ABoR Foundation

The ABoR Foundation enables our members to invest their energy and expertise to help solve the most pressing issues facing our community.

These are challenging times. But our members — as REALTORS® and as friends, neighbors, and colleagues — are here to help. Every one of our members is a de facto ambassador for our Foundation, because they are actively involved in our community and alert us to challenges that we can work to resolve.

Laser Focus on Community

The ABoR Foundation focuses on housing, education, and disaster relief. We decide where to invest our resources based on three parameters, each of which builds upon the others:

• Can we make a measurable and positive change in the community?
• Can we make an immediate impact on a specific or critical issue?
• Can we transform an individual’s health and happiness?

Since 1978, we’ve invested in hundreds of initiatives that have paid dividends to the Central Texas area in the form of happier people, healthier communities, and new opportunities for our fellow Texans.

And when disasters strike, we mobilize support within our membership to contribute hundreds of hands-on hours and tens of thousands of dollars to help those in need.

Local Partnerships

While the Foundation’s efforts have contributed to our area’s viability, sustainability and livability, we know that we can’t go it alone.

That’s why many of our projects are the result of long-term partnerships with other local nonprofit foundations. This includes Austin Habitat for Humanity, Rebuilding Together Austin, Family Eldercare, and most recently, a $1 million, 10-year commitment to Community First! Village, a 51-acre master-planned community that provides permanent, supportive housing for men and women coming out of chronic homelessness.

Education

Every year, the Foundation awards scholarships to high school seniors and college students based on academic merit, leadership, and financial need. Recipients must live in one of the 18 Central Texas counties ABoR members serve as well as commit to attending a university or college within Texas.

In 2024, the ABoR Foundation awarded $50,000 to 21 students. Since 1978, we’ve awarded more than 500 scholarships, totaling over $500,000.

Give Back Program

When the pandemic reached Central Texas, we created a Give Back Program that allows us to make an immediate difference in challenging times. In 2020 alone, the Foundation has served over 73,000 Austinites and donated $28,000 to the Central Texas Food Bank, Meals on Wheels of Central Texas, Family Eldercare, Front Steps, and Austin ISD. Through our work with these organizations, we have helped to provide:

• 41,500 meals to families across the region;
• 3,000 masks to people experiencing homelessness;
• 17,000 backpacks filled with school supplies to vulnerable children; and
• 7,000 fans to the elderly for immediate relief from the summer heat.

Central Texas REALTOR® Service Day

Beginning in 2022, the ABoR Foundation has partnered with local Austin nonprofits to mobilize our REALTOR® members in creating the biggest day of service in Central Texas. With over 300 REALTORS® gathered at ABoR Headquarters, REALTOR® Service Day has made a lasting impact on the community through hands-on service from dedicated REALTORS® focused on giving back. Together, we have partnered with Community First! Village and the Central Texas Food Bank to create over 4,000 snack and wellness kits and 42,000 meals to be distributed to Austinites in need.