The mission of the Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Corporation (TNDC)is to provide safe, affordable housing with support services for low-income people in the Tenderloin community, and be a leader in making the neighborhood a better place to live.

Description:
Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Corporation (TNDC) is a non-profit business that houses nearly 2,400 extremely low-income people—seniors, children, people with disabilities, low-income wage earners, people with AIDS, families and immigrants—in 1,600 apartments and residential hotel rooms in 23 buildings. TNDC is also a major employer in the Tenderloin with 210 staff members, most of whom work in our buildings.
Most TNDC residents live on incomes of $5,000 to $20,000 per year. HUD has three low-income categories: low-income, very low-income and extremely low-income. Most of our tenants fall into the extremely low-income category. TNDC’s rents are about 30%-40% of market rate. Even so, many of our tenants pay about half of their income just for rent.

SOCIAL WORKERS. TNDC staff social workers are available at no cost to tenants to help residents stabilize their living, find resources for special medical, mental health or substance abuse issues, and to assist in developing a sense of community within our buildings.

TNDC's AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM. TNDC's After School Program (TASP) serves 250 children per year, ages 5 to 17, at no cost to families. It provides mentoring, tutoring, computer training, sports, dancing, art activities, and annual college tours for older youth to places like New York City. TASP graduates go on to college or find other opportunities for bright futures.

TNDC SAVES TAX DOLLARS. TNDC saves taxpayer dollars in many ways. For example, seniors living in a TNDC building with support services are able to live independently with dignity in a room costing an average of $23 per day, compared to the average $83 per day for skilled nursing facilities. Similarly, families and individuals not living on our streets or in shelters also add up to major savings for taxpayers.

History:
Twenty-five years ago, a group of VISTA volunteers, community activists, and people of faith filed incorporation documents with the State of California to create Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Corporation.

Built on the concept of a cooperative against the backdrop of gentrification, TNDC entered the 1980s to preserve the neighborhood as a place where low-income people would always be able to live. TNDC operated out of a commercial space in an Eddy Street apartment building and then in an office above a copy shop. Its first decade saw immense growth with eight buildings, including 450 apartment and residential hotel units, and annual expenses of $1 million.

Today, TNDC is a major property owner and employer in the Tenderloin with 23 residential buildings and over 200 staff members. With $20 million in annual operating costs, TNDC at times more resembles a Fortune 500 company than a grassroots collective, yet the core of TNDC’s mission remains the same—to join Tenderloin residents in preserving the neighborhood and serving people for whom homelessness would be a real possibility if not for TNDC.

Yet despite over two decades of evolution, many problems remain. Nearly half of Americans and three-quarters of renters pay more than they can afford in rent. The people of the Tenderloin are still plagued by persistent poverty and inner-city ills like unsafe, deteriorating housing, street crime, and drug dealing.

But if we despair that little progress has been made, we would miss profound changes in the neighborhood’s character. Over 4,000 households are now in affordable housing in the Tenderloin, owned or leased by more than a dozen nonprofit housing developers like TNDC. Vacant storefronts are nearly nonexistent and—as a result of community activism—a grade school, playground, and police station now serve the Tenderloin’s residents. The Tenderloin is home to 30,000 people from all walks of life. They are of varying races and ethnicities. They are workers, disabled people, adults, children, seniors, and formerly homeless individuals. Each person is striving to overcome barriers and achieve better lives.

The constant these 25 years, in the heart of the Tenderloin, has been TNDC. What would the people of this community face today without the jobs, investment, affordable housing, and economic activity that TNDC has brought? This neighborhood would be very different.

Thanks to public and private support, TNDC oversees community assets that belong to the people of San Francisco and the Tenderloin, for whom the organization was created and exists to serve. From TNDC’s humble roots in 1981 to becoming a pioneer in the supportive housing movement, TNDC is a community development success story—one that we all can take pride in.

Contact person: Charles Johnson, (phone), (email)
Main office number: (415) 776-2151
Office fax number: (415) 776-3952

Address:

201 Eddy Street San Francisco, CA 94102 (See a map)

Web Site: http://www.tndc.org

Directions:

Located in the Tenderloin neighborhood of San Francisco, our main offices are on the corner of Eddy and Taylor Streets, approximately two blocks west of the Powell Street MUNI and BART Station.   Nearest Metro/Subway Stop: Powell Street,   Walk distance (in minutes): 2   Nearest Bus Stop: 27 Bryant/ Taylor & Eddy, 1 minute walk

Miscellaneous Information

Besides English, which languages are spoken at your agency?
	No others
What is the minimum age for volunteers at your agency?
	18+
Is your agency wheelchair accessible?
	Yes
Does your agency have the capacity to host groups of more than 10?
	No
Does your agency have the capacity to host groups of more than 20?
	No