
2023 Benefit Report
In 2023, we continued our commitment to social impact in Vancouver. Hessey Consulting + Architecture was created in 2019 as a response to local non-profit community need for support. In our fourth year of operations, we continued to help organizations face challenges posed to their capacity and financial sustainability by commercial real estate .
In fulfilling our mission, we continue to be one of the over 600 other Certified B Corporations in Canada to balance profit with social and environmental impact. B Corp Certification is awarded to businesses that meet high standards of verified social and environmental performance, accountability, and transparency. In BC, this also means legally registering as a Benefit Corporation. We are excited to share the highlights of our 2023 community impact.
Our 2023 clients were exclusively non-profit organizations that provide meaningful social and cultural impact in Vancouver, including:
- Association of Neighbourhood Houses BC (ANHBC)
- Community Impact Real Estate Society (CIRES)
- Gallery Gachet
- Downtown Eastside Neighbourhood House (DTES NH)
- Vancouver Aboriginal Child and Family Services (VACFSS)
- Vines Arts Society
At Hessey Consulting + Architecture, our goal is to help create and sustain meaningful change in our community. We do this by supporting organizations in the planning and implementation of their space-related projects. This work has a wide variety of applications and includes policy design and implementation, operations support, facility planning, relocation planning and project management services. We help build capacity and mitigate risk to organizations related to commercial real estate, so that they can deliver the important programs and services that benefit our entire community.
In 2023, we supported organizations that directly serve over half a million local community members and also those that directly serve hundreds of other social-serving organizations. We were proud to learn that:
100% of our clients said that as a result of our work, they benefited from increased understanding, confidence and capacity in dealing with commercial real estate and renovations of our clients said that the completed project met or exceeded the original needs and ambition their organization had set for it.
100% of our clients said that the completed project would allow their organization to mitigate risk and protect their ability to create and scale positive social and environmental impact in our community.
Client quotes related to our work in 2023:
“The time that was taken to hear from multiple perspectives from our team to really understand and map tensions and solutions for the space; the level of detail that’s represented in the Facility Plan; the considerate explanations of industry terms and protocols; the understanding of the scarcity of funds/time in the non-profit sector; the support with construction references; and the openness to reach out at every step along the way to ask clarifying questions and seek guidance.”
-Demi London, Executive Director, Gallery Gachet
“Matt works with deep care, timeliness and centers the clients needs. He works effectively and efficiently which is rare in consultation processes. I felt he genuinely wanted Vines to have success throughout the whole process… Having clear information on what is possible for our organization has helped us find our first space!”
-Heather Lamoureaux, Artistic Director, Vines Art Society
“We had targeted support to make design decisions from someone who knew us and the work of (Neighbourhood Houses). It was an efficient process that allowed us to focus on what we do well and let someone else focus on technical components of a new NH development process.”
-Liz Lougheed Green, CEO, Association of Neighbourhood Houses of BC (ANHBC)
For more information on how we can support your organization, please visit our contact page.