03/06/2009 - Dallas-based Susan G. Komen for the Cure is the latest organization to join the “nonprofit village,” a downtown D.C. office building purchased by The Pew Charitable Trusts with the help of the District to offer below-market rate leases to charities.

Komen, founded in 1982, has raised more than $1.2 billion for breast cancer research through 122 U.S. affiliates and three abroad. The organization is moving both its global outreach efforts and its advocacy arm from Dallas to D.C.

Employees should start setting up their offices in the building, at 901 E St. NW, during the first week of March, said Komen spokesman Sean Tuffnell. A formal ribbon-cutting is planned for the end of April.

Tuffnell declined to say how many jobs would be coming to D.C. with the move.

“This definitely will expand and increase the influence of our presence in Washington and internationally during this critical time,” he said.

Pew, which performs public policy grant-making and research, purchased the 265,000-square-foot building in February 2008 with the help of bond financing from the District. The project came out of a task force led by Deputy Mayor Neil Albert to find ways to keep nonprofits in the city.

Read the full article Komen Takes Space in 'Nonprofit Village' on the Washington Business Journal's Web site.