KW Cares
KW Cares- Together, we empower, support and protect our KW family.
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Life-Altering Grants: Illness or Injury
Life-altering grants primarily focus on events such as illness or injury, the death of a qualified family member, or repairs due to a housing disaster.
KW Cares can assist with out-of-pocket medical expenses, travel expenses, physical disability needs such as assistive technology, wheelchairs, prosthetics, home modifications for accessibility, and shortfall in living expenses if illness or injury has impacted the applicant’s ability to work.
Applicants must be able to demonstrate financial need. Please note, KW Cares is not able to assist with alternative/unconventional medical expenses.
Life-Altering Grants: Housing Disaster
Life-altering grants primarily focus on events such as illness or injury, the death of a qualified family member, or repairs due to a housing disaster.
KW Cares can assist with expenses due to unexpected tragedies such as a house fire or natural disaster, including but not limited to deductibles, structural damage and loss of contents.
Applicant must be able to demonstrate financial need.
Life-Altering Grants: Death of a Qualifying Family Member
Life-altering grants primarily focus on events such as illness or injury, the death of a qualified family member, or repairs due to a housing disaster.
KW Cares can assist with essential funeral, burial, and cremation expenses; emergency travel expenses; and shortfall in living expenses if the deceased was a primary earner for the household. In addition to funeral expenses assistance with out-of-pocket medical expenses may be available, if the applicant is legally financially responsible.
Please note, funeral grants are capped at $15,000. Applicant must be able to demonstrate financial need.
Emergency Grants
Emergency grants are available for immediate, critical needs following a natural disaster or the death of a qualified family member.
Emergency grants provide immediate assistance to our KW Family during times of disaster, such as hurricanes, floods, tornadoes, wildfires, or house fires. Basic needs include shelter, food, transportation and other critical needs.
To qualify for a grant, applicants must meet the eligibility guidelines, have a qualifying event, a qualifying expense, and must demonstrate a financial need exists.
Once your application has been submitted, a KW Cares team member will respond and determine eligibility for assistance through a brief screening process. If approved, KW Cares will initiate a bank transfer to the applicant.
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Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Total dollar amount of grants awarded
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Families, Economically disadvantaged people
Type of Metric
Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
in Grants & Disaster Relief Funds Awarded KW associates and their immediate family members may qualify for support when facing financial hardship due to sudden emergencies.
Total number of grants awarded
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Families, Economically disadvantaged people
Type of Metric
Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Total Grants Given KW associates and their immediate family members may qualify for support when facing financial hardship due to sudden emergencies.
Goals & Strategy
Reports and documents
Download strategic planHow we listen
Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.
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How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?
To identify and remedy poor client service experiences, To identify bright spots and enhance positive service experiences, To make fundamental changes to our programs and/or operations, To inform the development of new programs/projects, To identify where we are less inclusive or equitable across demographic groups, To strengthen relationships with the people we serve, To understand people's needs and how we can help them achieve their goals
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Which of the following feedback practices does your organization routinely carry out?
We collect feedback from the people we serve at least annually, We aim to collect feedback from as many people we serve as possible, We take steps to ensure people feel comfortable being honest with us, We look for patterns in feedback based on people’s interactions with us (e.g., site, frequency of service, etc.), We engage the people who provide feedback in looking for ways we can improve in response, We act on the feedback we receive, We tell the people who gave us feedback how we acted on their feedback
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What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?
It is difficult to get the people we serve to respond to requests for feedback, We don’t have the right technology to collect and aggregate feedback efficiently, Staff find it hard to prioritize feedback collection and review due to lack of time
Financials
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Operations
The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
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KW Cares
Board of directorsas of 10/31/2022
Mo Anderson
Keller Williams Realty Elite
Beverly Steiner
Keller Williams California - Southern
Doris Carlin
Keller Williams Joplin
Sharon Gibbons
Keller Williams Realty International
Valerie King
Keller Williams Realty Partners
Julie Costa
Keller Williams Realty Summit NJ
Kathy Neu
Keller Williams Lake Travis
Kelly Henderson
Keller Williams Tempe - Scottsdale
Steve Chader
Keller Williams Integrity First Realty - Mesa/Gilbert
Board leadership practices
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Board orientation and education
Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? Yes -
CEO oversight
Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? Yes -
Ethics and transparency
Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Yes -
Board composition
Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes -
Board performance
Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? Not applicable
Organizational demographics
Who works and leads organizations that serve our diverse communities? Candid partnered with CHANGE Philanthropy on this demographic section.
Leadership
The organization's leader identifies as:
Race & ethnicity
Gender identity
Sexual orientation
Disability
Equity strategies
Last updated: 09/27/2022GuideStar partnered with Equity in the Center - an organization that works to shift mindsets, practices, and systems to increase racial equity - to create this section. Learn more
- We review compensation data across the organization (and by staff levels) to identify disparities by race.
- We disaggregate data to adjust programming goals to keep pace with changing needs of the communities we support.
- We employ non-traditional ways of gathering feedback on programs and trainings, which may include interviews, roundtables, and external reviews with/by community stakeholders.
- We have long-term strategic plans and measurable goals for creating a culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.
- We have a promotion process that anticipates and mitigates implicit and explicit biases about people of color serving in leadership positions.
- We seek individuals from various race backgrounds for board and executive director/CEO positions within our organization.
- We have community representation at the board level, either on the board itself or through a community advisory board.
- We help senior leadership understand how to be inclusive leaders with learning approaches that emphasize reflection, iteration, and adaptability.
- We engage everyone, from the board to staff levels of the organization, in race equity work and ensure that individuals understand their roles in creating culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.