Our suite of services focus on securing property for long-term community control, through acquisition or long-term lease.
Development Services
To come to the table ready to engage with CAST, we recommend working closely with partners like Community Vision who offer financial management and real estate guidance to nonprofits and social enterprises to determine those essential needs, especially if you’re a newer organization that’s still figuring out its capacity.
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How We Work
We primarily work with small to mid-sized nonprofits and individual artists or creative entrepreneurs
with a particular focus on organizations led by and/or serving communities of color who have endured systemic oppression and historical underinvestment, that have demonstrated positive impact in their communities.
We bring our experience, capacity, and relationships
to support our partners at the most opportune times for cost-effectiveness and project success.
We work to understand the priorities and needs of the artists or organizations
who request our support, assess what is needed financially and programmatically, and then develop a solution that fits where they’re at, organizationally.
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We design and structure projects to provide our partners with flexibility and options for the future, including the potential for ownership.
If we aren’t the best solution, we’ll connect you with our network of consultants & resources to support your next steps.
Once a project has achieved stability and your programs are up and running, the work shifts to stewarding space. Our developing services focus on operating and positioning the real estate asset for long-term sustainability.
Modeling New Ways
A Secure Future
By purchasing a property, generally done jointly by CAST and an arts partner, and taking it off the market, your facility costs are more predictable and stable. This gives you time to plan and raise funds for your future acquisition.
Money from the partner’s purchase then gets recycled into a brand new CAST project that keeps or adds another cultural asset in the community.
We’re building a new paradigm in real estate
One where arts and culture has a permanent seat at the table with government, urban planners, and real estate developers.
This is a time for reimagination—to transform the real estate landscape in a way that centers the people who have been historically excluded from it.
