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Virginia Association of Realtors

501(c)(6) organization Glen Allen, VA EIN: 54-0461014 Website

The organization was organized to unite its membership in activities to effectively exert a combined influence upon matters affecting the real estate industry, to elevate the standards of the real estate industry throughout the state and to promote the professional and ethical conduct of persons engaged therein, and to promote the common business interests of the real estate industry. In furtherance of these exempt purposes the association provides education and programs specific to the industry, sponsors the annual convention, develops and updates forms that refelct Virginia law as it relates to the real estate industry, and acts as a liason between Virginia realtors and state government.

Key facts about Virginia Association of Realtors

In short: Virginia Association of Realtors gave $35K across 1 grant in 2025 (avg $35K), mostly in Illinois. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.

EIN
54-0461014
Latest 990 filing
Form 990, 2025
Annual giving (2025)
$35,000
Grants made (2025)
1
Average grant
$35,000
Median grant
$35,000
Total assets
$27,161,530
Primary geography
Illinois (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)

Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.

Financial Overview

From 2025 IRS Form 990 · View filing

Total Assets

$27.2M

+4.5% YoY

Annual Giving

$35K

-77.3% YoY

Grant Count

1

-66.7% YoY

Avg Grant Size

$35K

-32.0% YoY

How Virginia Association of Realtors gives

  • Giving fell 89% from 2022 to 2025. Method

From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.

About Virginia Association of Realtors

Based on IRS filings

Virginia Association of Realtors is a public charity, based in Glen Allen, VA. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $27.2M in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 1 grant totaling $35K. Net investment income was $2.2M.

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Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

4states

Share of the 2025 grant dollars on its one itemized grant.

Cities

ChicagoRichmondColonial HeightsChesapeakeCharlottesvilleFredericksburgGlen AllenHarrisonburgHonoluluMontpelierNorfolk

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$100K$200K$300K$400K3 grants2019 5 grants2020 5 grants2021 7 grants2022 5 grants2023 3 grants2024 1 grant2025

From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $35K (2025) to $321K (2022). In 2025 it made 1 grant totaling $35K.

Grant Insights

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top recipient in 2025

Realtors Relief Foundation: $35KRealtors Relief Foundation$35K

The largest 2025 recipient was Realtors Relief Foundation ($35K).

Grant Size Distribution

21 grants across all recorded years

14<$50K2$50–100K5$100–250K$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was under $50K: 14 grants of 21 (67%).

Giving History

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
Realtors Relief Foundation Chicago, ILSupport Homeowners During Disasters$35,000

Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Revenue
Expenses
Net Investment Income
$0$5M$10M$15M2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Metric202520242023
Total Assets$27,161,530$25,999,957$25,407,136
Revenue$10,504,790$9,660,304$9,482,797
Expenses$8,731,900$9,934,205$9,521,758
Net Investment Income$2,203,895$1,259,100$751,018

Data update history

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS June 17, 2020)
  2. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS April 30, 2021)
  3. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS April 15, 2026)
  4. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2019–2025

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Virginia Association of Realtors is led by Richard Lugg, CEO on the 2025 filing; 8 of 35 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Richard Lugg

    CEO

    New on the 2025 filing

    40 hrs/week

    $366K (2025)

  • Lorraine Arora

    President

    Vice President → President-Elect, 2024

    President-Elect → President, 2025

    On filings since 2019

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Adam Smith

    Chief Programs Officer

    Senior Vice President of Member Programs → Chief Programs Officer, 2024

    On filings since 2019

    40 hrs/week

    $118K (2019) → $220K (2025)

  • Martin Johnson

    Chief External Affairs Officer

    Chief Expternal Affairs of → Interim CEO, 2024

    Interim CEO → Chief External Affairs Officer, 2025

    On filings since 2019

    40 hrs/week

    $252K (2019) → $300K (2025)

  • Stephen Daley

    Senior Vice President, Marketing & Membership

    Senior Vice President of Marketing & Events → Senior Vice President, Marketing & Membership, 2025

    On filings since 2019

    40 hrs/week

    $125K (2019) → $168K (2025)

  • Terrie Suit

    Former CEO

    CEO → Former CEO, 2025

    On filings since 2019

    $395K (2019) → $319K (2025)

  • Mary Lawson

    Chief Lobbyist

    Senior Vice President of Government Relations → Senior Vice President of Government Re, 2023

