE MISSISSAUGA FOOD BANK $23,000.00 2020
THE FOOD BANK OF YORK REGION $32,000.00 2020
FEED THE NEED IN DURHAM $11,000.00 2020
CASEY HOUSE FOUNDATION $2,200.00 2020
COVENANT HOUSE TORONTO $2,200.00 2020
EVA'S INITIATIVES FOR HOMELESS YOUTH $1,200.00 2020
HAVEN TORONTO (THE GOOD NEIGHBOUR'S CLUB) $1,200.00 2020
HORIZONS FOR YOUTH $1,200.00 2020
INTERVAL HOUSE $1,200.00 2020
RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES (RMHC) TORONTO $2,360.00 2020
SKYLARK FOUNDATION $2,200.00 2020
THE SCOTT MISSION $2,200.00 2020
EMILY'S HOUSE (PHILIP AZIZ CENTRE FOR HOSPICE CARE) $3,730.00 2020
RED DOOR FAMILY SHELTER $3,200.00 2020
360◦ KIDS (360(o)KIDS SUPPORT SERVICES) $4,000.00 2020
BLUE DOOR $4,500.00 2020
CORNERSTONE TO RECOVERY $7,660.00 2020
YELLOW BRICK HOUSE (PROJECT HOSTEL) $4,000.00 2020
ERNESTINE'S WOMEN'S SHELTER $3,800.00 2020
HAVEN ON THE QUEENSWAY $5,600.00 2020
INTERIM PLACE $3,200.00 2020
YORKTOWN FAMILY SERVICES $3,600.00 2020
YOUTH WITHOUT SHELTER $4,590.00 2020
Toronto Foundation for Student Success $50,000.00 2020
TORONTO FOUNDATION FOR STUDENT SUCCESS (BREAKFAST PROGRAM) $50,000.00 2021
DAILY BREAD FOOD BANK $20,000.00 2021
FOODSHARE TORONTO $20,000.00 2021
NORTH YORK HARVEST FOOD BANK $20,000.00 2021
SECOND HARVEST FOOD RESCUE $20,000.00 2021
GROWING NEIGHBOURHOODS FOUNDATION C/O BUILDING ROOTS FOOD BANK $5,000.00 2021
THE COMMUNITY SHARE FOOD BANK (DON MILLS) $17,800.00 2021
FEED THE NEED IN DURHAM $5,500.00 2021
KENDALWOOD SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH FOOD BANK $2,000.00 2021
OPEN ARMS CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST FOODBANK $2,000.00 2021
THE FOOD BANK OF YORK REGION (A PROGRAM OF LIFECORPS INTERNATIONAL) $29,450.00 2021
KNIGHTS TABLE OF PEEL (BRAMPTON 9235 OUTREACH CORPORATION) $5,000.00 2021
SEVA FOOD BANK $5,000.00 2021
THE MISSISSAUGUA FOOD BANK $18,000.00 2021
THE STOP COMMUNITY FOOD CENTRE $5,250.00 2021
CASEY HOUSE $2,900.00 2021
COVENANT HOUSE TORONTO $2,876.96 2021
HAVEN TORONTO $2,800.00 2021
RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES TORONTO $2,500.00 2021
SANCTUARY MINISTRIES OF TORONTO $2,900.00 2021
THE SCOTT MISSION $2,900.00 2021
YONGE STREET MISSION $2,900.00 2021
HERIZON HOUSE (AJAX PICKERING WOMEN'S CENTRE) $2,700.00 2021
LUKE'S PLACE $2,700.00 2021
KENNEDY HOUSE $2,840.40 2021
360KIDS SUPPORT SERVICES $3,600.00 2021
BLUE DOOR SUPPORT SERVICES $3,600.00 2021
CANADIAN CENTRE FOR ABUSE AWARENESS (ABUSE HURTS) $3,600.00 2021
INN FROM THE COLD INC. $3,745.24 2021
PEOPLE IN TRANSITION (ALLISTON) INC., MY SISTER'S PLACE $3,600.00 2021
PROJECT HOSTEL O/A YELLOW BRICK HOUSE $3,700.00 2021
WOMEN'S CENTRE OF YORK REGION $3,700.00 2021
ERNESTINE'S WOMEN'S SHELTER $3,800.00 2021
FAMILY TRANSITION PLACE $3,800.00 2021
HAVEN ON THE QUEENSWAY $3,841.40 2021
OUR PLACE PEEL $3,800.00 2021
THE ASSAULTED WOMEN'S HELPLINE $3,000.00 2021
VE'AHAVTA OUTREACH VAN $3,000.00 2021
WOMEN'S HABITAT OF ETOBICOKE $3,800.00 2021
YOUTH WITHOUT SHELTER $3,800.00 2021

Windsor-Essex County Association of REALTORS

Charity Name Grant Amount Year Granted
Community Living Essex County $7,280.00 2020
Unemployed Help Centre of Windsor Inc. $8,108.00 2021

Woodstock Ingersoll & District RE Board

Charity Name Grant Amount Year Granted
VON Oxford Sakura House $2,840.00 2020
South Gate Centre Inc $2,852.00 2021