Ninety-eight grants were approved from January to December 2005. The total amount of grants approved was $2,959,981. This summary lists the recipients and a brief description of their projects. Grants are organized according to the Foundation's purposes, as described in the Real Estate Services Act (i.e., Research, Public Education, Professional Education, Law Reform, and Other Real Estate Related). Those approved under the Communities in Transition program are highlighted in blue.

Research

INVENTORY & MAPPING
$5,000 - Thompson Nicola Regional District to support development of the Kamloops-South Thompson Land Use and Habitat Atlas.
$11,250 - Resort Municipality of Whistler for stream inventory and mapping.

HOUSING-RELATED STUDIES
$5,000 - BC Apartment Owners & Managers Association for preliminary research regarding rental properties in ground-oriented configurations.
$10,000 - Sunshine Coast Community Services Society for research and education associated with creating a Long-Term Affordable Housing Plan for the region.
$12,000 - Peachland Wellness Centre to conduct a seniors’ housing needs analysis.
$15,000 - BC Apartment Owners & Managers Association to conduct a study entitled, The Role of Single Detached, Duplex and Row Housing in the Rental Housing Market in the Vancouver CMA.
$15,000 - United Way of the Fraser Valley for research and education associated with the Upper Fraser Valley Affordable/Accessible Housing Initiative.
$35,000 - District of Tofino for pre-development studies required to continue with the implementation of the Tofino Attainable Housing Strategy.

IMPACT OF RESORT & RECREATION LAND USE
$5,000 - Tourism Action Society in the Kootenays for the first phase in the development of a compendium of best management practices for the nature-based tourism and recreation industry.
$11,000 - BC Lodging and Campgrounds Association on behalf of the Accommodation Property Assessment Coalition to research property assessment practices and taxation impacts on waterfront campgrounds and resort properties.
$15,000 - Wildsight for research and education associated with the Healthy Water, Healthy Communities-Lake Windermere project in the East Kootenay.
$20,000 - City of Revelstoke for development of a retail strategy, which will take into account future development at the proposed Mount Mackenzie Resort and the City’s downtown core.
$25,000 - Urban Futures Institute to research the impacts of recreation and resort property market growth in the Columbia Valley. This project is being undertaken in partnership with the Real Estate Foundation’s Communities in Transition Secretariat.
$35,000 - Tourism Action Society in the Kootenays phase two in the production of a compendium of technical information to foster environmental stewardship among nature-based tourism and recreation businesses.
$38,800 - Chinook Institute for Community Stewardship to develop The Open Space Toolkit for Southeastern BC.

OTHER STUDIES
$5,000 - East Kootenay Conservation Program to conduct a conservation poll in the Columbia Basin.
$5,000 - Qualicum Beach Streamkeepers to determine the feasibility of developing a watershed management plan for the Little Qualicum River watershed.
$15,000 - City of Victoria for a financial analysis of the factors affecting the rehabilitation of heritage buildings in the City’s downtown core.
$15,000 - EcoSmart Foundation Inc. for post-occupancy evaluation of selected green buildings, and subsequent professional education.
$45,300 - University of Northern BC, College of Science and Management for a project to demonstrate an onsite wastewater treatment system for use in low permeability soils and cold climate.

Public Education

ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
$5,000 - Grasslands Conservation Council of BC in support of the Sustaining Healthy Grasslands Symposium: Mountain Biking in BC’s Grasslands.
$5,000 - Sea Change Marine Conservation Society in support of the BC Eelgrass Community Network 2006 Conference.
$15,000 - Sierra Club of Canada, BC Chapter to develop an education and training program for coastal First Nations Guardians.

SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES
$3,500 - Salt Spring Island Conservancy in support of the Inter-Island ROOTS Forum.
$5,000 - Friends of Cortes Island Society to support the Manson’s Landing Planning Charrette.
$10,000 - Smart Growth BC for workshops to help community groups in the East Kootenay more effectively engage in public processes around land use and development.
$14,950 - City of Rossland in support of public consultation and neighbourhood planning in the “Mid Town Transition Area” of Rossland.
$75,000 - University of BC, Design Centre for Sustainability for year one of the Sustainability by Design: Stakeholder Alliance for Advancing Sustainability project to be implemented in the Greater Vancouver region.
$150,000 - University of BC, James Taylor Chair in Landscape and Liveable Environments (now Design Centre for Sustainability) in support of years two and three of the Smart Growth on the Ground project.

