COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE ALLIANCE FOR TOMORROWS EMPLOYEES
To educate a diverse workforce and connect career-ready candidates to employers in the commercial real estate industry, addressing the sector’s growing workforce challenges in the San Francisco Bay Area.
About COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE ALLIANCE FOR TOMORROWS EMPLOYEES
The Commercial Real Estate Alliance for Tomorrow’s Employees (CREATE) is a San Francisco–based nonprofit alliance of industry trade groups that develops talent pipelines for the commercial real estate (CRE) sector through college-level instruction, mentorship, internships, and employer connections. Since 2012 CREATE has delivered a signature Fellows curriculum and ancillary programming in partnership with regional colleges and CRE employers, educating hundreds of students and helping roughly 30% of program participants transition directly into industry roles. In recent years CREATE expanded its Fellows Online program to include students from multiple 2- and 4-year institutions and has continued to document graduate hiring outcomes and employer placements.
Notable achievements
Established multi-campus Fellows program
Since 2012 CREATE has delivered a 16-module Fellows curriculum in partnership with San Francisco State University and, more recently, expanded to include students from Chabot College, CSU East Bay, Diablo Valley College, Dominican University, Menlo College and others.
Measured hiring outcomes
CREATE reports that approximately 30% of Fellows program participants have been hired directly into commercial real estate roles following program completion, demonstrating a measurable placement impact for entry-level industry hiring.
Program growth and large cohorts (2024–2025)
In the 2025 program year CREATE launched its largest single in-person cohort (60 students at San Francisco State University) and celebrated multiple 2025 graduates who secured industry positions through CREATE mentorship and employer connections.
At a glance
- Total assets
- $407K
- Annual revenue
- $98K
- Tax status
- 501(c)(3)Public charity
- EIN
- 80-0757877
- Location
- San Francisco, CA
- Website
- www.createworkforce.org
- On Mahalo since
- April 2026
Financial figures from the IRS Business Master File, the IRS’s registry of tax-exempt organizations.
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