by Marjorie Beggs | Sep 29, 2022 | Advocacy, Community development, Environment, Ethnic/minorities, Fiscal sponsorship, For Fiscal Sponsors, Social justice, Transportation
The following are excerpts, Part 1, edited by Marjorie Beggs, from the Feb. 1, 2022, online forum Fiscal Sponsor Conversations (formerly Covid Conversations). Oliver Hack, Social Good Fund, forum co-moderator: Thanks everyone for being here. Today is about talking,...
by Geoff Link | Feb 15, 2021 | Children, youth and families, Civil rights, Education, Ethnic/minorities
Ross Valley Charter School teachers and parents created this colorful, fact-laden, multimedia newsletter as a teaching aid during Black History Month, February 2021. Fiscal sponsors find satisfaction in the success of projects under their wing, after they spin...
by Marjorie Beggs | Nov 20, 2018 | Civil rights, Ethnic/minorities, Fiscal Sponsor Networking, For Fiscal Sponsors, Social justice
The Fiscal Sponsor Directory is pleased to announce that Mark Hedin, our community reporter, has won a prestigious San Francisco Press Club award for his story, “Fiscal sponsor’s bold role in removing Confederate statues from New Orleans” published last November in...
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 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 | 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...