COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION INSTITUTE RESEARCH FOUNDATION

THE FOUNDATION'S MISSION IS TO RESEARCH AND ANALYZE THE OPERATION OF COMMON INTEREST COMMUNITIES AND TO STUDY EMERGING ISSUES AND TRENDS IN THIS FIELD. TO ACHIEVE THIS MISSION, THE ORGANIZATION CONDUCTS AND COMMISSIONS RESEARCH, COLLECTS DATA, ISSUES SURVEYS, HOLDS FOCUS GROUPS, ISSUES PUBLICATIONS AND AWARDS SCHOLARSHIPS. INCORPORATED AS AN EXEMPT, NONPROFIT ENTITY IN 1975, THE FOUNDATION IS THE ONLY ORGANIZATION IN THE UNITED STATES THAT CONDUCTS INDUSTRY RESEARCH AND MAKES INFORMATION AVAILABLE TO PEOPLE INVOLVED IN COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT.