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Last fall, the NonprofitCenters Network embarked on a scan of MTNC
features and trends around the country. The results have been compiled
into a report entitled, Innovations in Workspace for the Nonprofit
Sector: A Study of Multi-tenant Nonprofit Centers. It includes
findings on how MTNCs provide cost-savings, programmatic efficiencies,
valuable infrastructure and community resources. It also discusses
the challenges MTNCs face and highlights opportunities for continued
growth in the future. A special thank you to LoriAnn Girvan, author
of the report and Network Board Member, as well as to the over 100
people who took the time to complete the online survey, participate
in interviews, and respond to our questions and ideas. We are particularly
grateful to the many Multi-tenant Nonprofit Centers who participated.
The questions were quite comprehensive and completing the survey
took much time and thought. Your efforts have enabled a comprehensive
understanding of the MTNC landscape.
To access an Executive Summary of the study, visit the NonprofitCenters
Network website at www.nonprofitcenters.org/iwns.html.
Study participants and Network Members will receive the complete,
40 page report. If you are not a Member and would like to receive
the full report, please consider joining the Network by emailing
us at info@nonprofitcenters.org.
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Over 110 participants from 16 states and Canada contributed to the
tremendous success of the 2004 Collaborating for Success Midwest
Regional Conference. Attendees were able to gather valuable information
and make meaningful connections to further the development and management
of multi-tenant nonprofit facilities. One participant stated, "Thanks
for this incredible opportunity to interface with so many competent
and thoughtful people knowledgeable about every aspect of MTNCs."
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We are pleased to announce the recent hire of Mina Kim as NonprofitCenters
Network Coordinator. Mina worked with the Network in April 2004 as
part of her Coro Fellowship in Public Affairs. Now she joins the
Network as its full-time Coordinator responsible for implementing
our membership program and coordinating the development of our online
Resource Center and national conference. Mina has a varied work and
volunteer background including Executive Director of a Los Angeles-based
nonprofit called Women and Youth Supporting Each Other (WYSE), domestic
violence counselor, first grade teacher in New Jersey with Newark
Public Schools, and Teach For America's Director of Operational Support.
While studying abroad in South Korea, she was volunteer editor for
the Asian Journal of Women's Studies, and as a Coro Fellow, contributed
two radio stories to KQED's program Pacific Time. We are very excited
to have Mina on board. She can be reached at 415.561.6311 and mkim@tides.org.
The first women-owned, multi-tenant nonprofit center in the nation
celebrated its 25th anniversary this year. The Women's Building in
San Francisco, perhaps best known for the mural Maestrapeace that
graces its exterior, is a multi-service community center committed
to providing women and girls the tools and resources they need to
achieve full and equal participation in society.
This profile highlights the Women's Building's 1998 earthquake
retrofit and renovation project, "Reinforce the Dream." It offers
a quick look at the issues they faced and the lessons they learned
along the way.
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A nine-month, national study by New York University's Institute
for Education and Social Policy, LISC, and the Bill & Melinda
Gates Foundation This study looks at the decade-long experience of charter schools
with private-sector involvement in facilities financing and the
use of instructional revenue for the repayment of debt. It highlights
the lessons this phenomenon offers to both charter schools and
the wider public school community. The financing vehicles and lessons
mentioned here are also extremely relevant to practitioners and
activists working on Multi-tenant Nonprofit Centers. The complete
study, downloadable in Adobe Acrobat format, can be accessed at
The LISC Online Resource Library (www.lisc.org/resources/).
LISC provides grants, loans and equity investments to community
development corporations for neighborhood redevelopment.
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By fall 2004, the NonprofitCenters Network will launch a new website
with an expanded online Resource Database and Center Profile Database,
as well as a Members’ Listserve for peer networking. Spread the word
among practitioners and activists working with Multi-tenant Nonprofit
Centers or on other strategies to create affordable workspace for
nonprofit organizations.
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