Building for Sustainable Communities:
Nonprofit Facilities & Shared Workspace Seminar
Tuesday, October 27th
8:30a – 4:30p PST | David Brower Center | Berkeley, CA
 As the real estate market continues to fluctuate and stimulus funds become available, nonprofit organizations are finding new opportunities to create quality workspace and facilities for themselves and the communities they serve. Join us for a hands-on training seminar to help your agency successfully create and operate a mission-enhancing, financially sustainable facility. Co-hosted by ORGspaces.org - a project of the Northern California Community Loan and The NonprofitCenters Network. This seminar will offer tracks for established facility managers and new projects. |
Webinar: Practical Partnerships: Collaborating with Academic Institutions
Thursday, October 8th | 11a PST (2p EST)
Academic institutions are excellent partners for attracting and retaining high quality interns. With the right strategy, your organization can attract the brightest minds to your organization. Learn how to work with college administrators and professors to develop exciting and challenging internship opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students. A nonprofit center executive and professor share tips and best practices in this 60-minute webinar.
Webinar: Corporate Fundraising: Maximize Results with a New Approach
Tuesday, November 3rd | 11a PST (2p EST)
Raising funds within a corporate setting requires a new approach, especially with recent declines in corporate giving. With creativity and knowledge of cutting edge practices, your organization can be ahead of the curve and raise more than expected funding dollars. A leading advisor on creative fundraising, Michael Seltzer of Green Blue Design, will share his latest principles to help transform your fundraising strategies and maximize results. |
Did you miss our webinars? Visit our Resource Center to download past presentations. Listen to them at your convenience. Past sessions include:
- Building a case for a nonprofit center
- Allocating and pricing shared services
- Conducting a market analysis and creating a rent structure
Webinars are complimentary for NCN Members and $40 for Nonmembers.
Become NCN Member today NCN Members receive: One hour of free consulting services, discounts on trainings workshops, and access over hundreds of templates, guides, and factsheets, and much more. Learn more. |
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Shared Services Guide Now Available
Purchase your copy of Shared Services: A Guide to Creating Collaborative Solutions. Written for nonprofit center leaders and nonprofit executives seeking innovative ways to do more with less, this publication is the first comprehensive guide for nonprofits looking to create shared services, with step-by-step guidelines, case studies, and sample documents. Pre-order your copy today at NCN Store. Available early October 2009. |
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Needs Assessment Toolkit
Need help identifying potential partners or tenants? Want to find out which organizations in your community are interested in shared space, and what they can afford to pay? NCN is now offering Members a toolkit to help you gather quantitative and qualitative data for your development process and a sound business plan. Download information on the new Needs Assessment Toolkit or a complete list of the consulting services NCN provides. Contact Tuan Ngo for more information. |
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This newly developed video, "Profiles of Success: Nonprofit Centers Building Communities," spotlights the impacts of four diverse centers in very different settings. Show your funder or partners the benefits of creating a nonprofit center. Order your copy by going to the NCN Store |
Going to Paris and needing a desk? La Ruche, a collaborative space for social entrepreneurs and mission-minded organizations, is offering NCN Members a one-day stay. La Ruche was opened in 2008 and is the first co-location workspace of its kind in Paris. Please contact Miora Ranaivoarinosy for more information.
Audio of 2009 Conference workshops now available
Did you miss a workshop or want to share the experience with staff or board members who couldn’t join you? Each workshop session is available on CD or as a downloadable MP3 file. Workshop sessions include shared services, financing, working with public and private partners, and building a vibrant tenant community.
Discounts on Water Purification System
AYA Waters is offering NCN members an 18% to 25% discount on AYA Water Purification Systems. By eliminating bottled water from your office, you are making our environment healthier. The Earth Policy Institute in Washington D.C. tells us that there are 40 billion plastic bottles being tossed into our landfill every year and that 1.5 million barrels of fuel – enough to operate 100,000 cars for one year – are consumed just to produce the plastic bottles. A small change can have a great impact. To get a free trial, please call 877-AYA-5888.
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Free: Download our publication on foundation created nonprofit centers.
NCN Members: Download publications and factsheets at our Resource Center. Factsheets include:
- Successful lessons on creating a joint capital campaign
- Strategies for managing meeting space
- Tips for building a vibrant tenant community
- Resources for greening your building
Get resources and share them: The strength of this community depends on your contribution. If you have downloaded a resource on NCN, now it’s your turn to give back. Please upload your business plan, MOU, factsheets and other useful resources on our Resource Center. |
Nonprofit Centers in the News |
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A desk, a phone and an end to isolation
Margaret Zeidler, president of Urbanspace Property Group was quoted in the recent edition of Canadian newspaper The Global and Mail. In Canada, where almost half a million full-time jobs have vanished and as many as 37,000 laid-off workers have turned to self-employment as entrepreneurs and consultants, The Centre for Social Innovation (CSI), a project developed by Urbanspace Property Group, is an example of a co-working model for single entrepreneurs and small businesses looking for flexible and affordable rent. CSI provides their tenants with shared services amenities as well as a community setting geared towards networking. |
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Community Development Support Association (CDSA, Inc.) of Enid, OK kicks off capital campaign to open a collaborative downtown facility
Recently, CDSA purchased the largest historic downtown building in Enid, Oklahoma as part of a plan to allow CDSA and other nonprofits to centralize services and spend less money on operating costs and more on direct services. This community nonprofit center, which will be called the Early Childhood Resource Center, will house all CDSA programs and many other community initiatives. The building is 48,750 square feet. For more information or to get involved, please contact Meghan Papp. |
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Squamscott Community Commons receives $1 million in federal funding
On Friday, July 31, the Commons capital campaign was invigorated. Senators Judd Gregg and Jeanne Shaheen announced that Squamscott Community Commons will receive $1 million in stimulus dollars for a construction of a new community center that will house “many valuable services together." The Center will provide Seacoast residents of New Hampshire health and recreational support services. For more information, please contact Executive Director Robin Drunsic. |
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Al Sigl Window Project Gain Cost-savings of $36,000
Al Sigl Community Center of Agencies in Rochester, New York will refurbish all 279 windows at its Elmwood Campus, a 40 year-old building. A recent engineering assessment reveals that the windows currently leak cooled and heated air under the sills and around the perimeter causing increased energy usage and cost. The windows will be re-caulked, re-glazed, sealed and insulated. The energy savings costs are estimated to be $36,000 a year. The cost of the window improvements will be recovered in less than three years.
