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Wondering how you can avoid all the paperwork and filing fees for becoming a 501c3 nonprofit organization, but still be able to apply for grants and offer donors a tax deduction? Fiscal Sponsorship is the solution for your project or new nonprofit. It’s simple. As a project or program of an existing 501c3, you can operate your organization, further your mission and help people! You can even fundraise to cover the start up fees to eventually become a fully operational independent organization. You need only partner with an existing 501c3 organization who is willing to sponsor your organization. The purpose of the 501c3 must be able to encompass the work that your organization intends to do. Our services include determining that the purposes are legally similar enough to enter into this kind of relationship. Fiscal Sponsorship is a great way for the existing 501c3 organization to help incubate projects that will further the mission and purpose of your organization. This looks good for you as an organization and is great for leveraging funds. These kinds of partnerships benefit everyone involved. Below you will find a list of Fiscal Sponsorship Organization across the nation.
National 48 West 21st Street, #907; New York, NY 10010 Dance Films Association was started in 1956 with a mission to foster dance on camera films. As an international known membership organization, DFA connects artists and organizations, fosters new works for new audiences, and shares essential resources. DFA seeks to be a catalyst for innovation in and preservation of dance on camera. DFA offers fiscal sponsorship to filmmakers, choreographers, dancers, musicians, and other artists who are creating dance on camera, which covers a wide range of film experiences from experimental to documentary. 2150 Allston Way; Ste. 450, Berkeley, CA 94704 Earth Island Institute develops and supports projects that counteract threats to the biological and cultural diversity that sustain the environment. As an alternative to dozens of separate nonprofits, each duplicating basic administrative functions, EII is a consortium of more than thirty grassroots campaigns, each functioning independently while sharing resources and benefiting from the synergistic exchange of experience, ideas, and energy.
248 West 35th St. #1202, New York, NY, 10001 Fractured Atlas is a national nonprofit arts service organization. Our fiscal sponsorship program is open to independent artists and emerging arts organizations nationally working in any artistic discipline. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis and approved monthly. Projects manage a sponsored fund through our unique online tool kit on our website and you must have regular access to the internet to participate.
New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) 20 Jay Street, Ste 740, New York, NY 11201 NYFA's mission is to empower artists at critical stages in their creative lives. NYFA is the largest provider of grants, services, and information to artists working in all disciplines in the United States.
Public Health Foundation Enterprises (PHFE) 12801 Crossroads Parkway South, Suite 200, City of Industry, CA 91746 PHFE provides a wide array of infrastructure management and support services including direct consulting services to public health departments, nonprofits and foundations throughout the country.
Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs (SEE) 22231 Mulholland Hwy, Ste 209, Calabasas, CA 91302 Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs (SEE) is an organization of member groups whose purpose is to encourage and facilitate activism from both local and global perspectives. It is a 501(c)(3) public charity providing nonprofit status, start-up guidance, and other services to member groups. SEE accepts individual activities and large organizations, start-up initiatives and established groups. SEE projects are active on every continent. We welcome all committed, passionate citizens from all corners of the globe to join the Social & Environmental Entrepreneurs.
Bay Area and Northern California 4 N Second Street, Suite 500, San Jose, CA 95113 Arts Council Silicon Valley is a private, nonprofit arts organization dedicated to improving the quality of life for Santa Clara County residents by supporting arts and culture throughout the county. For 25 years, we have provided funding, advocacy, marketing and fundraising services to the region's arts organizations and artists. We also provide fiscal sponsorship to small art organizations or projects.
354 Pine Street, Suite 700, San Francisco, CA 94104 Community Initiatives provides all models of fiscal sponsorship in all fields. For example, we incubate start-up organizations, provide a platform for foundation collaborations and public/private partnerships with city governments, as well as sponsor projects of limited duration.
110 Gough Street, Suite 201-A, San Francisco, CA 94102 Independent Arts & Media provides fiscal sponsorship to projects that expand civic discourse by increasing access to independent voices.
446 Valencia Street, San Francisco, CA 94103 The Intersection Incubator provides its members with assistance in funding, developing, and promoting their artistic work. A full program of services and partnerships is available, including continuing educations, networking opportunities, access to consultants and resources for fundraising. Through fiscal sponsorship in particular, the program encourages funding agencies and contributors to take risks in funding new projects and emerging artists, ensuring that funds are well-managed and spent according to the funder's guidelines.
