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09 Status of Silicon Valley Nonprofit Space & Facilities <br />Additional Notes <br />The Silicon Valley real estate market is also having <br />a significant impact on nonprofit staff and clientele. <br />Over half of the organizations have seen increases <br />in cta� and clientele in the past three years. <br />Mane the organizations that lost staff or clientele <br />attriEute- i� t to the lack of affordable housing. <br />50 <br />W <br />m <br />m 40 <br />c <br />v <br />30 <br />iu <br />4 <br />20 <br />Staff & clientele changes due to lack of <br />affordable housing <br />Staff Staff Clientele Clentele <br />Increased Deceased Increased Decreased <br />Changes in the last three years <br />Changes due to lack of affordable housing <br />Possible Solutions <br />Co -location <br />Several shared that they have been able to find <br />affordable office or program space by negotiating <br />favorable leases with government and for-profit <br />developers, using churches' spaces, or co -locating <br />with other nonprofits. However, the difficulty in <br />attracting and retaining staff who can afford housing <br />in the Bay Area on a nonprofit salary is an additional <br />challenge to solve. <br />The talent that we do have is moving out <br />of the area for more affordable housing, <br />increasing commute times and affecting the <br />relationship to the community we serve."— Survey <br />Respondent <br />It is very hard to hire and retain people <br />because our non-profit salaries cannot begin <br />to compete with the tech giants, our foundation grants <br />have remained the same for the past decade, and at <br />best the city grants have modest CPI increases." <br />— Survey Respondent <br />9% <br />A number of nonprofits (28%) are currently sharing <br />space with other nonprofits, and an additional <br />34% indicated that they would be interested 8% Nonprofits <br />in co -locating in the future. However, very few with extra <br />organizations reported having extra space to sublet ` office space <br />to other nonprofits. <br />Partnering with for-profit companies <br />A number of organizations suggested engaging <br />the tech sector and other for-profit companies to <br />donate or share office, program, or meeting space <br />with nonprofits. <br />Policy changes <br />nonprofits suggested pursuing policy changes such <br />as commercial rent control for nonprofit spaces, <br />or including nonprofit spacein commune enefit <br />agreements. <br />NORTHERN <br />CALIFORNIA <br />■ Does not have <br />extra space <br />Does not know or <br />didn't respond <br />Has extra space <br />aa% to sublet <br />« It would be great to have a co -located <br />. "WeWork" like space for NPOs. An <br />added bonus would be a shared bookkeeper, <br />and the ability to buy into shared benefits.' <br />