by Mark Hedin | Apr 24, 2018 | Community development, Disaster relief, Environment, Ethnic/minorities, Fiscal Sponsor Networking, Fiscal sponsorship, Health and mental health, Housing, Social justice, Social services, Women
In the seven months since Hurricanes Irma and Maria devastated Puerto Rico, the storms’ wreckage still dominates daily life. Running water, electricity, clear roads and stable buildings remain elusive across the Caribbean commonwealth. But the island’s nonprofit...
by Marjorie Beggs | Apr 3, 2018 | Crowdfunding, Fiscal Sponsor Networking, Fiscal sponsorship, For Fiscal Sponsors, Funding, LGBTQ, Nonprofit
Rules of the game changing as platforms come, go, evolve In this second installment of our crowdfunding series, we look at sample campaigns and follow where the money goes. Unlike a project’s Website that serves as a platform for raising money with a donate button...
by Mark Hedin | Dec 12, 2017 | Fiscal Sponsor Networking, Fiscal sponsorship, For Fiscal Sponsors, Nonprofit
A trend that began in California has made its way across the country as fiscal sponsors have taken to organizing regional networking events to share information, ideas, strategies and common concerns. Besides the annual National Network of Fiscal Sponsors conferences,...
by Mark Hedin | Nov 17, 2017 | Arts and culture, Civil rights, Education, Ethnic/minorities, Fiscal Sponsor Networking, Fiscal sponsorship, Media, Social justice
At the National Network of Fiscal Sponsors’ annual meeting, in a cradle of the Confederacy, the Foundation for Louisiana shared the challenges it faced when it stepped in to help New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu “choose a better future” for the city,...
by Marjorie Beggs | Oct 19, 2017 | Fiscal Sponsor Networking
The National Network of Fiscal Sponsors is preparing for its biggest conference yet, a day and a half of discussions, presentations, panels and socializing in New Orleans, Oct. 26 and 27. Tamsin Elias, NNFS coordinator, says 115 participants — staff of 65 fiscal...
