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In these perilous economic times non-profits can feel especially vulnerable: as markets drop and budgets tighten, both private and government donors become scarcer than usual. To help stabilize their finances, many non-profits have increasingly been venturing into social enterprise—a set-up whereby a non-profit runs a business that helps further its mission and also generates income for the organization. Leading the charge in Toronto is the Centre for Social Innovation, located in the historic Robertson Building on Spadina. The Centre provides affordable infrastructure (office space, meeting rooms, wireless, etc.) for a wide variety of social mission organizations: it's an open-concept, community-minded space, one which fosters interaction and collaboration among members and enables them each to do better work with fewer dollars. And in a case of happy symbiosis, the CSI pays for its operations in large part with the rental income it generates in the process.