Fiscal Sponsorship: 6 Ways To Do It Right
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS
LEAD STORY: 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. Sixty people nationwide registered to attend an April 2020 Zoom meeting and 47 showed up. Covid Conversations — later renamed Fiscal Sponsor Conversations — was launched.
In a 2022 Directory story about its genesis, Oliver Hack, Social Good Fund’s director of fiscal sponsorship, recalled that many at that first meeting confirmed their struggles with the PPP. “But some already were diving into the nitty-gritty of the loan, trying to understand even the language used,” he said, and they gladly shared what they were learning.. MORE
OTHER NEWS: 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
Accounting for Fiscal Sponsors: “A good accounting system feels good to use.”
This feature article is excerpted and edited by Marjorie Beggs, from Jericha Senyak’s presentation at Fiscal Sponsor Conversations, October 24, 2023. Fifty-five sponsors from around the country attended the online forum.
Andrew Schulman: Our guest presenter today, Jericha Senyak, provides financial consulting, coaching and empowerment to artists and arts organizations in the Bay Area and beyond. 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.
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