Endowments

An endowment granted by the Real Estate Foundation is a fund that earns interest income to be applied to purposes agreed upon by the Foundation and the recipient institution. The principal grant amount remains untouched as a long-term resource for the institution. The general purposes of the endowments listed below are public and professional education. Some endowments are intended to support research, emphasizing applied outcomes. All endowment grants were made on the condition that the recipient institution would match the grant amount with money raised from other sources.

Where possible, we have linked the endowments to the appropriate program or faculty website. Click on the links below to find more information about the programs supported by Foundation endowments.

UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA  
Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration    
Real Estate Scholars and Fellows Fund $100,000

(1988)
Centre for Urban Economics and Real Estate
formerly: Centre for Real Estate and Urban Land Economics
$500,000

(1988)
Real Estate Foundation Professorships - Finance and Urban Land Economics $250,000
$100,000

(1989)
(2004)
Bureau of Asset Management $275,000

(1990)
Real Estate Foundation Urban Land Economics Collection (library) $250,000

(1990)
 
School of Community and Regional Planning
Programme in Real Property Development and Planning   $300,000

 (1990)
 
Faculty of Applied Science    
Chair in Computer Integrated Design and Construction  $400,000

(1991)
     
UBC Okanagan, Barber School of Arts and Sciences 

 $250,000

 (2007)
BC Regional Innovation Chair in Reservoir Ecosystem Management    
     
SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY    
Gerontology Research Centre    
Real Estate Foundation Fund for Housing and Community Environments for the Elderly $250,000

(1988)
(additional contribution to the GRC Fund)  $350,000

(1990)
     
The City Program (at Harbour Centre) $300,000

(1994)
     
SFU Surrey

$400,000 

 (2006)
     
Faculty of Education    
Centre for Education, Law and Society $175,000

(1992)
     
UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA    
Faculty of Law    
Chair in Environmental Law and Policy $512,000

(1995)
Professorship for Aboriginal Justice and Governance $100,000

(2003)
     
UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA    
The Northern Land Use Institute $700,000

(1996)
     
DOUGLAS COLLEGE    
Institute of Urban Ecology $250,000

(1993)
  $150,000

(2003) 
     
CAPILANO COLLEGE  
Victoria M. Troup Environmental Science Endowment Fund $50,000

(2000)
   
MALASPINA UNIVERSITY-COLLEGE     
BC Regional Innovation Chair in Tourism and Sustainable Rural Development

 $250,000

 (2007)
     
SELKIRK COLLEGE    
BC Regional Innovation Chair in Rural Economic Development Research

 $100,000

 (2005)
     
THOMPSON RIVERS UNIVERSITY

 

BC Regional Innovation Chair in Cattle Industry Sustainability

 $250,000

  (2005)
     
BC INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
School of Construction and the Environment
   
Endowment for the Adoption of Green Value Strategies in Development

 $500,000

  (2007)
     

 Total Program Endowments

 $6,762,000  

In addition to the program-specific endowment grants, the Foundation has made endowments for student aid to the British Columbia Institute of Technology, Camosun College, Capilano College, the College of New Caledonia, Douglas College, Malaspina College, Northern Lights College, Northwest Community College, Okanagan University College (now Okanagan College), the University College of the Cariboo (now Thompson Rivers University), Vancouver Community College, and Langara College.

 

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