Funding Amount
Up to $5,000 directed to nonprofit(s) of recipient's choice
Deadline
Deadline not published
Grant Type
Foundation
Deadline history & next window
- Cycle
- Annual
- Tracked since
- April 2026
Source: the cycle recorded on this listing. Confirm dates with the funder.
Overview
Award honoring individuals, projects, or groups that make outstanding community contributions.
Program History: Total impact: $66,520 returned to local organizations since inception.
Geographic Scope: Canopy Realtor® Association service area (Mecklenburg, Iredell, Haywood counties)
Focus Areas:
- Outstanding community contributions
- Housing and homelessness solutions
- Community development
- Nonprofit leadership
- Humanitarian service
Award Details:
- Recognition at annual event: Presented each December at Canopy Realtor® Association / Canopy MLS Holiday Awards Luncheon & Annual Meeting
- Charitable contribution: Recipient may direct up to $5,000 from Foundation to nonprofit(s) of their choice
2025 Recipient: Attorney Jamilah Espinosa, Esq.
- Founder and managing attorney of Espinosa Immigration Law Firm
- Board Chair of Latin American Coalition
- Provides free immigration consultations through Central Unido
- Directed $5,000: $2,500 to Latin American Coalition and $2,500 to Central Unido Latino Americano
Past Recipients Include:
- 2024: Cristina Grossu Biffle (Hurricane Helene relief efforts)
- 2023: Charles A. Odell (Dilworth Center addiction recovery, 28+ years service)
- 2022: Hearts and Hands Food Pantry (volunteer-driven food pantry)
- 2021: Patti and Gary West (Fifth Street Ministry founders)
- 2020: Rick Gilbert (Home Again Foundation)
- 2019: Amy and Nancy DeCaron (Hope of Mooresville)
- 2018: Erin Santos (Isabella Santos Foundation)
- 2017: Shaun "Lucky" Corbett (Da Lucky Spot Barbershop, Cops & Barbers)
- 2016: Don Gately (CrossRoads Corporation for Affordable Housing)
- And earlier recipients dating to 2007
Contact Information:
- Email: foundation@canopyrealtors.com
- Phone: 704-940-3148
- Website: canopyhousingfoundation.org
What Charlotte Regional Realtor Assoc Housing Opportunity Foundation actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2024
- Grants in 2024
- 1
- Total given
- $39K
- Median grant
- $39K
- By dollars: North Carolina 100%. Top recipient cities: Charlotte, NC.
Example grants
Home Again Foundation · Charlotte, NC
$39K
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Nonprofits
- Community services
- Housing
- Homeless
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