Giving
MIT established the Center for Real Estate to improve the quality of the built environment, enhance the real estate industry, and serve the Institute as a focal point for real estate education and research.
Since its founding in 1983, MIT/CRE has introduced a coordinated set of education and research programs that have changed the face of real estate.
- The first-ever one-year Master of Science in Real Estate Development established the Center's global reputation for innovation in education, offering a rigorous, multidisciplinary degree that has prepared thousands of candidates for careers as leaders in real estate.
- An MIT-class research program — mature, original, multidisciplinary, integrated — has brought fundamental change to contemporary understanding of real estate development, market data, sustainability, housing affordability, and more.
- A popular professional development series has invigorated the careers of real estate practitioners and executives around the world — fulfilling a need for lifelong learning with an evolving series of classes that address current issues and those to come.
The Center's efforts are not without cost. Continuing to create important, original work with lasting results can be achieved only with support.
To that end, the Center has established a variety of funds to help sustain its work — those targeting specific programs, and those more generally supporting excellence in the Center's activities:
- NewVisions Fund. This unrestricted account provides general support to MIT/CRE lecture programs, new academic initiatives and research, student and faculty activities, technology upgrades, facility improvements, and other projects. Learn more about contributing to NewVisions Fund.
- REALvisions. The Center's new catalyst grant program provides seed funding to faculty across campus for innovative research initiatives with applications to the real estate industry. Learn more about contributing to REALvisions.
- Named Professorships. Endowed professorships dedicated to real estate are crucial to recruiting and retaining outstanding junior and senior faculty members, and to helping MIT/CRE compete aggressively with other real estate programs. Learn more about Named Professorships.
- Blake Eagle Fellowship Fund. This fund provides tuition support to a candidate for the Master of Science in Real Estate Development (MSRED) who has been designated as a Blake Eagle Fellow. The fund was established to honor the contributions of former chairman Blake Eagle, both to the Center and to the real estate industry. Contribute to the Blake Eagle Fellowship Fund.
- AACRE Thesis Award. This award is granted annually by the Alumni Association of the Center for Real Estate (AACRE) to a graduating student whose thesis research has exemplified a high level of excellence, and has the potential for contributing to MIT/CRE, the real estate industry, and to society as a whole. Contribute to the AACRE Thesis Award.
- MIT/CRE Alumni Fund for Excellence in Education. These funds are used to enrich the educational experience of students enrolled in the Master of Science in Real Estate Development (MSRED) Program. Contribute to the MIT/CRE Alumni Fund for Excellence in Education.
- MIT/CRE Travel Fund. The fund will be used to support student travel domestically and internationally. The Center is expanding the walls of the classroom by exposing students to real estate markets and transactions outside of the Boston area. Contribute to the MIT/CRE Travel Fund.
- Class of 2006 Alumni/ae Photo Fund. Created by MIT/CRE's Class of 2006, this fund seeks to showcase the development projects of Center graduates, and provides resources to collect, frame, and display graduate projects throughout the Center. Contribute to the Class of 2006 Alumni/ae Photo Fund.
- Class of 2007 Class Gift Fund. Proceeds from this fund are used to support a class gift by the Class of 2007 to the MIT Center for Real Estate. Contribute to the Class of 2007 Class Gift Fund.
- Class of 2009 Competition Gift Fund. Proceeds from this fund are dedicated to promoting student involvement and attendance in competitions (i.e. case competition) hosted by industry and other institutions throughout the country. This fund will be used to offset costs incurred by students to attend these events that are not covered by the Center. Class of 2009 Competition Gift Fund.
To discuss a gift in support of the MIT Center for Real Estate, please contact Marion Cunningham, Managing Director, at 617-253-2680.
