The Real Estate Foundation's Board of Governors approved 19 grants at the June 21, 2008 grants meeting. The total amount of grants approved was $1,708,875 . This summary lists the recipients and a brief description of their projects. The grant approved under the Communities in Transition program is highlighted in blue.

$6,575 - Comox Valley Project Watershed Society in support of the Courtenay River Estuary Symposium, to be held in fall 2008.

$15,000 - Habitat for Humanity Mid-Vancouver Island to assist with construction of a single family home in Ladysmith.

$20,000 -Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre for inventory and mapping of shoreline habitat and delivery of educational materials to public and local government audiences to support responsible stewardship of foreshore and nearshore areas.

$20,000 - City of Kimberley to conduct housing needs assessment research.

$25,000 - The Land Conservancy of BC to research strategies that individuals and local governments could implement to secure agricultural land for long-term sustainable food production.

$26,500 - Green Bricks Education to support the second year of green building education programming for grade 10-12 students.

$30,000 - Chilliwack Supportive Housing Society to assist with the purchase of an apartment to be used as non-profit rental housing for the Society's clientele.

$30,000 - Vancouver Heritage Foundation to deliver Old School: Courses for Heritage Building Conservation.

$40,000 - John Howard Society of North Island for renovation of a building in Campbell River that will provide six units of supportive housing for youth.

$45,000 - Habitat for Humanity Kelowna to build an eight unit housing complex.

$50,000 - BC Law Institute to research existing real property law in BC and propose recommendations for legislative reform.

$60,800 - Habitat for Humanity Vancouver Island North for construction of a duplex in Campbell River.

$150,000 - Nature Trust of BC to support the program coordination, research, education, and land use planning functions of the South Okanagan-Similkameen Conservation Program from 2008-2011.

$150,000 - Pacifica Housing Advisory Association for Clover Place, housing for individuals who are homeless or at risk of homelessness in Victoria.

$250,000 - Canadian Mental Health Association, Mid Island Branch to renovate a Nanaimo building that will provide 20 units of housing for hard-to-house adults.

$250,000 - Fraserside Community Services Society to create 37 units of non-market housing in New Westminster.

$250,000 - Prince George Hospice Society to expand the free-standing hospice facility from five to ten beds.

$250,000 - YWCA Vancouver to assist with construction of Como Lake Gardens housing for single mothers and their children in Coquitlam.

$400,000 - Central City Foundation to develop The Crossing at Keremeos, a long-term residential care facility for youth challenged by addiction.