Fiscal sponsorship
Host organizations that let a project raise tax-deductible money without incorporating, and the guides for choosing one.
21 resources
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The Biodiversity GroupTBG projectNew
Altruistic fiscal sponsorship for wildlife conservation nonprofits worldwide
Apply for US tax-deductible status without incorporating, at the lowest affiliation fees we could find
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Multiplier
Environmental fiscal sponsor hosting climate, ocean and conservation projects
Apply on a rolling basis, with roughly six weeks from first inquiry to approval
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Re:wild Conservation Partners
Hosts around 40 sponsored conservation programs, taking on legal and financial responsibility
Approach if you want a well-known name carrying your legal and financial risk
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EarthShare
Fiscal sponsor for environmental projects, requires most of the work to be conservation
Check the conservation-share requirement first, since a mixed-mission project may not qualify at all
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The Ocean Foundation
Marine conservation fiscal sponsor, accepts projects from anywhere in the world
Apply from anywhere if the work is marine, which most US sponsors will not accept
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Windward Fund
Environmental fiscal sponsor with a land and biodiversity portfolio
Look here when the project is land or biodiversity rather than climate campaigning
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Wildlife Conservation Network
Fiscal sponsorship for invited partner organizations, not open applications
Do not apply, since partners are invited, but study who they pick and why
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Oregon Wildlife Foundation
Fiscal sponsor for wildlife and habitat projects in Oregon
Use it for Oregon work, where a local sponsor beats a national one on credibility
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Southern Conservation Partners
Fiscal sponsor for land protection and habitat projects in the southern US
Approach for land protection in the southern US, where regional knowledge matters most
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Earth Island Institute
Long-running environmental fiscal sponsor, with a public directory of its projects
Browse the project directory to see what a sponsored project looks like before becoming one
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Community Initiatives
Large general-purpose fiscal sponsor, including environmental and animal projects
Consider it when the project is not purely conservation, which narrower sponsors will refuse
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Tides
Large fiscal sponsor and donor-advised platform
Use it for scale and donor-advised infrastructure rather than for any conservation expertise
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Players Philanthropy Fund
Low-cost fiscal sponsor for charitable projects of any cause, around 500 of them
Compare its fees against the others, since low cost is the entire proposition
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TSNE
Long-established sponsor offering the widest range of sponsorship models
Ask which model they would use, because they offer more of them than anyone
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Panorama Global
Global fiscal sponsor for social-impact and climate initiatives, 20+ countries
Approach when a project spans several countries, which most US sponsors handle badly
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National Network of Fiscal Sponsors
Directory of fiscal sponsors and the standards they sign up to
Check whether a sponsor has signed the sector standards before you sign anything
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Fiscal Sponsor Directory
Searchable directory of 420 sponsors across the US, Puerto Rico and Canada
Search 420 sponsors by cause and state instead of guessing from a shortlist
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How to Find a Fiscal Sponsor
Legal guide to choosing a sponsor, with a 15-point checklist for vetting one
Work its fifteen-point checklist through a candidate sponsor before signing any agreement
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Fiscal Sponsorship: Six Ways To Do It Right
The models explained by Gregory Colvin, who defined them
Work out which of the six models you are being offered, since they differ enormously
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fiscalsponsorship.com
Checklists, transfer guidelines and templates for sponsors and projects
Take the templates and transfer guidelines, especially if you might change sponsors later
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Fiscal Sponsorship (Candid Learning)
Plain-language introduction to how fiscal sponsorship works
Send this to a board member who has never heard of fiscal sponsorship