Hudson Gateway REALTOR® Foundation Donates Over $100,000 to 52 Hudson Valley Charities and Non-Profits in 2024

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.