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We appreciate your interest in donating to the Appraisal Institute Education and Relief Foundation. Donations of any amount are welcome and will help support the many purposes of AIERF.

By donating, you are assisting your colleagues in need, supporting scholarships, and contributing to the development of leading-edge appraisal education initiatives as well as the advancement of the appraisal profession overall.

Here are just some of the benefits of donating to the AIERF:

  • Help provide emergency financial assistance to colleagues in need.
  • Ensure a promising outlook for the appraisal profession by helping us fund scholarships for students and aspiring appraisers.
  • Help us sponsor the development of timely educational programs that will help you and other real estate appraisers (and professionals in related fields) maintain your competitive edge.
  • Honor a colleague by making a contribution in his or her name.
  • Enhance the professionalism and prestige associated with the appraisal profession.

AIERF offers two easy ways to donate!

DONATE VIA MAIL

If you would like to send a donation via regular mail, please send to:

Appraisal Institute Education and Relief Foundation
c/o Appraisal Institute
200 W Madison St., Suite 2000
Chicago, IL 60606

NOTE: Please make check donations payable to “The Appraisal Institute Education & Relief Foundation”

DONATE USING OUR SECURE ONLINE FORM

The exclusive public purposes for which AIERF is organized are charitable, literary, educational and scientific within the meaning of Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”). In furtherance of those purposes AIERF shall:

  • Receive, administer and disburse funds for the purpose of improving, advancing, researching and teaching the techniques of real estate appraisal, with benefits to be made available to the interested public;
  • Provide emergency financial assistance (i) to Designated Members, Candidates, Practicing Affiliates, Affiliates, employees (and their dependents) of the Appraisal Institute, an Illinois not for profit corporation organized under the Code, and (ii) to individuals who have made meaningful contributions to the real estate profession (collectively, “Recipients”), who have experienced a disaster or emergency that has left the Recipients in a state of financial, physical, or emotional distress;
  • Provide scholarships and grants to qualified persons for education in or work in the field of real estate appraisal;
  • Promote and conduct research and study into all aspects of real estate appraisal, with findings and conclusions to be made available to the interested public;
  • Foster the establishment of educational standards for real estate appraisals;
  • Maintain a library and encourage and cause the writing and publication of treatises, books and pamphlets relating to real estate appraisal, which are to be made available to the interested public;
  • Encourage and interest educational and other organizations in improving, advancing and teaching real estate appraisal.

The exclusive public purposes for which AIERF is organized are charitable, literary, educational and scientific within the meaning of Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”). In furtherance of those purposes AIERF shall:

  • Receive, administer and disburse funds for the purpose of improving, advancing, researching and teaching the techniques of real estate appraisal, with benefits to be made available to the interested public;
  • Provide emergency financial assistance (i) to Designated Members, Candidates, Practicing Affiliates, Affiliates, employees (and their dependents) of the Appraisal Institute, an Illinois not for profit corporation organized under the Code, and (ii) to individuals who have made meaningful contributions to the real estate profession (collectively, “Recipients”), who have experienced a disaster or emergency that has left the Recipients in a state of financial, physical, or emotional distress;
  • Provide scholarships and grants to qualified persons for education in or work in the field of real estate appraisal;
  • Promote and conduct research and study into all aspects of real estate appraisal, with findings and conclusions to be made available to the interested public;
  • Foster the establishment of educational standards for real estate appraisals;
  • Maintain a library and encourage and cause the writing and publication of treatises, books and pamphlets relating to real estate appraisal, which are to be made available to the interested public;
  • Encourage and interest educational and other organizations in improving, advancing and teaching real estate appraisal.