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American Renewable Energy Day 2009
The Alliance for Sustainable Colorado was a sponsor and presenter at the 2009 American Renewable Energy Day. Over 400 people attended the conference. Started in 2004, this annual conference brings together leaders and activists to promote education and awareness of renewable energy and energy efficient technologies as practical solutions to global warming. For more information, please contact John Powers. |
Exciting news? Have exciting developments or interesting experiences to share with the Network? Send them to info@nonprofitcenters.org. We will add them to the next Blueprint for Success. |
Arizona Community Foundation, Phoenix, AZ
CHED Santas Anonymous Incorporated
Healing Environments, San Francisco, CA
Mission Center, St. Louis, MO
Region of Peel, Brampton, ON
Halton Centre for Social Change, Burlington ON
The Minnesota Project, St. Paul, MN
La Ruche, Paris, France
Community Shares of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
Join the Network today to take advantage of conference discounts, webinars and members-only resources!
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As our nation is debating healthcare policies, we would like to recognize five nonprofit centers that are at the forefront of helping neighborhoods around the nation gain access to health care. These centers, located in rural and urban areas, provide much needed services to communities most in need. |
Our Health Community Campus
Location: Winchester, VA
Doors Opened: 2003
Mission & History: The mission of Our Health Community Campus is to expand access, effectiveness, and availability of Health and Human Services via innovative collaboration and public/private partnerships, across the Northern Shenandoah Valley. Our Health serves 30 partner agencies, who in turn, serve 225,000 persons and families within 3,500 sq. miles. Our Health provides partnering agencies shared staff training, including a volunteer resource center; grant research & writing; and financial management & consultation.
More information: Visit their Center profile or contact David Ziegler |
South Madison Health & Family Center-Harambee
Location: Madison, WI
Doors opened: 1995
Mission & History: Harambee Center is Madison’s largest and best-known community hub providing coordinated health and education services to young children and their families. It is the unofficial Town Hall of South Madison. Harambee receives an average of 6,000 visits a week. The Harambee’s collaborative services delivery programs, such as the Information & Referral Desk and the Baby Depot programs, helps eliminate the birth weight disparities between African American and European newborns in Dane County. These programs have also provided a more comprehensive safety net, with clients learning about and getting connected to other assistance programs, which have increased referrals to partner agencies.
More information: Visit their Center profile or contact Jennifer Lord |
North Penn Community Health Center
Location: Colmar, PA
Doors Opened: 2008
Mission & History: In 2008, North Penn Community Health Foundation became the first nonprofit center in Pennsylvania. The Center, designed to offer below-market leasing rates through the application of various “green technologies,” is the first in the Commonwealth to provide shared workplace for local nonprofit health and human organizations. The Center actively fosters collaboration and partnerships among local nonprofit organizations and provides free meeting space to both tenants and the community’s nonprofit organizations. “Having no-cost, high-tech, comfortable and professional facilities makes holding our non-profit academy sessions here a non-brainer” says Diana Doherty, Director of the North Penn Nonprofit Academy.
More information: Contact Russell Johnson |
Brandywine Center
Location: Coatesville, PA
Doors opened: 2008
Mission & History: The Brandywine Center opened its doors to reach out to communities in need of primary care, dental and mental health services that have had no comprehensive medical home until now. The 48,000 square foot, 4-story center provides 24 units of affordable housing to low income seniors as well. The Brandywine Center is the first major development in the City of Coatesville, Pennsylvania, in over thirty years, and an invaluable source of health and housing services for low income residents in its community.
More Information: Contact Frances Sheehan |
Ravenswood Family Health Center
Location: East Pablo Alto, CA Doors opened: 2001
Mission & History: Ravenswood is a federally-funded community health center that offers full scope primary medical care and prevention services for all ages, including the uninsured and new immigrants, regardless of ability to pay. The Center’s patients are underserved and uninsured ethnic minorities living in southeast San Mateo County. Since it started operating, RFHC has registered over 22,700 patients, averaging 20 new enrollments a day and serving almost one in every four persons in the East of Bayshore area.
More Information: Contact Luisa Buada |
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GroundWork Group
Location serviced: Ohio and expanding nation-wide in the near future
Mission: GroundWork group is a nonprofit in Central Ohio with the mission to strengthen the impact of nonprofit organizations by enhancing their ability to achieve their missions through sustainable and affordable information management, education and technology solutions. |
Services: GroundWork group helps organizations use technology to enhance nonprofit service delivery to clients, and for constituent/records management, strategic planning, business continuity, staff & volunteer training, fundraising, IT network functionality & security, equipment needs, reporting, communications & marketing and daily operations. For a list of the services, visit GroupWork group Partner Profile on NCN website.
More Information: Contact GroundWork group |
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