Application for Partnership

For the purpose of this application, checking affirmation boxes is equivalent to providing your electronic signature.


Please review the Partner Criteria prior to completing this form.

Contact Information

Are you an appraiser membership organization?*
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A. Criteria Applicable to All Organizations

A.1. The Appraisal Foundation Mission and Vision

Vision Statement

The vision of The Appraisal Foundation is excellence, unity and trust in the valuation profession.


Mission Statement

The mission of The Appraisal Foundation is to advance the valuation profession by setting standards of excellence, promoting education and upholding the public trust.

A.2. Code of Conduct

Click here to review the Code of Conduct for Individuals and Organizations Affiliated with the Appraisal Foundation.

A.3. Not-for-Profit Status

The partner (or applicant for partnership) shall be and must continuously remain organized as a not-for-profit organization and qualified as an organization exempt from the payment of federal income taxes by the Internal Revenue Service under the current IRS code or the equivalent if the organization is chartered outside the United States.


Submit documentation at the end of this form.

A.4. Supporting USPAP

The partner (or applicant for partnership) who is not an appraiser membership organization shall support USPAP.


If you are an appraiser membership organization, please note "N/A" in box.

4000 character limit.

A.5 - A.12. Other Partner Requirements

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B. Criteria Applicable to Appraiser Membership Organizations within the US

C. Criteria Applicable to Appraiser Membership Organizations outside the US

B.1. Adopting USPAP and Disciplinary Mechanisms

The applicant for partnership who is an appraiser membership organization shall have:


  • adopted the current edition of the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP) and such adoption shall continue uninterrupted; and


  • a disciplinary mechanism for enforcing its members’ compliance with USPAP.

C.1. Adopting USPAP or Equivalent

The applicant for partnership from an international organization shall have:


  • Adopted the current edition of the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP) or a document substantially equivalent and such adoption shall continue uninterrupted; and


  • A requirement for the initial coursework on USPAP or equivalent, and


  • A requirement for meaningful continuing education on USPAP or equivalent, and


  • A disciplinary mechanism for enforcing its members’ compliance with USPAP or equivalent.

4000 character limit.

4000 character limit.

B.2. Education Requirements

The applicant for partnership who is an appraiser membership organization, for all of its appraisal members who are required by law or by the organization itself to comply with USPAP shall:


  • Have a meaningful educational mechanism for teaching USPAP;


  • Meet and maintain certain USPAP education requirements including: the completion of at least 15 hours of course work (including an examination) on USPAP prior to or within two years of admission as a partner; and the completion of at least 15-hours of course work (including an examination) on USPAP prior to or no later than 12 months for an individual joining the organization who performs appraisal assignments that are defined within USPAP; and USPAP continuing education requirements as established by the AQB for an appraisal discipline, or if there are none, then at least seven hours of course work in a period not to exceed five years.


  • Require appraisers seeking an appraisal designation to have met the minimum criteria adopted by the AQB in the areas of qualifying education, college education, experience and examination at the time the candidate was issued a residential license, certified residential license or certified general license by a state appraiser licensing authority; and


  • Where no minimum qualification criteria have been adopted by the AQB for an appraisal discipline, the organization shall demonstrate that it has meaningful requirements for qualifying, and continuing education, experience and examination, for its appraisal designated members.

C.2. Education Requirements

The applicant for partnership from an international organization must have meaningful requirements in the areas of qualifying education, academic education, continuing education, experience and examination for appraisers seeking an appraisal designation.

4000 character limit.

B.3. Awarding Designations

C.3. Awarding Designations

B.4. Examinations

The applicant for partnership who is an appraiser membership organization shall require its applicants for an appraisal designation to pass an examination regardless of whether the Appraiser Qualifications Board (AQB) has adopted minimum criteria for that appraisal discipline. An acceptable examination may:


  • be offered by the organization itself or


  • in the case of the real property appraisal discipline, may be the AQB approved examination offered by the appropriate state appraiser regulatory board at the time the candidate was issued a residential license, certified residential license or certified general license by a state appraiser licensing authority.

C.4. Examinations

The applicant for partnership from an international organization shall require its applicants for an appraisal designation to pass an examination.


Submit documentation indicating your organization requires an exam at the end of this form.

Please select how the organization offers examinations.*

4000 character limit.

General Information about Organization

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Does the organization have permanent staff?*

File Upload

Please ensure all of the below documents are uploaded before submitting the application.


Required by All Organizations:

  • Copies of the Form 990 and any additional relevant correspondence that indicates your non-profit status with the IRS (or with your enabling jurisdiction for International Partners).


Required by Appraisal Membership Organizations whose principal office is located within the US:

  • Documentation (such as Bylaws or organizational charter) that confirms your organization's adoption of USPAP. Additionally if you have adopted supplemental standards or other requirements please submit a copy of such standards or requirements


  • Provide documentation indicating that your organization requires its designated members and those seeking designations to complete at least 15 hours of course work on USPAP (including an examination) within two years of the organization’s admission as an appraisal sponsor. Additionally, please provide documentation for the tracking of USPAP continuing education requirements, as outlined by the AQB for the appropriate appraisal discipline.


  • If necessary, provide a summary of ethical and professional complaints received by your organization and action taken by your disciplinary panel during the past five years. The summary should be generic but must list the nature of the complaint, source of the complaint (who made it, e.g., governmental agency, private person, association, etc.), when the complaint was made, action/​discipline taken and the time required to process each complaint. (For the purpose of this Criterion, a "complaint" shall be defined as it is used by your organization in its professional practice procedures.)


  • If your organization offers its own examinations, please submit documentation of the examination, instructors notebook and any documentation necessary.


Required by Appraisal Membership Organizations whose principal office is located outside the US:

  • Copies of Bylaws and Articles of Incorporation
  • Any other relevant documents indicating the adoption of USPAP or its equivalent.
  • Documentation indicating that your organization requires its designated members and those seeking designations to complete at least 15 hours of classroom work on USPAP or its equivalent including its Ethics Provision every five years.
  • Documentation indicting your organization requires an examination.
  • If necessary, provide a summary of ethical and professional complaints received by your organization and action taken by your disciplinary panel during the past five years. The summary should be generic but must list the nature of the complaint, source of the complaint (who made it, e.g., governmental agency, private person, association, etc.), when the complaint was made, action/​discipline taken and the time required to process each complaint. (For the purpose of this Criterion, a "complaint" shall be defined as it is used by your organization in its professional practice procedures.)

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