All of our Founders have one thing in common. They are each using their real estate business to Give Back to their community or the environment. Our organization is called REBSEA, the Real Estate & Business Social Enterprises Association, a 501(c)(6) non profit trade association. We represent All real estate agents and businesses who actively Give Back to the communities they serve in every conceivable way, shape, and form. Our mission is to drive business to our members so that you can continue to do exactly what you are already doing, and more of it ! This is how Real Estate Social Enterprises are making a difference to Non-Profits and the Environment. We will start featuring our Founders in our communications to illustrate the variety of ways in which REBSEA members Give Back. In addition to the examples below, many of our Founders use the income from their real estate business to support specific non profit organizations that they personally are either directly involved with or feel passionately about. Many of our Founders have branded themselves as 'the Realtor who Gives Back', so to speak, by stating clearly on their websites that a % of each commission they earn is donated to the non profit organization of their client's choice. It is important to understand that while some serve very wealthy communities with dynamic markets around large cities from the United States to Canada, others live in smaller, more modest, even rural areas with less-transient populations. Some have kids in college and large overheads while others are able to contribute more by virtue of their personal circumstances. Each situation is unique but they all strive to do what they can to help those in need. MEET: Tami Pardee Pardee Properties California Laurie Loew Give Realty Texas Some of our Founders are real estate companies where all of the agents contribute to a fund that makes donations to their local non profit organizations. Collectively these agents are making a profound difference for many in their communities. MEET: Signature Properties Tennessee Jason Haber RubiconProperty New York Some of our Founders use their real estate business to support themselves and the non profit organizations they have created and manage while working full time as a Realtor. Sometimes they receive help and donations from other Realtors in their community. They address issues such as underserved children and animal rights. Read the profiles of Dianne Mintz and Tom Bienkowski to see great examples of how one person can have a major impact in their community. MEET:
DianeMintz Marvin Gardens California Tom Bienkowski Paws Homes Connecticut Some of our Founders belong to one or more other organizations with a business model with a 'very specific mission'. Three examples are; Homes For Heroes, Investing In Communities, and EcoBroker International. Homes For Heroes is a national program that helps local "heroes" such as Fire Fighters, Police, Teachers, and Military. In this program the participating Realtor Gives Back a % of their commission to these "heroes" to help with closing costs, repairs, furniture or whatever is needed to enable them to make a home for their family. MEET: Scott Deaton, Deaton Group Realty Arkansas Crip Erickson, Crip Erickson, Colorado Investing In Communities is a Chicago based organization that creates partnerships with local non profit organizations. IIC members pledge a % of each commission received through the IIC referral network to one or more of the partnering NPOs. We have several IIC members among the Founders of RRBSEA. MEET: Bonnie Meisel Montreal Quebec R.E. Quebec, Canada Muriel Ballard LoveLivinginMarin California Carolyn Pistone, Green Key Commercial California Several of our Founders are EcoBroker Certified by EcoBroker International. They actively address environmental impact and energy efficiency issues for their clients and for their communities. To receive this prestigious certification they undergo rigorous and extensive training in all areas pertaining to the environment and energy efficiency as effects the homeowner and the community. Their advice and guidance makes a real difference for their clients: MEET: Ray Calnan Charity Alliance Realty California Lori Davette Ince LoriDavetteInce California Carolyn Pistone, Green Key Commercial California REBSEA is a relatively new organization with a mission to do something which HAS NEVER BEEN DONE BEFORE. We are uniting ALL real estate agents and businesses who Give Back to the communities they serve into a single umbrella organization in order to accomplish MORE GIVING BACK in at least three ways: 1) Non profit organizations can use our network for direct fundraising. 