For the Alberta Real Estate Foundation, investing in the people of Alberta is an evolving process. We strive to make purposeful investments that make a real difference for the Real Estate industry and for all Albertans. Successful community investment is a balance of art and analysis. The Foundation is continually learning and adapting its community investment strategies to ensure that funding awarded contributes to our guiding principles and creates successful results for the organizations and communities that collaborate with us on projects.

Valuing our Stakeholders	•	Sharing information about the projects we undertake.
Valuing Collaboration	•	Keeping abreast of industry issues and actively seek partnerships with organizations that will advance the Foundation’s mission.
Valuing Innovation (Risk)	•	Funding projects that challenge the Foundation’s boundaries and support research, experimentation and pilot initiatives to advance the mission.
Valuing Continuous Learning	•	Focusing on investments that bring knowledge and new skills to the real estate industry and communities of Alberta.
Valuing Respect	•	Recognizing the contributions of time, services and expertise from our stakeholders.
Valuing Transparency	•	Ensuring that priorities, decision criteria and evaluation processes for the community investment program are clear to applicants and  other stakeholders.
Valuing Accountability	•	Reporting and communicating project results and research to stakeholders.