Our Land Trust model enables us to permanently preserve critically needed community spaces while providing services and fostering community interaction and learning.
We measure our social and environmental impact based upon a comprehensive evaluation framework. We assess interconnected factors across multiple levels, analyzing both qualitative and quantitative data.
By employing key performance indicators (KPIs) and robust metrics, we gauge the ripple effects of initiatives on diverse stakeholders and ecosystems. This approach emphasizes not only immediate outcomes but also long-term sustainability, fostering a holistic understanding of the broader impact landscape.
Things we measure include our social, economic, and cultural impact on people, communities, and green building. KPIs we track include the number of affordable studios created; number of tenants; percent of affordable workspace, student programs and open studio learning days; clean energy outputs and environmental cleanup; and more.
Below are just a few examples of our impact measures and the results from a recent 2024 Tenant survey. You can learn more about our impact in our annual report.
To ensure we serve diverse constituents who need affordable creative space, we measure the percentage of race, gender, ethnicity, age, veterans, immigrants, and others.
We work to support the growth and development of the arts community, we measure the percentage of tenants that have realized a positive change to their activity, benefit from being part of a community, and are satisfied with the space we provide.
To best manage our impact on local communities, we measure the level of engagement between artists renting our spaces and the local community through events, workshops, classes, or exhibitions.
To understand our economic impact, we measure if the benefit of having steady affordable workspaces results in additional revenues for artists. We measure the average percent of revenue increase after renting one of our workspaces, average annual revenues, and other indicators.
Queen Allotey-Pappoe of Queen Adeline. Photo credit: Henry Marte.
Tenants have safe and secure rental space for their artistic business for first time
Since renting through Creative Campus, 91% experienced a positive change in artistic activities and feel they’ve benefited from being a part of the community
claim their business skills or management confidence has increased since renting
Youth
Seniors
Female Tenants
LGBTQI+
While preserving and developing spaces, we are rehabilitating historic buildings, often abandoned, and revitalizing communities and cities. Throughout this work, we look at ways to reduce our carbon footprint by measuring our energy efficiency. We have started measuring several impact areas and plan to further develop these measures in synch with our investments:
- We measure energy consumption per square foot compared to non-Green buildings.
- We track the percentage of energy supplied from solar panels installed at our buildings.
- The need for EV chargers and the amount we install per building is also tracked.
Solar Panels
KWs saved in 2023
To understand our economic impact, we measure if the benefit of having steady affordable work space results in additional revenues for artists as well as the economic impact on the surrounding community. We monitor average revenue increases after renting one of our workspaces, average annual revenues, and other indicators.
Aron Leaman of Mill City Glassworks creates a display of glass sculptures.
Photo credit: Henry Marte
Low Income Tenants
Tenants lost previous affordable rental space due to redevelopment
Tenants state their creative practice is healthier economically since renting through Creative Campus
Claim it is important to earn money from their creative practice
Of tenants saw an increase in sales revenue for their artistic work since renting and 10% saw >50% increase
An important part of our work includes revitalizing communities and cities. Throughout this work, we look at ways to engage with the local community and offer opportunities for learning and interaction with the arts. We measure the level of engagement between artists renting our spaces and the local community through events, workshops, classes, or exhibitions.
Tenants engaging with the community
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