555 – 12th Street, 10th Floor, Oakland, CA 94607 The Public Health Institute (PHI) is an independent, nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting health, well-being and quality of life for people throughout California, across the nation and around the world. As one of the largest and most comprehensive public health organizations in the nation, the Public Health Institute focuses its efforts in two distinct, but complementary ways. PHI promotes and sustains independent, innovative research, training and demonstration programs—many in collaboration with the private health care system and community-based organizations. PHI also serves as a partner with government to support its role in assessment, policy development and assurance.The Institute also acts as a fiscal sponsor for independent or soon-to-be independent organizations. Administrative and technical assistance support services include accounting and financial management; development support; contract and grant administration; corporate legal counsel; human resource functions including recruitment, benefits, and payroll; and public relations and communications.
6008 College Ave., Suite 10; Oakland, CA 94618 The Rose Foundation for Communities and the Environment was founded by Jill Ratner and Tim Little in 1992. The Foundation is dedicated to the memory of Rose Ratner, whose wit, wisdom and commitment were forged in the neighborhoods of Chicago over the course of 50 years of community activism.
San Francisco Friends of Chamber Music (SFFCM) Affiliate Program 3701 Sacramento Street, PMB 357, San Francisco, CA, 94118-1705 The SFFCM Affiliate Program encourages and assists emerging and existing chamber ensembles and others who share our commitment to chamber music. Through fiscal sponsorship, career guidance, and a wide range of workshops, services and resources, the Program supports chamber music related projects created by affiliates that promote artistic excellence, education, commissioning of new works, and the awareness of chamber music as an art form. Please visit our website to review eligibility and application requirements. SFFCM was founded in 1998 to support chamber music - its performers, composers, presenters, listeners - in the San Francisco Bay Area. One of the cornerstones of our organization and the first service to be developed by the founders is the Affiliate Program. Through its fiscal sponsorship service and career guidance resources, the Affiliate Program has assisted the development of chamber music groups and related chamber music individuals or organizations who have now attained incorporation and their own non profit status.
114 Sansome Street, Suite 800, San Francisco, CA 94104 The San Francisco School Alliance is an independent, non-profit organization that develops strategic partnerships, raises money, and advocates for policies to ensure that each student in our city’s public schools has access to world-class learning opportunities – and that each young person is successfully prepared for higher education, employment, and citizenship in the 21st century.
1095 Market Street, Suite 602, San Francisco, CA 94103 The San Francisco Study Center focuses its work in three areas: graphic design and editorial services; publishing and distribution of books, curriculum materials, audio tapes, and videos; and fiscal sponsorship of programs in health, mental health, children, youth and family services, education, and the arts. The Study Center acts as a fiscal sponsor and provides accounting and administrative supervision to a number of projects, primarily in human services and the arts.
The Foundation for California Community Colleges 1102 Q Street, Sacramento, CA 95811 The Foundation for California Community Colleges is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit which provides fiscal sponsorship services for Community College districts and government, as well as independent education programs. Educational programs have the advantage of the Foundation’s close relationship with the Community College system, while state agencies have the convenience of entering easily into contracts with the Foundation because of its unique status as the official foundation for the California Community College Chancellor's Office. Currently, the Foundation manages more than $2.9 million in pledged funds, and considers new projects that are in alignment with its mission.
PO Box 2202, Redway, CA 95542 Trees Foundation works for the conservation and restoration of the ecological integrity of forest ecosystems by assisting, supporting and promoting Affiliate groups in North Coastal California. Through Trees foundation fiscal sponsorships, organizations can seek and receive tax-deductible donations and grants without having their own nonprofit status. Projects range in size from an individual with a single donation to coalitions raising hundreds of thousands of dollars. Trees Foundation provides full support for all sponsored projects, including administrative oversight, bookkeeping, and reporting.
Trust for Conservation Innovation 423 Washington Street, 5th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94111 The Trust for Conservation Innovation develops and supports initiatives that conserve and protect a sustainable environment. By providing a superior and efficient administrative platform we enable environmental leaders to effectively launch their innovative ideas. Smaller nonprofit enterprises have traditionally had difficulty in attracting, affording and managing the administrative services necessary to run an efficient operation. Our fiscal sponsorship services enable environmental visionaries to focus on their programmatic activities.
Southern California 1000 North Alameda Street, Suite 240, Los Angeles, CA 90012
Education Consortium of Central L.A. 2801 S. Hoover Street, Los Angeles, CA 90007 The Education Consortium of Central Los Angeles (ECCLA) has a mission to provide enriched educational opportunities for students in the greater Exposition/University Park area in Central Los Angeles. More than 60 public and parochial schools in this area are served by ECCLA. ECCLA is a unique organization. No other group in the area brings together local resources – individuals and organizations dedicated to working in partnership – to address the ECCLA makes a significant difference in the educational environment of Central Los Angeles. Over the years, ECCLA has designed, facilitated, and implemented activities, programs and research projects that have had a significant and positive impact on the formal and informal learning environment of the underserved student population of Central Los Angeles.
