Manna

In the mid-90's, in response to a demand from several local non-profits, Manna established a program to serve the real estate needs of other organizations as well as itself.  The program consisted of offering other non-profits development services from in-house staff that perform the same work for Manna.  The logic for doing this went as follows: non-profit real estate development projects take a long time to move through government approval pipeline.  Business conditions, e.g. interest rates, market demand, availability of product, are subject to great fluctuations.  Therefore, Manna could help itself and help other non-profits by offering them Manna's in-house expertise, thus saving them money and while at the same time increasing Manna's revenues.  Manna also helps some for-profit companies that develop affordable homeownership properties.

 The consulting services and technical assistance Manna provides includes the following:

• construction management
• construction estimating
• project sales and marketing
• development finance
• environmental compliance issues
• homebuyer education- off-site
• condo and coop board and member training
• tenant purchase and deal structuring

Some of our past clients include the following organizations:

• Latin American Youth Center
• L'Arche
• Open Arms Housing, Inc.
• AmeriDream, Inc.
• D.C. Housing Authority
• D.C. Department of Housing and Community Development
• Transitional Housing Corporation
• 4920 A Street, SE Condominium
• Bank of America
• Horning Brothers, Inc.
• Jair Lynch Companies
• Eastern Mennonite University

For more information contact:
George Rothman
Manna, Inc.
828 Evarts St, N.E.
Washington, DC 20018
Phone: 202.832.1845
Email: grothman@mannadc.org