Money and services

Fiscal sponsorship

Host organizations that let a project raise tax-deductible money without incorporating, and the guides for choosing one.

• The Biodiversity Groupnew

  Altruistic fiscal sponsorship for wildlife conservation nonprofits worldwide. We run this one

• Multiplier

  Environmental fiscal sponsor hosting climate, ocean and conservation projects

• Re:wild Conservation Partners

  Hosts around 40 sponsored conservation programs, taking on legal and financial responsibility

• EarthShare

  Fiscal sponsor for environmental projects, requires most of the work to be conservation

• The Ocean Foundation

  Marine conservation fiscal sponsor, accepts projects from anywhere in the world

• Windward Fund

  Environmental fiscal sponsor with a land and biodiversity portfolio

• Wildlife Conservation Network

  Fiscal sponsorship for invited partner organizations, not open applications

• Oregon Wildlife Foundation

  Fiscal sponsor for wildlife and habitat projects in Oregon

• Southern Conservation Partners

  Fiscal sponsor for land protection and habitat projects in the southern US

• Earth Island Institute

  Long-running environmental fiscal sponsor, with a public directory of its projects

• Community Initiatives

  Large general-purpose fiscal sponsor, including environmental and animal projects

• Tides

  Large fiscal sponsor and donor-advised platform

• Players Philanthropy Fund

  Low-cost fiscal sponsor for charitable projects of any cause, around 500 of them

• TSNE

  Long-established sponsor offering the widest range of sponsorship models

• Panorama Global

  Global fiscal sponsor for social-impact and climate initiatives, 20+ countries

• National Network of Fiscal Sponsors

  Directory of fiscal sponsors and the standards they sign up to

• Fiscal Sponsor Directory

  Searchable directory of 420 sponsors across the US, Puerto Rico and Canada

• How to Find a Fiscal Sponsor

  Legal guide to choosing a sponsor, with a 15-point checklist for vetting one

• Fiscal Sponsorship: Six Ways To Do It Right

  The models explained by Gregory Colvin, who defined them

• fiscalsponsorship.com

  Checklists, transfer guidelines and templates for sponsors and projects

• Fiscal Sponsorship (Candid Learning)

  Plain-language introduction to how fiscal sponsorship works

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