Social Issue Track: Social Enterprise: Nonprofit Business Ventures
Sponsoring Partner: Fund for Philanthropy & Education
Building Impact unlocks the civic potential of companies and individuals by engaging them where they work and live - in office and residential buildings. By partnering with building owners, Building Impact delivers structured community involvement opportunities to companies, their employees, and building residents to connect with local nonprofit organizations addressing the issues of Youth & Education, Hunger & Housing, Health & Wellness, and Employment & Job Training in Greater Boston.
Social Porblem:
Nearly half (47%) of Boston residents surveyed in a Boston Foundation Social Capital Community Benchmark Survey felt they had encountered barriers to becoming involved in their communities.
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Forty-one percent of Boston respondents said "occupational and workplace barriers" prevented them from being more involved in community volunteer work.
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Close to 40% felt they lacked information on how to get involved.
Key Accomplishments & Social Impact:
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In 2006, Building Impact operated in 26 buildings with access to over 200 companies and 6,600 individuals - a 117% growth in buildings since January 2004.
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Last year, the organization generated over $400,000 of community impact for its 15 nonprofit partners in the form of volunteer hours, money raised, and in-kind goods donated.
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Building Impact has expanded to 10 new suburban communities, while continuing to grow in downtown Boston.
Eighteen Months Goals:
- Grow operations to 58 commercial and 20 residential properties.
- Generate over $1.1 million in community impact.
- Generate 43% of total revenues through earned income.
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Ways to Invest
In-Kind Support
- Join a panel of residential development advisers.
- Join a panel of technology advisers.
- Develop training materials for new Community Connectors.
- Conduct branding assessment and review, leading to the development of programming materials.
Financial Support
$50,000 |
Train and fund one Community Connector for a year = 17 new buildings |
$25,000 |
Develop and enhance program materials. |
$10,000 |
Create new website functionalities. |
$5,000 |
Expand grant writing and development capabilities |
$1,000 |
Develop and conduct performance metric survey |
Contact Information
Lisa Guyon
(617) 933-8225
lguyon@buildingimpact.org
Location
Boston, MA
Founded
2003/2004
Current Budget
$338,312
Lisa Guyon
Executive Director |
