Hudson Gateway REALTOR® Foundation Donates Over $100,000 to 52 Hudson Valley Charities and Non-Profits in 2024
Now Accepting Applications for Funding for 2025
White Plains, NY (February 2025) The Hudson Gateway REALTOR® Foundation (HGRF), the charitable arm of the Hudson Gateway Association of REALTORS®, (HGAR) donated a total of $101,750 to 52 charities and non-profit organizations throughout the Hudson Valley and beyond in 2024. As it enters its 12th year of fundraising, the Foundation is gearing up for another successful year of providing financial assistance to those organizations dedicated to helping the needy in the New York metro area and elsewhere.
“The mission of our REALTOR® Foundation is to give back to those in need in the many communities where our members live and work,” said Ralph Gabay, President of the HG REALTOR® Foundation. “Due to the generosity of our members and sponsors, we were able to distribute a record amount of donations to local non-profit organizations that support our local communities and help them thrive. We also encourage our members to volunteer their time as well as provide financial support.”
The Foundation’s 2024 events included a series of popular Pub Nights in various locations throughout the Bronx and Hudson Valley, its popular “Dancing with the Foundation” dance competition gala, individual donations, and corporate sponsorships.
The Foundation’s 2024 donation recipients included:
Name, Headquarters, County
914 Cares, White Plains, Westchester
Abilities First, New Windsor, Orange
Alliance for Safe Kids/Drug Crisis In our Backyard, Yorktown, Westchester
Big Brothers, Big Sisters of Westchester, Port Chester, Westchester
Birthright of Peekskill, Peekskill, Westchester
Bon Secours Warwick Health Foundation, Warwick, Orange
Boys & Girls Clubs of Mount Vernon, Mount Vernon, Westchester
Catholic Charities Community Services, Haverstraw, Rockland
Center for Safety & Change, New City, Rockland
Choice of New Rochelle, New Rochelle, Westchester
Community Center of Northern Westchester, Katonah, Westchester
Community Housing Innovations, White Plains, Westchester
Connections Mentor, Manhattan, New York City
Croton Cortlandt Food Pantry, Croton-on-Hudson, Westchester
Cornell Cooperative Extension, Middletown, Orange
Emergency Shelter Partnership, Mount Kisco, Westchester
Feeding Westchester, Elmsford, Westchester
Fill in the Blanks, Norwalk, CT, Fairfield
Friends of Karen, North Salem, Westchester
Furniture Sharehouse, White Plains, Westchester
Habitat for Humanity of Rockland, Spring Valley, Rockland
Hillside Food Outreach, Mount Kisco, Westchester
Lifting Up Westchester, White Plains, Westchester
Madison Square Boys & Girls Club, Manhattan, New York County
Make-A-Wish Hudson Valley, Tarrytown, Westchester
Meals on Main, Port Chester, Westchester
Meals on Wheels of Rockland, Nanuet, Rockland
Mount Kisco Interfaith Food Panty, Mount Kisco, Westchester
My Sister’s Place, White Plains, Westchester
Ossining Children’s Center, Ossining, Westchester
Philipstown Behavioral, Philipstown, Putnam
Rockland County Pride Center, Nyack, Rockland
Rockland Youth Empowerment, Nanuet, Rockland
Sean’s Dream, Goshen, Orange
Second Chance Foods. Brewster. Putnam
SHORE (Sheltering the Homeless is Our Responsibility), White Plains, Westchester
Song Catchers, New Rochelle, Westchester
SPCA of Westchester, Briarcliff Manor, Westchester
Support Connection, Inc., Yorktown Heights, Westchester
The Children’s Village, Dobbs Ferry, Westchester
The Sharing Shelf, Port Chester, Westchester
Town of Wallkill Boys & Girls Club, Wallkill, Orange
United Hospice of Rockland, New City, Rockland
Visiting Nurse Services, White Plains, Westchester
Volunteer New York, Tarrytown, Westchester
Westchester Alphas Educational, Manhattan, New York County
Westchester Parks Foundation, White Plains, Westchester
Winslow Therapeutic Center, Warwick, Orange
Established in 2004 and relaunched in 2013, the HG Realtor Foundation has donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to charities and non-profits throughout the Hudson Valley. As concerned members of the communities we work in, the Hudson Gateway REALTOR® Foundation participates in qualified community-based charities who serve the housing, hunger, health, happiness, and humane needs of citizens everywhere.
The Foundation is now seeking applications from charities and non-profits for 2025. For more information or to apply for funding from the Hudson Gateway REALTOR® Foundation, please visit www.hgrealtorfoundation.com.
The Hudson Gateway Association of REALTORS® is a not-for-profit trade association representing over 13,000 real estate professionals doing business in Westchester, Putnam, Rockland, Orange, and Sullivan counties, as well as the Bronx and Manhattan. It is the second largest REALTOR® Association in New York, and one of the largest in the country.