REAL ESTATE INFORMATION
$5,000 - Comox Valley Economic Development Society for land use-related cultural and heritage signage.
$5,000 - Medallion Housing Society to deliver education and training to help members of special needs groups become homeowners.
$5,000 - Prince Rupert City & Regional Archives to digitize its holdings and make land-related information available via the Internet.
$8,000 - Victoria Heritage Foundation to assist with the publication of This Old House: Victoria’s Heritage Neighbourhoods, Volume II: James Bay.
$20,000 - Simon Fraser University, Learning Strategies Group to deliver the First Nations Studies Program in Real Estate Leadership, Business and Management in remote and rural communities in BC.

Professional Education

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

$2,500 - South Okanagan Real Estate Board for Continuing Professional Education (cpe) seminars in 2005.
$3,000 - Fraser Valley Real Estate Board for cataloguing of new library resources obtained from Kwantlen University College.
$4,602 - Kootenay Real Estate Board for cpe seminars in 2005.
$5,000 - Fraser Valley Real Estate Board to assist with the cost of the Commercial Investment and Economic Development Forum.
$5,400 - Okanagan Mainline Real Estate Board for cpe seminars in 2005.
$7,380 - Kamloops & District Real Estate Association for the 2005 cpe program.
$13,120 - BC Northern Real Estate Board for the 2005 cpe program.
$27,112 - Fraser Valley Real Estate Board for the Commercial Real Estate Handbook.

LAND USE PRACTITIONER CONTINUING EDUCATION
$7,000 - BC Society of Landscape Architects for continuing education workshops.
$36,000 - Simon Fraser University, The City Program to assist with curriculum development for the Urban Design Certificate Program.
$45,000 - Simon Fraser University, The City Program to create an applied real estate development curriculum.
$75,000 - Centre for the Advancement of Green Roof Technology, BC Institute of Technology in support of the Centre’s public and professional education activities.

LAND USE PLANNING
$5,000 - Ktunaxa Kinbasket Treaty Council for a planning workshop for First Nations practitioners.
$6,000 - Malaspina University-College to develop the Riparian Area Regulation Training Program.
$9,200 - Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver to present original data and research to local governments within the Board’s area.
$10,000 - Canadian Community Economic Development Network to assist with the cost of delivering land use related workshops at the 2006 national conference, to be held in Vancouver.
$15,000 - Canadian Real Estate Association to develop case studies on First Nations housing in BC, to be delivered at the World Urban Forum in 2006.
$25,000 - BC Treaty Commission for a pilot project on community-based intergovernmental planning, to be conducted with the Sliammon First Nation and Powell River local governments.
$25,000 - Evergreen in support of the educational aims of The Nature of Cities II, a program for local governments in the Georgia Basin.
$30,000 - BC Water and Waste Association for the South Okanagan Convening for Action initiative on water sustainability.
$35,000 - Habitat Conservation Trust Fund to develop case examples and OCP language templates to enable alternative site development of coastal property, as part of the Green Shores initiative.

Law Reform

“Law Reform” includes local, regional, and provincial regulatory, policy, and legislative reform.

$12,800 - Environmental Law Centre Society, University of Victoria to develop model bylaws to protect wetlands and grasslands.
$20,000 - Grasslands Conservation Council of BC for legal work associated with the development of regulatory and administrative options for licensing and regulation of off-road vehicles.

Other Real Estate Related Projects

NON-PROFIT HOUSING
$15,000 - Builders Without Borders to establish an emergency project office in Vancouver.
$15,000 - Pacific Assistance Dogs Society to assist with the construction of a dormitory to be used by clients while they participate in training with their new assistance dogs.
$30,000 - Queen Charlotte Heritage Housing Society to assist with the acquisition of three houses, to be operated as non-profit housing.
$30,000 - South Okanagan Women in Need Society to purchase land in Penticton on which the Society plans to build a new transition house.
$40,000 - Naramata Seniors’ Housing Society to construct a low-cost rental unit as part of a seniors’ housing project.
$50,000 - Kootenay Society for Community Living to build a house in Castlegar for high-needs clients of the Society.
$50,000 - Ktunaxa/Kinbasket Health & Wellness Society to support the purchase of a property that will offer supportive housing to clients of the Centre.
$50,000 - Nechako View Senior Citizens Home Society for the construction of non-profit housing in Vanderhoof.
$50,000 - Ridge Meadows Association for Community Living for construction of supportive housing as part of the Association’s new Living & Life Skills Centre in Maple Ridge.
$52,050 - Victoria Habitat for Humanity for duplex construction projects in Central Saanich and Sidney.
$100,000 - Victoria Women’s Transition House Society for the construction of the Harrison Place housing project.

