Real Estate & Business Social Enterprises Association (REBSEA)

What Real Estate & Business Social Enterprises Association (REBSEA) does

Real Estate & Business Social Enterprises Association (REBSEA) is a nonprofit trade association headquartered in Boynton Beach, Florida, operating since 2014. It connects licensed real estate agents, mortgage lenders, insurance agents, and other small-business professionals (collectively, "members") with nonprofit organizations across 37+ U.S. states and four Canadian provinces. Members pledge to donate a portion of their closed-deal commissions to local nonprofits that share causes their clients support; nonprofits, in turn, refer their donors and supporters to REBSEA members when those supporters need real estate or related services. REBSEA structures this coordination through 18 cause-based "NPO Leadership Committees" (covering causes from Animal Welfare and Veterans to Affordable Housing and Lymphoma & Leukemia), a Google Maps-embedded member directory, and a Wild Apricot-powered membership portal. The organization was created by 207 founders and, at last disclosure, had crossed 400 members.

The organization's underlying technology stack is thin by design. The website, member directory, forum, and member communications all run on Wild Apricot, an off-the-shelf membership management platform—REBSEA has no proprietary software, AI features, or integrations disclosed in the available data. Distribution is community-led: nonprofits actively refer their supporter base to local REBSEA members, providing a bottom-of-funnel acquisition mechanism that does not depend on paid marketing. Marketing surfaces are limited to LinkedIn, Facebook, an email newsletter (with archives dating to 2013–2014), and the website itself; no app, API, or SDK is exposed.

Commercially, REBSEA functions as a pass-through coordinator rather than a fee-based intermediary. The revenue model treats "Member Donations" as an affiliate referral model where members donate a portion of their commissions directly to nonprofits; no explicit membership fee, commission, or platform fee is disclosed, and the website is described as a demo. There is no pricing transparency, no public financials, no funding rounds, and no parent company. The 11–50 employee headcount and absence of any disclosed commercial pricing imply operating economics are likely funded by implicit dues, in-kind contributions, or nominal contributions rather than fee-bearing services.

Name

Real Estate & Business Social Enterprises Association (REBSEA)

Legal name

Real Estate & Business Social Enterprises Association (REBSEA)

Website

https://rebsea.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

REBSEA is a nonprofit trade association that connects real estate agents, mortgage lenders, insurance agents, and business professionals with nonprofit organizations, enabling members to donate a portion of their commissions to local causes in exchange for nonprofit referrals of cause-driven consumers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Boynton Beach

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Marketing or Sales, Personnel, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Member Donations: REBSEA members donate a part of their commission to nonprofit organizations in the community they serve. The organization facilitates these donations but does not appear to charge fees for membership or take a cut of donations. Featured Nonprofit Members receive unrestricted donations with no fundraising expense from the entire REBSEA Membership.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

REBSEA is a nonprofit trade association that connects real estate agents, mortgage lenders, insurance agents, and business professionals with nonprofit organizations. Its members donate a portion of their commission to nonprofits in the communities they serve, and Featured Nonprofit Members receive unrestricted donations from the entire REBSEA membership with no fundraising expense.

Product overview

REBSEA is a nonprofit membership organization, not a technology product company. It operates as a charitable giving program connecting real estate agents, mortgage lenders, insurance agents, and business professionals with nonprofit organizations. Members donate a portion of their commissions to nonprofits in their communities. The organization does not offer a software product, platform, or digital service offering—it functions as a membership directory and charitable coordination service powered by Wild Apricot membership management software.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• REBSEA Real Estate and Business Membership

Quantifiable outcome

• 400+ members including real estate agents, mortgage lenders, insurance agents, and business people
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers9 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

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App detail

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and minor.

• Wild ApricotcoreTechnology or IntegrationWild Apricot is the membership management platform powering the REBSEA website. It provides all-in-one membership management features including member directory, website hosting, and member communications.
• Habitat for HumanitymajorOthersHabitat for Humanity is one of the NPO Leadership Committees supported by REBSEA members. Real estate professionals can donate part of their commission to support affordable housing initiatives.
• Homes for HeroesmajorOthersHomes for Heroes is a featured veteran support organization that REBSEA members support through donations, helping veterans access housing.
• HeliosminorOthersHelios is a veteran support organization mentioned in REBSEA newsletters as being supported by REBSEA members.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• National Association of REALTORS (NAR): The National Association of REALTORS is the dominant trade association for real estate professionals in the U.S. REBSEA sits within the same trade-association-for-REALTORS category but at far smaller scale and with a distinctive cause/charitable-giving overlay absent from NAR's core program.
• eXp Realty: eXp Realty is a large national brokerage with an affiliated charitable foundation (eXp World Foundation). Comparable as a cause-aligned real estate organization, but operating primarily as a brokerage with agents donating voluntarily — overlapping REBSEA's community-led cause model.
• Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices: Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices is a national real estate brokerage network with an active charitable foundation supporting communities nationwide. Comparable as a large-scale real estate brand integrating philanthropy, but competes for cause-affiliated agent mindshare in a much broader way than REBSEA.

Direct peers

• Homes for Heroes: Homes for Heroes is the closest direct peer — a national network of real estate and mortgage professionals that affiliate themselves with a cause (veterans, firefighters, teachers, etc.) and provide rebates/benefits on transactions. Like REBSEA, it monetizes the intersection of real estate professionals and nonprofit/cause supporters using a web-based member directory.
• Giveback Homes: Giveback Homes is a direct peer: real estate agents who pledge to donate a portion of their commission to build homes for families in need. It shares REBSEA's commission-donation mechanic and cause-driven agent recruitment, though Giveback Homes is more narrowly focused on the housing nonprofit cause.

Regional players

• Florida Realtors: Florida Realtors is a regional REALTOR trade association operating in REBSEA's home state. It is comparable to REBSEA as a membership organization serving Florida real estate professionals, but offers the full trade-association value proposition (advocacy, MLS, education) rather than a charitable-giving focus.
• California Association of REALTORS (C.A.R.): C.A.R. is a large state-level REALTOR trade association serving California agents — one of REBSEA's deeper member geographies (Red Oak Realty SF Bay is a featured member). Comparable as a REALTOR membership organization rather than as a direct cause-marketing competitor.

Others

• Habitat for Humanity: Habitat for Humanity is both a featured nonprofit partner REBSEA supports and an adjacent organization that operates in the real estate/homeownership space. It is comparable as a cause-focused entity embedded in real estate rather than as a direct competitor.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles18 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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