The Metropolitan Indianapolis Board of REALTORS® has a long history of honoring its leaders as well as the best and brightest in the industry. Once called the Inaugural Ball and later the President's Ball, MIBOR members have gathered for decades each January to install a new President and Board of Directors and bestow the industry's highest awards upon their peers. It's a night of celebration for all.

More than 14 years ago, the REALTOR® Foundation began its own tradition with a live & silent auction. This premier fundraising event provided fully half of the annual grants budget; grants first used to help neighborhoods rebuild and now to help our community's most vulnerable citizens - the homeless. Since the Foundation changed its mission in 2003 to focus solely on the homeless of central Indiana, the desire to raise more, give more, and do more has inspired the real estate community into action. Since 2003, the Foundation has given more than $425,000 in grant monies to organizations that help homeless begin new lives starting with a decent place to call home.

These two traditions became one in 2007 with the first annual Ball: Celebrating MIBOR Leadership & The REALTOR® Foundation. It's the honors and elegance of the President's Ball and festivity of the Foundation Auction in one not-to-be missed evening. The combined event was a tremendous success! The MIBOR membership's enthusiasm ensured that this new format begins a new chapter in a grand tradition.