COMMUNITY-BASED GOOD WORKS & LAND USE PLANNING
$5,000 - Horticulture Centre of the Pacific in support of restoration activities in the semi-urban Victoria park.
$5,000 - Nelson and District Housing Society for a greenspace project at Lakeside Place.
$5,000 - Richmond Fruit Tree Sharing Project Society to assist with the establishment of a sharing farm at Terra Nova Rural Park.
$5,000 - Vancouver League for Studies in Architecture and the Environment for an exhibit associated with the FrontierSpace project, which aims to change the present use of Gastown alleys from service corridor to pedestrian-oriented public space.
$10,000 - City of Vancouver, Planning Department to support the 2005 City of Vancouver Urban Design Awards.
$10,000 - Mid-Vancouver Island Habitat Enhancement Society to create demonstration rain gardens in Qualicum Beach and Parksville.
$25,000 - Marine Area Business Association to support development of the Powell River Marine Area Downtown Revitalization Plan.
$25,000 - Moberly Lake Community Association to develop a community watershed plan.
$25,000 - South Shuswap Recreation Trail Society for paved shoulders to make a Sorrento road with heavy vehicle traffic safer for pedestrians.
$25,000 - Village of Hazelton for trail construction and interpretive signage along the Hwy 62 walking trail.
$30,000 - Oliver & District Community Economic Development Society to develop an Agricultural Area Plan for Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen
Area “C”.
$30,000 - Yellowhead Community Services (formerly Wells Grey Community Resources Society) for landscaping around the Neighbourhood House and surrounding community service facilities in Clearwater.
$50,000 - Prince Rupert & Port Edward Economic Development Corporation for research and land use planning activities that will help the communities plan for the sustainable use and conservation of land.
$50,000 - Selkirk Geospatial Research Centre to develop GIS-based mapping, risk assessment, and decision support for wildland/urban interface areas in Nelson and Castlegar.
$70,000 - Real Estate Foundation of BC to support Community Mapping Network outreach and education activities.
$75,000 - City of Richmond, Urban Development Division for the Steveston Village Heritage Conservation Program.

CAPACITY BUILDING FOR KEY ORGANIZATIONS
$13,000 - Real Estate Foundation of BC to support the real estate brokerage industry’s involvement in the Sustainability by Design: Stakeholder Alliance for Advancing Sustainability project, an initiative of the UBC Design Centre for Sustainability.
$30,000 - Land Trust Alliance of BC for public and professional education activities regarding land stewardship and conservation.
$50,000 - Simon Fraser University, Centre for Sustainable Community Development for research and education activities associated with the pilot Sustainable Building Centre initiative.
$80,000 - Real Estate Institute of BC for research, education, and law and policy analysis initiatives in 2005/06.
$100,000 - Real Estate Council of BC for research, education, and law and policy analysis initiatives in 2005/06.
$160,000 - BC Real Estate Association for research, education, and law and policy analysis initiatives in 2005/06.

STUDENT AID
$10,000 - Northern Lights Community College for five years of financial aid to benefit students enrolled in the Land & Resource Management Program or as a Geography Major.
$10,000 - Northwest Community College for five years of financial aid to benefit students enrolled in the Coastal Integrated Resource Management Program or as a Geography Major.
$10,000 - Selkirk College for five years of financial aid to benefit students enrolled in the Integrated Environmental Planning Technology Program.
$25,000 - Thompson Rivers University Foundation to supplement the existing student aid endowment fund. The grant will assist students in the Natural Resource Science Degree Program.

SPECIAL PROJECTS
$50,000 - Vancity Community Foundation to supplement the 2005 Vancity/Real Estate Foundation Green Building Grant.
$51,017 - Real Estate Foundation of BC to administer the Secretariat function of the Communities in Transition program.

POST-SECONDARY ENDOWMENT FUNDS
$100,000 - Selkirk College to support the endowment for the Regional Innovation Chair in Rural Economic Development Research.
$250,000 - Thompson Rivers University to support the endowment for a Regional Innovation Chair in Cattle Industry Sustainability.