by Marjorie Beggs | Feb 8, 2018 | Arts and culture, Crowdfunding, Education, Fiscal sponsorship, For Fiscal Sponsors, Nonprofit
Crowdfunding, the skyrocketing money-raising strategy, burst into the nonprofit sector and is becoming a fixture of fiscal sponsorship. This is the first of a series of stories on the phenomenon, looking at the nuts and bolts, who’s doing it, campaign case studies,...
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, starting with...
by Marjorie Beggs | Jul 9, 2015 | Arts and culture, Children, youth and families, Civil rights, Education, Health and mental health, LGBT, Media, Social justice
Minnesota’s largest school district, Anoka-Hennepin, in 2009 adopted a hands-off policy requiring teachers and staff to “remain neutral on matters regarding sexual orientation” — a follow-up to an earlier school board prohibition on teaching about homosexuality as a...
by Marjorie Beggs | May 14, 2015 | Arts and culture, Community development
Lincoln Park Steps are ready for their grand re-entrance. Built in 1909 at the northwestern edge of San Francisco, they’re the gateway to the surrounding urban neighborhood, the park’s golf course, playground and two landmarks — the Legion of Honor museum and Lands...
by Marjorie Beggs | Apr 30, 2015 | Arts and culture, Community development, Environment, Ethnic/minorities, Media, Social services, Women
… Local First Milwaukee, a project of fiscal sponsor American Independent Business Alliance in Bozeman, Mont., will use its $10,000 matching grant from the Kalio Fund, an investment and philanthropic fund, to continue efforts to preserve the Southeastern Wisconsin...
by Marjorie Beggs | Apr 27, 2015 | Arts and culture
The 2015 Arts Entrepreneurship Awards, Fractured Atlas’ annual shout-out to innovators and risk-takers, went to four trailblazers — Ontheboards.tv in Seattle, Groupmuse in Boston, TBVE Films in Los Angeles and Laundromat Project in New York City. “At Fractured Atlas,...
