September’s Missed Opportunity for Giving

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MissedOpportunitySeptember2013Every month on our Facebook, Pinterest and Twitter accounts, we share the missed opportunity for giving – the amount that could have been donated to the community if every Realtor® in the Austin area donated 25% of their commission the way that Give Realty’s agents do.

Given the total sales volume of $718,190,762.00 in the Austin MLS in September, the missed opportunity for giving last month was $10,772,861.43.

This money could have paid for 100% of the 2012 expenses of some of our favorite community nonprofts, including Austin Humane Society, CASA of Travis County, Meals on Wheels and More, SafePlace or Saint Louise House.

Talk about a missed opportunity…

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Missed Opportunity for Giving: April 2013

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As we promised last month, we are once again going to share the missed opportunity for giving – the amount that could have been donated to the community if every Realtor® in the Austin area donated 25% of their commission the way that Give Realty’s agents do.

April2013MLSGiven the total sales volume of $812,424,317 in the Austin MLS in April, the missed opportunity for giving last month was $12,186,364.75.

In case you can’t imagine what $12.1 million could have done for our community, here are a few examples. $12.1 million represents 25% of all expenses for Capital Area Food Bank for the fiscal year ending in 2011.  It represents 38% of all expenses for The Livestrong Foundation for the fiscal year ending in 2011. It also represents 127% of the total expenses for Life Works for that same fiscal year. Finally, 12.1 million is 49 times the $244,553.05 that Give Realty has donated since our beginning.

Talk about a missed opportunity…

Look for the “missed opportunity” every month on our Facebook and Twitter accounts.

*Financial information based on numbers released in Austin Business Journal’s 2013 Giving Guide.