WHAT IS THE APPRAISERS RESEARCH FOUNDATION?

The Appraisers Research Foundation is a 501 c 6 not-for-profit foundation. The foundation's purpose is to provide grants for research benefiting all of the disciplines of the appraisal profession.

THE PURPOSE OF THE CORPORATION

The Appraisers Research Foundation is a not-for-profit foundation organized and existing under the Delaware General Corporation Law to conduct activities and provide financial and other support to organizations and activities selected by the Corporation’s Board of Directors in order to further the appraisal profession for the benefit of the profession and the general public.

MISSION STATEMENT

"To facilitate the research, testing and report development of new methodologies, techniques or procedures to best serve the publics who use, own or control property interests. The foundation intends to facilitate the activity of this mission statement through grants and loans, for the benefit of the appraisal profession and the public."

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

THE APPRAISERS RESEARCH FOUNDATION - DIRECTORS

Sherwood Darington, MAI, SRA
President - Director

Retired Bank of America District Appraisal Manager
Managing Director and Member Board of Directors of Monterey County
Agricultural & Historical Land Conservancy
Former member and Chair of the Appraisal Standards Board
of The Appraisal Foundation
Former Chair of Society of Real Estate Appraisers Professional
Practice Committee and Board of Governors

Tim Leberman, SRPA
Vice President - Director

Independent fee appraiser commercial and industrial properties -
Vitale Realty Advisors, LLC, Brookfield, Wisconsin
Former Chief Appraiser Mortgage Guaranty Insurance Corporation (MGIC)
Former member and Chair, Appraisal Standards Board, The Appraisal Foundation
Former Chair Appraisal Standards Advisory Council, The Appraisal Foundation
Former Chair and board member Appraisal Institute Market Data Center

Joseph Stanfield, MAI, SRA
Secretary - Director

President Stanfield & Associates-independent real property appraisal and consulting firm, Houston, Texas
Former International President of the Appraisal Institute
FIABCI USA Executive Committee Member
Former Vice President & Director Houston Association of Realtors
Former Director Texas Association of Realtors - Board of Directors

To apply for a grant or loan please see the Process for Considering Financial Requests for Grants or Loans.