Competitive Grant Program (REALTORS® Affordable Housing Fund)

Competitive Grant Program (REALTORS® Affordable Housing Fund) is sponsored by Maine Association of REALTORS® Foundation. This program offers funding to non-profit organizations delivering housing-related programs to Maine's most vulnerable households.

The mission is to provide financial resources for activities, programs, and services that directly or indirectly expand, create, maintain, or encourage the development of decent, suitable shelter and housing opportunities in Maine for individuals and families with low, very low, or no income, including heating assistance.

Grant Programs | Maine Association of REALTORS The MAR Foundation administers two grant programs from the REALTORS® Affordable Housing Fund: Competitive Grant Program The Competitive Grant Program offers an opportunity for non-profit organizations delivering housing related programs to Maine’s most vulnerable households to apply directing for the funding they need to meet the housing challenges of Maine households.

Since the first competitive grants were awarded in 1991, total competitive grants awarded exceed $1. 9 million.

The mission of the REALTORS® Affordable Housing Fund is “to provide financial resources to groups and organizations for the purpose of funding activities, programs, and services which directly or indirectly expand, create, maintain, or encourage the development of decent, suitable shelter and housing opportunities in Maine, including heating assistance, for individuals and families with low, very low, or no income.

” Timing: Information about the spring 2027 grant cycle should be posted by January 31, 2027. The anticipated deadline for applications will be in March. Geographic area: statewide (Maine) Questions?

Email Jen Southard at foundation@mainerealtors. com Here are lists of past grants awarded. Local Board Matching Grant Program The Local Board of REALTOR® Matching Grant program supports REALTOR® Boards and Councils’ affordable housing program initiatives in the communities where they live and work.

The goal of the Matching Grant Program is to match on a 1:1 basis the fundraising efforts by local REALTOR® Boards and Councils who choose the recipient agency or agencies. In 2025, the Maine Association of REALTORS® Foundation awarded $175,000 in Matching Grants to twenty-five local nonprofit organizations. REALTOR® Boards and Councils fundraised an additional $187,859 for the same nonprofit agencies.

Since 1993, the Foundation has awarded $1. 9 million dollars in Local Matching Program Grants to nearly 100 non-profit organizations that worked with local REALTOR® Board and Councils to improve affordable housing in their community.