Right-Sizing Your Nonprofit: Strategic Approaches to Optimizing Your Space

Featuring Our Speakers: Yvonne Pho, Founder of YPI & Stephen Powers, Co-Founder of Open Impact

As nonprofits adapt to evolving community needs, hybrid staffing models, and funding realities, their space needs often change too. Whether your organization is scaling up or rethinking how to do more with less, your real estate decisions can either propel your mission forward—or hold you back. This session will explore how to navigate key inflection points: downsizing with intention or growing with strategic purpose.

Key Takeaways:

-How to recognize when it’s time to change and how to do it without disrupting your impact.
-Smart strategies for growing your space: Should you build, buy, or renovate?
-Balancing mission, financial sustainability, and operational needs in real estate decisions.
-Creating flexible, efficient environments that support hybrid work and changing program models.
-Creative funding and partnership strategies to support space transitions.