CREATE Works! Learn How It Can Work For You, Annual Celebration
Join us on Thursday, September 26, 2024 for our annual celebration:
CREATE Works! Learn How It Can Work For You
5:00 p.m. – 7:00 pm
345 Montgomery Street
Come celebrate CREATE and hear first-hand how your donations impact lives and careers. Join us for food, drinks, and networking, and hear success stories from CREATE Fellows alumni. Plus don’t miss out on exciting door prizes including 2025 Opening Day Giants Tickets, a condo at Seascape for weekend , and more! The evening is sure to be a fantastic time and we look forward to welcoming donors, alum and those passionate about delivering diverse, educated and career-ready employees to the CRE industry.
This event is free of charge but we encourage all attendees to donate both individually (all amounts welcome) and at the corporate level to ensure that the CREATE Fellows program remains a sustainable career development opportunity that is FREE to all students. Donations may be made online here.
Invoices may also be requested by emailing info@createworkforce.org.
Registration opens soon. Check back for details.
SUPPORT CREATE – DONATE TODAY!
CREATE continues to fulfill its mission to CONNECT, ENGAGE, and EMPLOY.
Support for CREATE addresses our industry’s growing need for “job ready” commercial property professionals. Providing hands-on training through our Fellows programs at SF State and Merritt College, internships and job opportunity services to a diverse population of students wishing to pursue a career in commercial real estate and related service industries ensures a sustainable future for our industry. Your support is crucial to continuing our mission to identify, educate, and recruit talent for commercial real estate so that employers have a diverse pipeline of job-ready candidates for their entry-level positions.
Commitment to Diversity
“The Wall Street Journal’s 2021 Best Colleges list places SF State in the top five for the “Environment” category, which measures the diversity of a university’s community based on its racial and ethnic makeup and other factors.” CREATE’s partnership with SF State, as well as Merritt College, enables our industry to make signification progress in diversifying its employee base.
2024 Accomplishments
- Curriculum Update – CREATE updated the program curriculum per recommended industry standard of review every three years. This is to ensure that instructor and student feedback is addressed, information remains relevant and the curriculum meets the learning styles of today’s college student for either online or in-person presentation.
- In Person and Online Delivery – Deliver curriculum in person at SF State and collaborating with bay area two and four-year institutions to deliver virtually in Spring 2025.
- Additional Resources provided to student fellows including informational interviews with industry professionals, additional soft skill presentations and building tours, mentoring program, and CREATE Fellows 2.0 – a deep dive program focusing on the valuation of an asset offered to all graduates of Fellows 1.0.
- Career Center– The free job bank portal at to connect employers and students for entry-level, commercial real estate and related positions. Underscores CREATE’s goal of connecting educated and trained students and graduates with local industry employers.
Donate Today!
Every dollar contributed directly supports CREATE’s mission, from Fellows programming, curriculum development, program expansion, mentoring, and connecting students and employers with internships and entry-level jobs.
Donor Levels
Signature Donor – $25,000
Champion Donor – $12,000
Contributing Donor – $7,500
Supporting Donor – $3,500
Friend of CREATE – $1,000
Other Amounts welcome
Contributions to CREATE are tax-deductible and go a long way in helping prepare an eager young workforce for a career in Commercial Real Estate by:
➢ Strengthening our workforce with outreach to diverse and under-served populations.
➢ Funding curriculum development for college-level instruction, and career guidance.
➢ Enriching CRE training through job shadowing and internship opportunities.
To view a video about the value of supporting CREATE, click below: