News & Updates
San Francisco Addressing Non Profit Displacement
San Francisco's Office of Housing and Community Development together with the San Francisco Arts Commission and the Northern California Community Loan Fund are launching a series of programs to mitigate the impacts of commerical real estate markets on non profits in the region. The Nonprofit Space Investment Fund, Nonprofit Space Stabilization Program and the Nonprofit Impact Accelerator support nonprofit space and sustainablity.
Vancity Community Foundation Real Estate Grants - Ongoing
Vancity's approach aims to build the capacity and confidence of organizations to concieve, plan and undertake impactful and enterprising social purpose real estate projects and to connect them with the resources they need - expertise, partners, grant funding and creative financing--as they move along the development path.
Canada Cultural Spaces Funding - Ongoing
The Canada Cultural Spaces Fund (CCSF) supports the improvement of physical conditions/spaces for artistic creativity and innovation. The fund supports the improvement, renovation and construction of arts and heritage facilities, as well as the acquisition of specialized equipment and feasiblity studies.
Real Estate Foundation of BC - Grant Deadline - Feb 28, 2018
Real Estate Foundation grants support projects, initiatives and sustainable solutions that address current land use challenges and help communities to plan for the future. Grants are available for research, knowledge mobilization, public and professional education and initiatives that support law and policy analysis/reform and other land use and real estate related projects benefiting BC communities.
Cultural Infrastructure Grant Deadline - March 7, 2018
Captial grants up to $250,000 are available for arts and culture organizations to buy, build, renovate or expand. City of Vancouver Cultural Services Cultural Infrastructure Grant Program
SPRE Site Visits: New Westminster's Aunt Leah's & Seniors Services Society
Nov 2017 - SPRE visited two of New Westminster's amazing social purpose real estate sites: Aunt Leah's Place--dedicated to assisting children aging out of foster care, and the Seniors Services Society--offering an incredible array of services for BC seniors. Two ends of the generational spectrum being taken care of in New West! Aunt Leahs' is one of the SPRE featured Case Studies--go to the Case Studies page to learn more about how this amazing space came to be.https://www.socialpurposerealestate.net/case-studies-list
SPRE at Housing Central Conference with 10 Bursary Recipients and session on Enhancing Mission, Capital And Operations with SPRE Partnerships
The culmination of several major presentations on social purpose real estate in 2017, SPRE's Jacquie Gijssen, Jordan Brown, Central City Foundation's Jennifer Johnstone and BC Housing's Karen Hemmingson will be at Housing Central, Nov 20, 2017
Vancouver - North America's Least Affordable Housing City, Vancouver Sun, Nov 6
When housing real estate markets are out of reach... similar context can affect non profits and social enterprises...
Feature your space with SPRE
The SPRE Collaborative is collecting information social purpose real estate projects and spaces in order to better our understanding of the resources and tools needed to support organizations in creating a social purpose space/facility. This data will be used for advocacy and awareness building in and outside the sector including profiling projects on the SPRE website.
Please take a moment to complete our survey at https://form.jotform.com/71655641656261.The survey takes ~15 minutes to complete and we are asking for a few photos to include on the website.
We hope you can join us in the movement to preserve existing and create new space for non-profits and social in BC!
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2017 has been a year of growth for SPRE. Watch our website grow with a refreshed look and new content and updates. Check back for resources and tools and sign up to stay in touch.