    Senior Vice President of Government Re → Chief Lobbyist, 2025

    On filings since 2022

    40 hrs/week

    $155K (2022) → $212K (2025)

  • Ryan Price

    Senior Vice President & Chief Economist

    On filings since 2022

    40 hrs/week

    $183K (2022) → $212K (2025)

  • Erin Korman

    General Counsel & Chief Advocacy Officer

    New on the 2025 filing

    40 hrs/week

    $212K (2025)

  • Karen Smith

    Board Member

    Board → Board Member, 2025

    On filings since 2019

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Andrew Drew Fristoe

    Board Member

    Board → Board Member, 2025

    On filings since 2020

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Chandra Patterson

    Board Member

    Board → Board Member, 2025

    On filings since 2020

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Curt Reichstetter

    President - Elect

    Treasurer → Vice President, 2024

    Vice President → President - Elect, 2025

    On filings since 2020

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Diron Clements

    Treasurer

    Board → Treasurer, 2025

    On filings since 2020

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Sherry Maser

    Vice President

    Board → Treasurer, 2024

    Treasurer → Vice President, 2025

    On filings since 2020

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Vonda Lacey

    Board Member

    Board → Board Member, 2025

    On filings since 2020

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Cynthia Hawks White

    Board Member

    Board → Board Member, 2025

    On filings since 2022

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Kaera Mims

    Board Member

    Board → Board Member, 2025

    On filings since 2022

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Donna Patton

    Board Member

    Board → Board Member, 2025

    On filings since 2023

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Gary Lange Jr.

