CBRE Thrive Fund

At CBRE, we know that we’re responsible for more than the properties we manage. That’s why we’re taking a holistic approach to help meet the evolving needs of our communities. We’re investing in solutions to help our communities and the people in them thrive.

In 2025, we will focus on building thriving communities through Community and Signature Partnerships. By working with organizations on both a global and local scale, we will help address complex challenges impacting our communities.

The details below share how CBRE will work with these organizations.

Signature Partner Program

CBRE’s Signature Partner grant program is focused on environmental sustainability and workforce development.

Clean Energy Buyers Institute

Support Clean Energy Buyers Institute’s work to convene stakeholders and identify solutions to reducing emissions across the real estate sector.

Institute for Sustainable Communities

Support the Institute for Sustainable Communities’ work to create equitable, climate change solutions in cities throughout the U.S. to advance locally led building decarbonization in communities of color.

RMI

Support RMI's Carbon-Free Buildings program to transform the markets and policy needed to rapidly decarbonize the built environment, and fund RMI's operational support to transform the global energy system to secure a clean, prosperous, zero-carbon future for all.

Third Derivative

Support Third Derivative’s mission to speed the rate of climate tech innovation and demonstrate commitment to diversity, ensuring that communities most vulnerable to climate change are increasingly participating in climate tech innovation.

Bridges from School to Work

Support Bridges from School to Work in the western region cities of Dallas, Fort Worth, San Francisco, Oakland and Los Angeles to increase social mobility and improve career outcomes for young adults with disabilities.

Career Ready

Support Career Ready’s program, which provides tangible, real-life work experience to young adults through employee volunteers, mentors, skilled masterclasses, workplace visits and paid internships.

The Ferguson Centers for Leadership Excellence

Support Ferguson Charitable Foundation’s goals to empower racially and ethnically diverse students to earn undergraduate degrees and secure promising careers in real estate and related sectors by providing tuition assistance, faculty support and career development opportunities.

Girls Inc.

Support Girls Inc.’s programs that address inequality in the workplace, particularly the absence of women of color in positions of influence and leadership.

Hiring Our Heroes, U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation

Support the organization’s fellowship programs which focus on placing transitioning service members and military spouses into internship-style opportunities with a company of their choice for 6-12 weeks, with the chance to be hired into full-time roles.

Point Foundation

Support Point Foundation’s efforts to empower promising lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer students to achieve their full academic and leadership potential, despite the obstacles they face.

Project Destined

Support Project Destined’s efforts to provide training in financial literacy and entrepreneurship and its work-based learning programs to encourage student interest in pursuing commercial real estate careers.

Thurgood Marshall College Fund

Support Thurgood Marshall College Fund’s efforts to promote career readiness for hand-selected student leaders attending Historically Black Colleges & Universities (HBCUs) and Performance-Based Instruction programs through scholarships, leadership development, boot camps and immersive experiences.

Community Partner Program

The Thrive Fund Community Partner Program is a grant initiative focused on clean energy and low-carbon mobility, urban biodiversity and economic advancement. Piloted in the U.S. Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles and New York City, it utilizes an employee referral program to identify and select eligible nonprofit organizations within these markets, bringing employee voices to the grantmaking process.

CBRE Thrive Fund

Signature Partner Program

Scale a Low Carbon Future

Build the Workforce of Tomorrow

Community Partner Program

Chicago, Illinois

Dallas, Texas

Los Angeles, California

New York City, New York