Realogy in the Community
Every day, Realogy employees and those affiliated with its brands serve in networks that help families realize their dreams of homeownership while also contributing to the strength of their communities. With approximately 264,000 affiliated real estate brokers and sales associates, the Realogy networks collectively make a tremendous positive contribution to the well-being of deserving individuals and noble causes all across the United States. Realogy fully supports the principles of the Fair Housing Act.
• Realogy and Junior Achievement
• Cartus in the Community
• CENTURY 21® and Easter Seals
• ERA® and the Muscular Dystrophy Association
• Coldwell Banker® and Habitat for Humanity®
• Coldwell Banker Commercial® and Big Brothers Big Sisters
• NRT — Committed to Giving Back
• Title Resource Group — A Good Neighbor
Realogy and Junior Achievement
Realogy employees joined together in their fourth annual Bowl-A-Thon on June 10, 2010, raising more than $14,000 for Junior Achievement of New Jersey (JANJ). This was the most recent event associated with the Company’s support of youth education on the local level through fundraising and volunteer activities with Junior Achievement member organizations in New Jersey and Connecticut.
Through a dedicated volunteer network, JA provides in-school and after-school programs for students in grades K-12. JA offers workforce readiness programs that focus on seven key content areas: business, citizenship, economics, entrepreneurship, ethics/character, financial literacy, and career development.
- Realogy participated in the JANJ’s Job Shadow Day in April 2010, where local high school students took part in a series of informative sessions to get a first-hand account of working in a corporate environment.
- In March 2010, Realogy participated in “Dr. Seuss Read Day” at Alexander Hamilton Elementary School in Morristown, N.J., and volunteered to teach 280 third- through fifth-grade students at the same elementary school about business and how education plays an important role in the workplace.
- Dave Weaving, Realogy's chief administrative officer, is a JANJ State Board Member and was chairman of the 2010 New Jersey Business Hall of Fame
- Michael Miedler, a vice president with Century 21 Real Estate, and who serves on JANJ’s North District Board, coordinates many JANJ events and activities for Realogy along with Lisa Castagna, lease administrator in Realogy’s corporate real estate department.
Cartus has a 16-year relationship with Junior Achievement of Western Connecticut during which it has helped it raise in excess of $1 million. Cartus employees have been instrumental in helping raise funds for Junior Achievement by initiating the JA Golf Invitational and sponsoring its Bowl-A-Thon and Hall of Fame events. Cartus continues to be the largest provider of JA classroom consultants in the Danbury area, and has hosted hundreds of local students for Job Shadow activities.
- Traci Morris, executive vice president at Cartus, has been on the JA Western Connecticut board of directors for 16 years, and earned the Junior Achievement’s Silver Award in 2009 for significant leadership contributions to the organization. She also serves as vice chair of JA’s Danbury Community Board
Cartus in the Community
Cartus employees around the globe are committed to improving their communities, whether local or global. In a typical year, our employees donate more than 25,000 hours through formal charities as well as initiatives they undertake on their own. In the United States, our employees dedicate time and effort to organizations such as Habitat for Humanity, the United Way, the American Red Cross, Community Health Charities, American Cancer Society, Junior Achievement, Save the Children, and the March of Dimes. In the U.K., employees raise money for The Prospect Foundation, Wiltshire Air Ambulance, and Cancer Research UK. In our Asia-Pacific region, employees’ broad charitable endeavors include teaching English to disadvantaged children, and raising funds for Riding for the Disabled Association of Singapore and Trailwalker—a 100K race that supports Oxfam. In 2008, Cartus was honored with a Gold Presidential Volunteer Service Award for community service, and the 120-plus-member Cartus Save the Children Committee successfully raised the US$100,000 required to build a school in Sudan for refugees of Darfur.
CENTURY 21® and Easter Seals
With the $2.1 million raised by its franchise system in 2009, CENTURY 21® has surpassed $100 million in funds raised for and donated directly by the franchise system to Easter Seals, its sole philanthropic partner since 1979. CENTURY 21 delivered on its system-wide goal of surpassing the $100 million fundraising mark on behalf of Easter Seals during the 30th anniversary year of their philanthropic partnership.
Coldwell Banker® and Habitat for Humanity®
For decades, Coldwell Banker franchised offices have donated countless dollars and hours of labor to Habitat for Humanity. In 2006, Coldwell Banker Real Estate LLC and its franchisees participated in a “100 Habitat for Humanity® homes” program to celebrate the Coldwell Banker organization's 100th birthday. This nationwide effort raised more than $6 million to sponsor more than 130 home builds. Coldwell Banker continues its support in 2009 and beyond with the Coldwell Banker Homes for Habitat program. The partnership between Coldwell Banker and Habitat for Humanity is expected to raise $4 million, though the efforts of Coldwell Banker affiliated companies and their sales associates.
Coldwell Banker Commercial® and Big Brothers Big Sisters
In 2008, Coldwell Banker Commercial (CBC) continued its strategic partnership with Big Brothers/Big Sisters of America (BBBS). BBBS is the oldest, largest and most effective youth mentoring organization in the United States and Coldwell Banker Commercial is proud to support such a worthy cause. In addition to fundraising activities, CBC encourages offices and professionals to increase their involvement on the local level by participating as mentors, offering their professional services pro-bono or assisting by other means. CBC works hand-in-hand with BBBS to promote the organization, to raise awareness and funding and ultimately to generate positive mentoring relationships that have lasting impact on the lives of children across the country. The Climb For Kids’ Sake is the premier CBC annual fundraising effort for the organization. In 2008, CBC raised more than $20,000 by completing the 2008 edition of the Climb For Kids' Sake, which involved a sponsored team of brokers led by CBC's president to scale Mount Rainier and Mount Adams in Washington. The event has raised over $60,000 since its inception in 2007 for the BBBS organization.
ERA® and the Muscular Dystrophy Association
Since ERA Franchise Systems, Inc. became the sole corporate sponsor from the real estate industry for the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) in 1977, the ERA network has raised more than $30 million to help fight neuromuscular diseases and raised $1.1 million in total contributions for the MDA in 2008 alone. ERA franchised companies nationwide host events and fundraisers throughout the year including golf tournaments, walkathons, and auctions to raise funds for this worthy cause.
NRT— Committed to Giving Back
The Realogy Charitable Foundation, formerly The NRT Foundation, was formed in 2004 to coordinate the philanthropy of Realogy's employees, sales associates and subsidiaries through its local chapters in the communities where the Company has a presence. The Realogy Charitable Foundation is a 501(c)(3) public charity. The Realogy Charitable Foundation distributed
$1.8 million to more than 600 charities in 2009, in addition to $3 million raised by its real estate franchise networks for designated charities during the same period.
In the past six years, the Realogy Charitable Foundation has distributed more than $14 million in net proceeds to support over 1,200 charities in communities across the United States.
Title Resource Group — A Good Neighbor
From approximately 380 offices all across the United States, Title Resource Group (TRG) employees support their communities through both local and national organizations. From organizations such as the Santa Rosa Plateau Foundation and Orange Rotary Community Trust on the west coast, to the South Jersey Food Bank and Ronald McDonald House on the east coast, TRG employees make a difference in the local communities where they live and work. Title Resource Group employees also volunteer time with national organizations such as the American Cancer Society, Habitat for Humanity, United Way, American Red Cross, and the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation.
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