Preservation with a purpose.
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Our Mission
The Jefferson Avenue Center owns and operates historic and newly developed properties that support a community of nonprofit organizations in central Ohio.
AMPLIFYING THE IMPACT
The Jefferson Avenue Center has expanded beyond the parameters of the original campus: First with a building on Parsons Avenue, and more recently with the acquisition of 966 S. High Street in the Brewery District neighborhood of Columbus, Ohio. Our commitment to serving the needs of the nonprofit sector and advancing multiple public policy objectives, community and neighborhood aspirations, and philanthropic missions knows no boundaries.
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Nonprofits Impacted
We are proud to have played a role in the evolution of scores of central Ohio nonprofits. With over FOUR decades of collaboration, we have supported over 115 tenant organizations.
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Buildings Restored or built to support community
Renovating a deteriorated building is not for the faint of heart! We believe in the relationship between preservation and sustainability. Our portfolio of mission-driven shared spaces creates a multiplier effect for our tenants and the communities we serve.
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Years Serving our community
The Jefferson Avenue Center was chartered in 1975, decades before the concept of “multiple tenant nonprofits” had become a national movement in the charitable and philanthropic sector.
AN INSPIRED CONCEPT
The Jefferson Avenue Center was chartered in 1975, decades before the concept of “multiple tenant nonprofits” had become a national movement in the charitable and philanthropic sector. Our founding members recognized that nonprofit organizations were finding it increasingly difficult to secure and maintain quality workspace that was stable and affordable and also enhanced their mission and operations.
The Jefferson Avenue Center campus was an inspired concept that provided below-market-rate space to nonprofits, and provided a solution to the deterioration of an inner-city neighborhood in central Ohio.
Funds for restoration and enhancement projects have been generously provided by these organizations, which are committed to historic preservation and building the capacity of the nonprofit sector: Bank of America Foundation; The Columbus Foundation; The Gordon Chandler Memorial Fund; The Joseph A. Jeffrey Fund of The Columbus Foundation; Lowe’s Home Improvement; The Reinberger Foundation; State Auto Insurance Companies; Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease, LLP; and Wolfe Associates.