Shared Space and the New Nonprofit Workplace

In response to rising real-estate costs and positive trends toward collaboration in the nonprofit sector, 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. With the help of 15 case studies, the text provides a practical roadmap to develop these new workspaces; documents benefits to nonprofit staff, organizations, and their communities; and presents challenges and solutions at successful nonprofit shared spaces, the history of nonprofit centers, and future trends.

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 than 20 years of experience in the nonprofit, real estate, community development and philanthropic fields.

Diane Vinokur-Kaplan, PhD, MSW, is Associate Professor Emerita at the University of Michigan School of Social Work.