Sixty grants were approved from January to December 2004. The total amount of grants approved was $1,702,916. This summary lists the recipients and a brief description of their projects.

Note: cpe refers to "continuing professional education seminars developed by the BC Real Estate Association and delivered by member real estate boards.

$1,153 - Kootenay Real Estate Board for the 2004 cpe program.

$2,000 - Mount Pleasant Business Improvement Association to develop a workshop on the BIA's Design & Development Guideline Manual for the International Downtown Conference in Vancouver.

$2,500 - British Columbia Water and Waste Association to deliver a workshop on the Water Balance Model at the BC Land Summit conference in Vancouver.

$2,623 - Powell River Sunshine Coast Real Estate Board for the 2004 cpe program.

$4,200 - International Centre for Sustainable Cities for +30 Network websiste development.

$5,000 - BC Association of the Appraisal Institute of Canada in support of the conference, "Appraising, Valuers and Accountability in an Integrated World Property Economy", held in Vancouver.

$5,000 - Chilliwack Agricultural Commission for a newspaper supplement on agricultural issues.

$5,000 - Comox Valley Land Trust to support the development of a land protection strategy.

$5,000 - Gorge Waterway Action Society for the Friends of the Gorge Waterway private land stewardship project.

$5,000 - Grasslands Conservation Council of British Columbia for an educational pamphlet on best management practices for motorized recreation on grasslands.

$5,000 - Habitat Conservation Trust Fund for phase one of the Green Legacies program: education on planned giving and ecological gifts.

$5,000 - Medallion Housing Society for a feasibility study regarding a housing development project in Vancouver.

$5,000 - Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver to determine the feasibility of establishing a commercial real estate statistics exchange.

$5,000 - Sea Change Marine Conservation Society in support of a workshop addressing funding solutions for BC environmental non-profit organizations.

$5,000 - University of Northern British Columbia for a planning workshop entitled First Nations Planning: the Confluence of Traditional Indigenous and Western Scientific Land Management Approaches.

$5,000 - West Coast Environmental Law to update Greening Your Title: A Guide to Best Practices for Conservation Covenants.

$6,500 - Society for Ecological Restoration in support of the SER 2004 pre-conference workshop on urban and rural land development best management practices, held in Victoria.

$8,700 - Regional District of Central Okanagan for the Okanagan Lake foreshore mapping project.

$10,000 - Federation of British Columbia Naturalists to develop the Shoreline Stewardship ToolKit for local government personnel and other practitioners involved in land use decision-making.

$10,000 - Federation of British Columbia Naturalists in support of education on shoreline stewardship for land use and real estate professionals, and local government personnel.

$10,000 - Habitat Conservation Trust Fund for outreach related to the Green Legacies program.

$10,000 - Osoyoos Desert Society for the Antelope Brush Restoration Project.

$10,000 - Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver to develop a series of workshops for commercial Realtors.

$10,000 - Regional District of Okanagan Similkameen (RDOS) on behalf of the South Okanagan- Similkameen Conservation Program to assist with the South Okanagan Future Vision Forum, an education event associated with the development of a regional growth strategy for the RDOS.

$11,200 - Kamloops & District Real Estate Association for the 2004 cpe program.

$13,740 - Kamloops & District Real Estate Association to conduct purchaser profile research.

$15,000 - Condominium Home Owners Association of BC for year 3 of the Strata Advisor project.

$15,000 - East Kootenay Environmental Society in support of the 2004 Living Lakes Conference in Fairmont Hot Springs.

$19,917 - Resort Municipality of Whistler for stream inventory and mapping.

$20,000 - Bowen Island Forest & Water Management Society to assist with a project to complete creek mapping on the island.

$20,000 - Arrow and Slocan Lakes Community Services in support of Nakusp housing for youth.

$20,000 - Recycling and Environmental Action Planning Society for developing ecologically sustainable landscapes in Prince George.

$20,000 - Town of Lake Cowichan in support of a downtown revitalization study.

$20,400 - Wild Bird Trust of British Columbia to assist with the construction of the nature interpretive site at Maplewood Flats in North Vancouver.

$20,620 - BC Northern Real Estate Board for the 2004 cpe program.

$23,138 - Habitat for Humanity Comox Valley to build two single-family homes in Courtenay.

$25,000 - British Columbia Water and Waste Association for development of the BC Water Roundtable - Convening for Action on Water Sustainability.

$25,000 - Habitat for Humanity Kamloops to assist with the construction of a duplex.

$25,000 - Real Estate Institute of British Columbia for administrative costs associated with the Canadian Land Centre.

$30,000 - Chilliwack Supportive Housing Society to assist with the purchase of an apartment unit.

$30,000 - District of Lake Country for Sensitive Ecosystem Inventory and conservation analysis.

$30,000 - Ducks Unlimited Canada for wetland inventory and mapping.

$30,000 - Land Trust Alliance of British Columbia for research and education projects in 2005.

$30,000 - The Nature Trust of British Columbia in support of GIS mapping of conservation lands.

$30,000 - Town of Smithers for the Railway Avenue Perimeter Trail.

$34,525 - Comox Valley Land Trust for the Comox Valley Land Protection Strategy.

$35,000 - Building Owners and Managers Association BC for research on environmental benchmarking for the BOMA Go Green program for commercial property managers.

$40,000 - Greater Vernon Teen Initiative Society to support the construction of an apartment as part of the new youth centre building.

$40,000 - Real Estate Foundation of British Columbia to support secretariat services for the Planning for Community Transition in BC's Non-Metropolitan Regions initiative.

$43,000 - Millard/Piercy Watershed Stewards to support the Stewards' work with developers, local governments, and public audiences.

$50,000 - Allan Brooks Nature Centre Society for Sensitive Ecosystem Inventory and conservation analysis of the Vernon Commonage.

$50,000 - Elizabeth Fry Society of Greater Vancouver for construction of 15 units of supportive housing for women in Surrey.

$50,000 - West Coast Environmental Law Research Foundation for research and education on sustainable land use policy and practice.

$83,000 - Grasslands Conservation Council of British Columbia to support the Identifying Priority Areas for Grassland Conservation and Stewardship project.

$100,000 - Phoenix Drug and Alcohol Recovery and Education Society for construction of supportive housing in Surrey.

$100,000 - Real Estate Council of British Columbia to assist with start-up of the Real Estate Compensation Fund Corporation.

$100,000 - UBC Sauder School of Business, Real Estate Division in support of the Stan Hamilton Professorship in Real Estate Finance.

$105,000 - Vancouver City Savings Credit Union "in trust" for the Green Building Grant Program, a co-granting program of Vancity and the Real Estate Foundation.

$105,700 - The Nature Trust of BC on behalf of the South Okanagan-Similkameen Conservation Program for coordination and facilitation of the Program from 2005-2008.

$150,000 - UBC Sauder School of Business, Real Estate Division for curriculum development under the Bachelor of Business in Real Estate degree program.