GPBOR CARE FOUNDATION
GPBOR C.A.R.E. is the charitable arm of the Greater Providence Board of REALTORS®. Funds are raised through donations from REALTORS®, Affiliates, sponsors, and donors like you.
GPBOR C.A.R.E. has selected the following charities for 2024: Foster Forward, empowering lives impacted by foster care and enhancing the child welfare system; Girls on the Run RI, instilling joy, health, and confidence in girls through creative running programs in Central Falls; and Higher Ground International, dedicated to empowering refugees, particularly West African and Liberian communities, while restoring dignity and peace.
News & Events
Bowling because we CARE!
Join us on 10/17 from 5:30 – 8:30 pm for a fun-filled, family event at Lang’s Bowlarama in Cranston to benefit our adopted charities. Family, friends, neighbors, children, colleagues – all are welcome. Tickets available here.
2025 Grant Application period now closed
Thanks to all RI non-profits who applied by the 6/28/24 deadline. If you applied, please expect to hear back from us by early August.
Raffle tickets available at Board office
Raffle tickets are available for sale at the Board office in Cranston from 4/11/24 – 9/14/24. Cost is $25. For more information, call (401) 274-8383 as RI State Law prohibits online sales.
2023 Annual Campaign
Thank you to all who donated to our 2nd annual campaign Summer of 2023. View a listing of donors here.
GPBOR C.A.R.E. is a 501C3 public charity, registered with the IRS. Established in 2013, our mission is to organize one or more events per year in order to collect and distribute charitable funds to RI non-profit organizations. Those organizations shall qualify as exempt organizations under section 501 (c-3) of the Internal Revenue Code, or corresponding section of any future federal tax code.
Board of Directors:
Agueda Del Borgo, Places & Spaces Realty, 2024 President
Paula Gallant, June Realty, 2024 Vice President
Yolanda Nazario, HomeSmart Professionals Real Estate, 2024 Treasurer
Shamila Ahmed, Shamila Ahmed, LLC, Director through 2024
Susan Kostas, Mott & Chace Sotheby’s International, through 2024
Ian Barnacle, Residential Properties, Director through 2025
Dean deTonnancourt, HomeSmart Professionals Real Estate, Director through 2025
Our office is currently located at 1169 Park Avenue, Cranston, RI 02910. For more information, please contact our Chief Executive Officer, Suzanne Silva, CAE, RCE, at (401) 274-8383.
GPBOR C.A.R.E. raised $7,000 for each 2023 sponsored non-profit organizations RISE and We Heart Lives. Checks presented at GPBOR’s 117th Annual Meeting on 9/20/23.