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The Charlottesville Area Association of REALTORS® (CAAR) Foundation was created by CAAR as a vehicle for leveraging the time, talents, and resources of the REALTOR® community and its partners to address local needs, with a primary focus on strategies for impacting our region’s affordable housing crisis.

Our Impact Around Charlottesville

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    Raising Funds to Invest in Innovative & Effective Affordable Housing Solutions

    Follow the Money
  • A CAAR member using a power tool to hinge a door to the opening

    Engaging CAAR Members as Volunteers for Local Housing Initiatives

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  • A photo of a balance beam with block letters spelling out Fair on one side and on the other a wooden toy house

    Promoting Education and Awareness About Affordable Housing

    Get Informed
  • A CAAR member speaking into a microphone in front of a podium

    Advocating for Good Public Policy that Enhances Access to Affordable Housing

    Speak Out
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Join the Work of the CAAR Foundation

If you’d like to Be Part of the Affordable Housing Solution, we invite you to join us in our work! Lend your time and talents to the cause by joining one of our Committees, or even serving on our Board of Directors. Make a donation to support our work. Subscribe to our newsletter to learn about upcoming CAAR Foundation events or advocacy campaigns. Read our new “Charlottesville Housing Solutions” blog. Follow us on social media. There are many ways you can get involved and make an impact!

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“It’s not paradise when locals can’t afford to live here.”

-Anonymous

The CAAR Foundation extends our sincere thanks to our 2024-25 major donors…

LEGACY ($10,000+): CAAR; Dogwood Realty; John Updike (in memorium)

ADVOCATE ($1,000+): Jim Duncan, Nest Realty; Jessica Russo, Nest Realty; Joey Conover, Nest Realty; Kimberly Armstrong, Real Estate III; Donna Goings, Donna Goings Real Estate; Karen Ball, Nest Realty; Marcela Foshay, Nest Realty; Christopher Brement, Bramante Homes; Tom Ridley, Evergreen Home Builders; Denise Ramey, Long & Foster; Michael Guthrie, Howard Hanna Roy Wheeler Realty; Greg Slater, Nest Realty; Kristin Cummings Streed, Nest Realty; Ginny Barefoot, eXp Realty; Andrew Craven; Greenwood Homes; Guild Mortgage; Atlantic Builders; Closure Title & Settlement; Virginia Housing; Gray Fox Mortgage

PARTNER ($500+): Steven Reese, Heritage Real Estate; Tim Carson, Real Estate III; Patricia Widhalm, Real Estate III; Josh White, Story House; Emily Dooley, Nest Realty; Erin Hall, Nest Realty; Colleen Marshall, Howard Hanna Roy Wheeler Realty; Kristin Sorotki, Nest Realty; Abby Tammen, CAAR; Jeff Gaffney, Real Estate III; Michael Geismar, QIM; Timothy Morris, Blue Ridge Financial Services; Arleen Yobs, Nest Realty, Southern Development Homes; Central Virginia Mortgage Lenders; Bar Botanical; Blue Toad Hard Cider