Oxford University Press Shared Space and the New Nonprofit Workplace

While the economy has boomed since the Great Recession, so too have real estate rents and gentrification in cities across North America; nonprofits priced out of formerly affordable neighborhoods lack adequate workplaces to meet their missions. Shared Space and the New Nonprofit Workplace presents a comprehensive overview of shared space as an innovative model and effective long-term solution for nonprofit organizations' need for stable and affordable office and program space. In particular, it focuses on co-locating multiple nonprofits in shared spaces, often called nonprofit centers, with shared services and a collaborative culture. This comprehensive resource provides a practical road map to develop new workspaces; documents benefits for nonprofit staff, organizations, and their communities; presents challenges and solutions from successful nonprofit shared spaces; and considers nonprofit centers' history and future trends. Further, it offers nonprofits an opportunity to engage in forward-thinking practices, such as collaborative service delivery, green building operations, and cross-sector alliances. The book will be useful to nonprofit executives, staff and board members, foundations, philanthropists, real estate and urban planning professionals interested in creating these projects, and researchers and students of the nonprofit sector. Review Combining academic knowledge with practitioners' know-how, the authors create a blueprint for getting a nonprofit center off the ground. The strength of this project lies in the unprecedented collection of practical information and the systematization of it into one cohesive whole. ― Voluntas "after finishing the book, one does need to acknowledge the superb work the authors did of undertaking the systematization of a whole field for the first time. This is a highly valuable contribution as it provides easy-to-access best practices of sharing workspace, which might help some beginners from reinventing the wheel." ― Voluntas Brotsky, Eisinger, and Vinokur-Kaplan create a thorough and vivid picture of how nonprofits and social ventures can harness the power of collaboration in order to better serve clients. It is captivating and raises important questions about how the sector can scale responses to community needs. It will provoke many sector leaders and funders to consider how to create such centers, and likewise push scholars to further investigate why place matters. ― Nonprofit Policy Forum A pathbreaking book with numerousillustrative case studies and recommendations for policy and practice. ― Dennis R. Young, Emeritus Professor, Georgia State University; Editor-in-Chief, Nonprofit Policy Forum; Visiting Professor, Case Western Reserve University Moving from single occupancy to shared spaces addresses the environmental, social, and economic issues of our times. It increases the quality of our work, networks, and collaborations. Shared Space and the New Nonprofit Workspace is a valuable, inspiring guide that offers practical solutions and real-world examples from across North America. ― Jonathan F.P. Rose, Planner and Developer; Author, The Well-Tempered City: What Modern Science, Ancient Civilizations, and Human Nature Teach Us About the Future of Urban Life In the thrust of the global affordability crisis, here is the encyclopedia for non-profit shared space! A resource for organizations, policy makers, and funders-it is a gigantic contribution. ― Jacqueline Gijssen, Project Director, Social Purpose Real Estate Collaborative; Former Senior Planner, Cultural Spaces/Infrastructure, City of Vancouver About the Author China Brotsky, a serial social entrepreneur in the charitable sector in the United States and Canada, has created multiple nonprofit centers and shared services programs. Sarah M. Eisinger, LEED AP, currently serves as director of JCamp 180, a program of the Harold Grinspoon Foundation, located in western Massachusetts. She has more th