Economic Empowerment Foundation for Exempt Startups & Small Businesses (EEF-501c)™

Economic Empowerment Foundation for Exempt Startups & Small Businesses (EEF-501c)™

P.O. Box 609
Bowie, MD 20718
Website: https://FoundationFiscalSponsorships.com

Contact:
Visit our website for detailed information on our portfolio of sponsorship categories, program description and specific guidance on the application process.

Year organization became a 501(c)(3): 2015
Year of first fiscal sponsorship: 2014
Number of sponsored projects: 76

Fiscal sponsorship administrative charge:
Sponsorships are categorized by operational need. Application/program registration have modest fees to offset costs. Right-to-represent is our legal permission to accept funds. Our sliding scale admin fees are lowest legally allowed, and all other services are free or well below market.

Eligibility criteria:

  • Geographic: Eligible applicants must be registered in one of the 50 states, D.C. or Puerto Rico as a non-stock business entity. Startups pursuing exemption, U.S. businesses, students with charitable program interests, 501c in mergers/acquisitions/pursuing reinstatement and for-profits converting to 501c are all welcome.
  • Other: U.S. entities only; we are not chartered for international engagements. Our service desk conducts special research; feel free to submit a Request to ID Fiscal Sponsors of International/non-U.S. endeavors.

Types of projects or services we sponsor:

  • Other: Our Research & Review Service Desk™, open to all, conducts pre-submission reviews/post-submission denial analysis of 501c3 grant proposals, solicitation bid submissions, reinstatement, legal name change, expansion and other redeterminations, and other special research requests.

Services we offer projects:

  • Auditing
  • Bill paying
  • Bookkeeping/accounting
  • Computer IT
  • Human resource management
  • Office space, pending
  • Organizational development
  • Receiving property and stock donations
  • Other: Insurance, legal services (pending), real property acquisition and small loans, general lending (per our federal credit union’s charter)

Based on Fiscal Sponsorship: 6 Ways to Do It Right: Our model(s) of fiscal sponsorship are:
Models

  • Model C, Preapproved Grant Relationship
  • Model F, Technical Assistance
  • Model L, Single Member LLC

Details: Model C and L: Our parent 501c Business Incubator Council provides proposal review and analysis services. We have a pool of grant professionals available for writing/development until our Fellowship Academy’s Grant Writer/Development Services Fellowship program resumes. We have begun recruitments for two chief development officers and a chief scholar in residence who will co-administer our Fellowship Program operations.

Model F and L: Our programs are customized based on the needs listed in the fiscal sponsorship application, then articulated in the awardee’s program’s registration. Service/support delivery is administered by our parent Incubator Council members who, if needed, may engage the assistance of Pollination Partners – individuals registered to serve through our 501c Small Business Collaborative.

Organizational description
501c Business Incubator Council™ c/o EEF501c™ share internal assets, resources and connections with all 29 types of young/startup 501c’s. From an ecosystem of Sibling Trusts they create-manage-deploy gap-closing endeavors meeting critical on-demand business, knowledge enrichment™& asset acquisition needs. When access/connections are denied, their costs inflated, 501cBizInc™ custom designs solutions then publishes to its network of private repositories. Pending launch are mixed-use, financial, health/wellFitness™ resources other ignored, underserved, and vulnerable populations share.