Fiscal Sponsorship: 6 Ways To Do It Right
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS
LEAD STORY: News article hits the salient notes about fiscal sponsorship
What do philanthropists think about fiscal sponsorship and do they really understand our field? It’s been more than a year since a major article in the Chronicle of Philanthropy approached fiscal sponsorship from the funders’ perspective. Another publication recently took a stab at it: “Inside the Murky, Labyrinthine World of Fiscal Sponsors” in the December 16 edition of Inside Philanthropy.
Despite the article’s headline suggesting fiscal sponsorship is characterized by obfuscation and tangled operations, IP reporter Wendy Paris has written a well-balanced piece that hits all the salient notes and does it in an economical 1,700 words. MORE
OTHER NEWS: Fiscal Sponsor Conversations Celebrates 200th meeting
Just months after the Covid pandemic shutdown, two fiscal sponsor colleagues were talking about the government’s new Paycheck Protection Program, its complexity for their field and options for easing some of the anxiety. They moved fast, inviting 85 fiscal sponsors to an online forum to share ideas for negotiating PPP. MORE
Ethnic Media Services: Fiscally sponsored project in S.F. is the driving force
This isn’t the San Francisco setting depicted on colorful postcards of a city known for its beauty. What’s vivid here, on trash-strewn Mission Street in a drab building a block from a traffic-clogged freeway, is the work of Ethnic Media Services. MORE
Fiscal sponsors: create or update your agency profile
Fiscalsponsordirectory.org helps connect community projects with fiscal sponsors. San Francisco Study Center created and maintains this directory based on self-reported information from the fiscal sponsors listed. Create your listing and help projects and other nonprofits find you fast. To update your profile send us an email.
Projects: Find a fiscal sponsor
Use the directory to find the fiscal sponsor that best fits for what you do. To search by state: click on the map links below.
Search fiscal sponsors by state The Directory features 393 sponsors: 386 sponsors in 40 states plus eight in the District of Columbia and three in Puerto Rico and three in Canada.
The Fiscal Sponsor Directory thanks its supporters for their generosity. “It’s an honor on behalf of Nonstop Wellness and personally to provide support to San Francisco Study Center and its Fiscal Sponsor Directory. In an era of “fake news,” targeted (and often abusive) political advertising and the deepening decay of polarized politics, Study Center stands apart — a throwback to the era when journalists were committed to the notion of a democratic society with true pillars of representation. Thank you for your team’s caring commitment and credible voice. It’s a privilege to support the Fiscal Sponsor Directory and the larger vision of your mission.” — David Sloves, CEO, Nonstop Wellness, Study Center’s Benefits Administrator
Nonprofit law leaders Adler & Colvin is deeply committed to serving the legal needs of the nonprofit sector. We bring experience and passion to our representation of tax-exempt organizations and individual philanthropists in the areas of fiscal sponsorship, charitable gift planning, grantmaking and social investing, nonprofit governance and ethics, revenue-generating activities, social enterprise, tax treatment of lobbying and political activities. LEARN MORE
Study Center sponsored its first fiscal project in 1975. We’ve been doing it right ever since. Savvy staff provide a spectrum of community services, serving as a sounding board for projects needing help getting started and a resource for those needing admin support. Our primary focus, financial management, uses a state-of-the-art system to keep you up to date and your project budget on track. Our mission is to help you succeed. Contact Executive Director Geoff Link for more information. CONTACT