How to Leverage Real Estate as a Social Impact Organization
Why It Matters
For decades, social impact organizations needing property were limited to commercial leases, or relied on their donor bases for funding. Increasingly, Canada is seeing the repurposing of old and affordable properties, and collaborations between real estate and social organizations. This series on social impact real estate is crafted in partnership with Windmill Developments and Urban Equation.
Welcome to Future of Goodโs series into the intersection between social impact and real estate (if youโre just joining us, youโve only missed the introduction). To kick this series off, weโre exploring the perspective of social impact organizations โ a broad group that includes charities, non-profits, co-operatives, social enterprises, and other community-based groups.
While many social impact organizations operate remotely, itโs hard to imagine them doing โplace-basedโ work fulfilling their mandate without being involved in real estate in some way.
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For a long time, the choices available to social impact organizations seeking real estate were limited to a co
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