Global Peace Commerce Solutions (GPCS) Fiscal Sponsorship Department; P.O. Box 35455; Los Angeles, CA 90035
We at GPCS are working diligently to bring about world peace. Along with our partners and members we are developing new technologies, and connections for organizations to work with foundations, and governments to bring about change. We have developed many products such as a e-commerce solution software that assists with facilitating such events. GPCS works to bring about peace. We would be deeply please if you applied to become a partner or if you are not an organization, become a member of GPCS and help us bring about new agreements on this earth. Help us bring about peace.
17595 Harvard Avenue; Suite C235, Irvine, CA 92614
Visions Made Viable fosters new and innovative approaches to social change. We help you make your vision a reality. Whether you want to start a nonprofit, develop a new project, become eligible to receive grant monies and tax deductible contributions, or simply get administrative help, we're here to serve you. We support projects and non profits in the U.S. and around the world.
Other West and Midwest Colorado Nonprofit Development Center 4130 Tejon Street Suite A, Denver, CO 80211
5049 W. Harrison, Chicago, IL 60644
New Mexico Community Foundation (NMCF) 343 East Alameda, Santa Fe, NM 87501 New Mexico Community Foundation was founded in 1983. It is one of over 600 such community foundations that are tax-exempt public charities serving thousands of people who share a common concern – improving the quality of life in their area, especially for the most vulnerable. Individuals, families, businesses, and organizations create charitable funds that address community needs locally and globally. The community foundation invests and administers these funds, and works with the fund’s creators to make grants. Many choose the community foundation as an easy and effective alternative to creating a private foundation. All community foundations are overseen by a volunteer board of leading residents and run by professionals with expertise in knowing their community’s needs.
3518 Fremont Ave N #118, Seattle, WA 98103 Shunpike helps small and mid-sized arts groups better manage the business aspects of art through fiscal sponsorship options and back office services. We work to set up effective practices and lasting organizational systems - without reinventing the wheel. In addition to fiscal sponsorship and back office administrative services, Shunpike offers consultations and training, public workshops and events, and leadership development for arts administrators.
East The Open Space Institute, Inc., 1350 Broadway, Suite 201, New York, NY 10018 The Open Space Institute’s Citizen Action Program provides fiscal sponsorship for start-up and volunteer organizations working on environmental issues. Through the Citizen Action Program, OSI functions as a “back office” by providing projects with the necessary support to navigate the legal and financial aspects of their organization, attract more donors, and make their work more effective. These accounting and financial management services allow activists to focus on issues rather than administrative concerns. Currently, OSI sponsors over thirty groups united by missions focused on protecting natural habitats, making cities and communities more livable, and connecting people with the land.
tel: (212) 925-6675
1601 Guilford Avenue, 2 South, Baltimore, MD 21202 Through collaborative action, including fiscal sponsorship, Fusion Partnerships works to be a catalyst for justice and peace. We are building a partnership of community based grassroots programs providing direct services and building skills for youth and adults to overcome historical disparities in Baltimore City.
Greater Philadelphia Urban Affairs Coalition (GPUAC) 1207 Chestnut Street, Suite 700, Philadelphia, PA 19107 GPUAC unites government, business, neighborhoods and individual initiative to improve the quality of live in the region, build wealth in urban communities, and solve emerging issues.
89 South Street, Suite 700, Boston, MA 02111 Through fiscal sponsorship, Third Sector New England offers a home for unincorporated groups, projects and grassroots coalitions that are building stronger communities and providing leadership in the nonprofit field. We have provided fiscal sponsorship services since 1959 and have managed hundreds of federal contracts and grants over the past half century. We currently serve fiscal sponsorship clients based in New England and New York that have a local, regional national, or international focus.
South 2870 Peachtree Road, Suite 848; Atlanta, GA 30305 ACTODAY Foundation, Inc. (AFI) is a public, non-profit 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to the development of children through education programs, mentoring, family counseling, low income and elderly assistance, community & career development, and financial aid. Likewise, we also develop and support organizations with similar interests using various methods for youth assistance. As a fiscal sponsor, AFI welcomes organizations and individuals who need assistance to partner with us to achieve the goal of youth and community development globally.
PO Box 408, Athens, GA 30603 Common Ground Athens is a community resource center for groups and individuals working for progressive social change. Through providing training programs, fiscal sponsorship, meeting space, office machines and a library, Common Ground helps small community organizations strengthen and develop. In addition, as a locally-based center, we facilitate frequent collaboration and skill-sharing among our 25 affiliate groups.
4285 Memorial Drive, Suite G, Decatur, Georgia 30032-1230
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