    Board Member

    Board → Board Member, 2025

    On filings since 2023

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Guy Allen

    Board Member

    Board → Board Member, 2025

    On filings since 2023

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Lynn Grimsley

    Board Member

    Board → Board Member, 2025

    On filings since 2023

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Mary Ellsworth

    Board Member

    Board → Board Member, 2025

    On filings since 2023

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Michelle Doherty

    Board Member

    Board → Board Member, 2025

    On filings since 2023

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Rachel Foster

    Board Member

    Board → Board Member, 2025

    On filings since 2023

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Cynthia Hornsby

    Board Member

    Board → Board Member, 2025

    On filings since 2024

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Derrick Swaak

    Board Member

    Board → Board Member, 2025

    On filings since 2024

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • John Finn

    Board Member

    Board → Board Member, 2025

    On filings since 2024

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Mary Ann Burstein

    Board Member

    Board → Board Member, 2025

    On filings since 2024

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Reggie Copeland

    Board Member

    Board → Board Member, 2025

    On filings since 2024

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Tamar Myers-Moffatt

    Board Member

    Board → Board Member, 2025

    On filings since 2024

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Charles Edmonds

    Board Member

    New on the 2025 filing

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Kelly Griffin

    Board Member

    New on the 2025 filing

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Nicole Canole

    Board Member

    New on the 2025 filing

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Traci Shoberg

    Board Member

    New on the 2025 filing

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (70)
  • Former: Dallison Veach (2019–2024) — Board
  • Former: Katrina Smith (2019–2024) — Immediate Past President
  • Former: Linda Buskey (2019–2024) — Board
  • Former: Rick Lugg (2019–2024) — COO & CFO
  • Former: Thomas Campbell (2019–2024) — President
  • Former: Fatima Pereira (2020–2024) — Board
  • Former: Kenneth Hensley (2021–2024) — Board
  • Former: Deborah Baxter (2022–2024) — Board
  • Former: Elizabeth Grant (2022–2024) — Board
  • Former: Keith Smith (2022–2024) — Board
  • Former: Nicholas Lagos (2022–2024) — Board
  • Former: Quinton Beckham (2022–2024) — Board
  • Former: Laura Murray (2023–2024) — Senior Vice President & General Counsel
  • Former: Rebecca Miller (2023–2024) — Board
  • Former: Debbie Werling (2024) — Board
  • Former: Mary Harris (2024) — Board
  • Former: W. McClellan (2024) — Board
  • Former: Angelica Delboy (2019–2023) — Board
  • Former: Bernard Hamann (2019–2023) — Board
  • Former: Denise Ramey (2019–2023) — Immediate Past President
  • Former: Edward Atiyeh (2019–2023) — Board
  • Former: Karen Hall (2019–2023) — Board
  • Former: Steven Overgard (2019–2023) — Board
  • Former: Nancy Piland (2020–2023) — Board
  • Former: Peggy Todd (2021–2023) — Board
  • Former: Robyn Burdett (2021–2023) — Board
  • Former: Tanya Monroe (2022–2023) — Board
  • Former: John Powell (2023) — Board
  • Former: Page Browning (2023) — Board
  • Former: Vic Coffey (2023) — Board
  • Former: Beth Dalton (2019–2022) — Immediate Past President
  • Former: Betty Kingery (2019–2022) — Board
  • Former: Laura Farley (2019–2022) — Senior Vice President & General Counsel
  • Former: Nancy Steorts (2019–2022) — Board
  • Former: Shane McCullar (2019–2022) — Board
  • Former: William Wiard IV (2019–2022) — Board
  • Former: Robert Dawson (2020–2022) — Board
  • Former: Margaret Peggy Burke (2021–2022) — Board
  • Former: Kit Hale (2022) — Board
  • Former: Mayra Pineda (2022) — Board
  • Former: Heather Embrey (2019–2021) — Board
  • Former: Keith Canty (2019–2021) — Board
  • Former: Paul Dicicco (2019–2021) — Board
  • Former: Elizabeth Weis (2020–2021) — Board
  • Former: Lisa Sturtevant (2020–2021) — Senior Vice President & Chief Economist
  • Former: Rachel Anker-Johnson (2020–2021) — Board
  • Former: Carl Burt (2021) — Board
  • Former: John Kurt Negaard (2021) — Board
  • Former: Kemper Funkhouser (2021) — Immediate Past President
  • Former: Laura Lafayette (2021) — Board
  • Former: Leslie Frazier (2021) — Senior Vice President of Community & Industry Relations
  • Former: Beckwith Kilgore (2019–2020) — Immediate Past President
  • Former: Dan Vollmer (2019–2020) — Board
  • Former: Erin Barton (2019–2020) — Deputy Legislative Counsel
  • Former: Gail Gowin (2019–2020) — Board
  • Former: J. Kemper Funkhouser (2019–2020) — President
  • Former: Nathan Hughes (2019–2020) — Board
  • Former: Thai Hung Nguyen (2019–2020) — Board
  • Former: Gladys Fain (2020) — Board
  • Former: Michelle Jewel (2020) — Board
  • Former: Antoinette Brown (2019) — Board
  • Former: April Thomas (2019) — Board
  • Former: Barbara Sgueglia (2019) — Board
  • Former: Elizabeth Gatewood (2019) — Board
  • Former: H. Paige Manuel (2019) — Board
  • Former: Jay Mitchell (2019) — Immediate Past President
  • Former: John Brockwell (2019) — Board
  • Former: Matthew Kahn (2019) — Board
  • Former: Merlyn Banks (2019) — Board
  • Former: Tracey Floridia (2019) — Vice President of Conferences & Events

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.

Compensation Overview

From 2025 IRS filing

Richard Lugg — CEO: $366KRichard LuggCEO$366KTerrie Suit — Former CEO: $319KTerrie SuitFormer CEO$319KMartin Johnson — Chief External Affairs Officer: $300KMartin JohnsonChief External Affairs Officer$300KAdam Smith — Chief Programs Officer: $220KAdam SmithChief Programs Officer$220KMary Lawson — Chief Lobbyist: $212KMary LawsonChief Lobbyist$212KRyan Price — Senior VP / Chief Economist: $212KRyan PriceSenior VP / Chief Economist$212KErin Korman — General Counsel/ Chief Advocacy Officer: $212KErin KormanGeneral Counsel/ Chief Advocacy…$212KStephen Daley — Senior VP / Marketing and Membership: $168KStephen DaleySenior VP / Marketing and…$168K

The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $366K, to Richard Lugg (CEO). 8 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.

Frequently asked questions about Virginia Association of Realtors

How much does Virginia Association of Realtors give each year?

Virginia Association of Realtors gave $35K across 1 grant in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $155K across 3 grants.

How large is Virginia Association of Realtors?

Virginia Association of Realtors reported $27.2M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $10.5M.

Where does Virginia Association of Realtors operate?

Virginia Association of Realtors has awarded grants in Hawaii, Illinois, Virginia, Vermont.

What is Virginia Association of Realtors's EIN?

Virginia Association of Realtors's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 54-0461014. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.

Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.

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