The MAR Foundation administers two grant programs from the REALTORS® Affordable Housing Fund:
Competitive Grant Program
The Competitive Grant Program offers an opportunity for non-profit organizations delivering housing related programs to Maine’s most vulnerable households to apply directing for the funding they need to meet the housing challenges of Maine households. Since the first competitive grants were awarded in 1991, total competitive grants awarded exceed $1.9 million.
The mission of the REALTORS® Affordable Housing Fund is “to provide financial resources to groups and organizations for the purpose of funding activities, programs, and services which directly or indirectly expand, create, maintain, or encourage the development of decent, suitable shelter and housing opportunities in Maine, including heating assistance, for individuals and families with low, very low, or no income.”
Timing: Information about the spring 2027 grant cycle should be posted by January 31, 2027. The anticipated deadline for applications will be in March.
Maximum award: $10,000
Geographic area: statewide (Maine)
Questions? Email Jen Southard at foundation@mainerealtors.com
Here are lists of past grants awarded.
2026 Grant Awards
2025 Grant Awards
Local Board Matching Grant Program
The Local Board of REALTOR® Matching Grant program supports REALTOR® Boards and Councils’ affordable housing program initiatives in the communities where they live and work. The goal of the Matching Grant Program is to match on a 1:1 basis the fundraising efforts by local REALTOR® Boards and Councils who choose the recipient agency or agencies.
In 2025, the Maine Association of REALTORS® Foundation awarded $175,000 in Matching Grants to twenty-five local nonprofit organizations. REALTOR® Boards and Councils fundraised an additional $187,859 for the same nonprofit agencies.
Since 1993, the Foundation has awarded $1.9 million dollars in Local Matching Program Grants to nearly 100 non-profit organizations that worked with local REALTOR® Board and Councils to improve affordable housing in their community.