2) Clients can find our members using our Members Directory and exercise their preference to work with people and companies who Give Back. 3) Creating referral business from our national network of like minded individuals. Please visit our website at www.rebsea.org for more information or contact us directly either at 855-352-4973 or [email protected]. Please scroll down to see our newsletter if you have nor yet had a chance to see some of the extraordinary things taking place right now in the emerging world of Social Enterprise. The REBSEA Team
( Please scroll down if you have not yet seen our newsletter ) The REBSEA TEAM [email protected] 855-352-4973 REBSEA Newsletter Summer 2013
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The Real Estate & Business Social Enterprises Association represents and promotes the businesses of those who Give Back to their communities through their business. THIS IS SOCIAL ENTERPRISE. More business means more Giving Back. We do this by: 1) Nonprofits refer their supporters to our network of members who donate to the Nonprofit at closing. This is like getting a referral from a Nonprofit instead of a Realtor. 2) We drive traffic to our website and to our Members from socially conscious consumers who prefer to do business with people and companies who Give Back. These leads and referrals our members handle as they deem appropriate. 3) We are a national network of like minded real estate agents who refer business to each other. We work together to promote Social Enterprise in our communities. The premise of this first issue of the REBSEA Newsletter is that Social Enterprise is transforming commerce as we know it. It is happening in many sectors of our society and our economy. 1) Government 2) Education 3) Corporate World 4) Nonprofit World 5) Science 6)Technology. 7) Entrepreneurs 8) Leadership 9) Real Estate 10) Wide World of Social Enterprise Read More Overview GOVERNMENTBILL CURRENTLY BEFORE CONGRESS TO ESTABLISH A COMMISSION ON THE ADVANCEMENT OF SOCIAL ENTERPRISE. H.R. 2043, H.R. 6505. Read more Government EDUCATION The MBA PROGRAMS AT THE LEADING UNIVERSITIES ARE TEACHING AND 'PROMOTING' SOCIAL ENTERPRISE AS 'THE NEXT BIG THING'. Read more Education CORPORATE WORLD BENEFIT CORPORATIONS: A NEW TYPE OF ENTITY FOR BUSINESSES THAT PLAN TO MAKE A PROFIT AND ALSO HAVE A POSITIVE SOCIAL IMPACT (782 created so far) Read more Benefit Corporations NONPROFIT WORLD CHARITY NAVIGATOR: NOW YOU DON't HAVE TO GUESS OR WORRY ABOUT HOW YOUR DONATIONS ARE BEING SPENT. Read more Charity Navigator SCIENCE ECOBROKERS LEADS THE WAY IN EDUCATING AND GUIDING THE PUBLIC IN ALL ASPECTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND ENERGY ISSUES RELATED TO THE HOME Read more Science TECHNOLOGY iGIVEMORE: AN EXAMPLE OF COUPLING TODAY'S TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIAL MEDIA TO CREATE A REVOLUTIONARY CONCEPT IN FUNDRAISING Read more Technology
ENTREPRENEURSENTREPRENEURS FOR GOOD: CENTER FOR SOCIAL INNOVATION OPENED A 24,000sq.ft. SPACE IN A PRIME MANHATTAN LOCATION AS AN INCUBATOR FOR SOCIAL CHANGE THROUGH SOCIAL ENTERPRISE Read more Entrepreneurs LEADERSHIP BUSINESS IS ABOUT LEADERSHIP; SOCIAL ENTERPRISE IS ABOUT LEADERSHIP; EVERYTHING IS ABOUT LEADERSHIP; MEET LAURIE LOEW, A REBSEA FOUNDER Read more Leadership REAL ESTATEREBSEA IS OFFERING ALL OF US AN OPPORTUNITY TO UNITE UNDER ONE UMBRELLA ORGANIZATION AND BRING SOCIAL ENTERPRISE TO REAL ESTATE AND OTHER BUSINESSES AS A GRASS ROOTS ENTERPRISE Read more Real Estate
Wide World OF SOCIAL ENTERPRISE FOR FUTURE ISSUES WE WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM OUR MEMBERS AND READERS ABOUT UNIQUE OR CREATIVE SOCIAL ENTERPRISESRead more Wide World of Social Enterprise |
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