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The Case for Viewing Your Fiscally Sponsored Program as a Portfolio
Risk and Resilience: The Portfolio Approach to Fiscal Sponsorship, Part #1 [Note: This series was co-written by Josh Clement and Schulman Consulting. For more on Josh, click here or scroll to the end of this post.]
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Google Workspace for Fiscal Sponsors AND Projects!
If you run a fiscal sponsorship program (or a fiscally sponsored project), you know that a lot of the great technology products that companies make available to the nonprofit sector for free (or below market rates), aren’t available to you – or are really difficult to access.
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Geeking Out on Insurance for Separating Projects with Colleen Lazanich
We recently found someone who likes to geek out on the intricacies of fiscal sponsorship as much as we do! And that someone is Colleen Lazanich, CEO of CalNonprofits Insurance Services (right), which offers a full range of employee benefit and general liability coverages and provides exclusive nonprofit insurance programs. In the second part of…
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Geeking Out on Fiscal Sponsors and Insurance with Colleen Lazanich
We recently found someone who likes to geek out on the intricacies of fiscal sponsorship as much as we do! And that someone is Colleen Lazanich, CEO of CalNonprofits Insurance Services (right), which offers a full range of employee benefit and general liability coverages and provides exclusive nonprofit insurance programs. In this first of two…
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‘Helping Good Things Prosper’ with Social Good Fund
Sponsor Spotlight: Social Good Fund In our latest Sponsor Spotlight, we’re talking with Michael Pace, founder and CEO of Social Good Fund, a fiscal sponsor based in Oakland, CA. During our discussion, we touched on a number of areas including what it was like to start and grow a fiscal sponsor from scratch, where…
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Providing the tools to do good in local communities with Side Project, Inc.
Sponsor Spotlight: Side Project, Inc. In our latest Sponsor Spotlight, we’re talking with Jeff Fromknecht, founder and CEO of Side Project, a fiscal sponsor with offices in Pittsburgh and, Erie, Pa., and South Florida. We discussed Side Project’s origin story, the importance of its five core values and the basis behind the organization’s logic…
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How (and Why) To Launch a Fiscal Sponsorship Program – with Vu Le
Sponsor Spotlight: Rainier Valley Corps Recently, I had the pleasure of speaking with Vu Le, Executive Director of Seattle’s Rainier Valley Corps (RVC), the creator of the über-popular Nonprofit AF (formerly Nonprofit with Balls) blog, and the closest thing the nonprofit sector has to a celebrity. Our conversation focused on RVC’s recent decision to launch a fiscal sponsorship program…
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A Fiscal Sponsor Rises in the Desert
Sponsor Spotlight Series: The Technical Assistance Partnership of Arizona (TAPAZ) Location: Phoenix, AZ Services Offered: Model A (full or comprehensive) and Model C (grant-specific) fiscal sponsorship — as well as Model F services (outsourced bookkeeping and back office services) for independent 501(c)(3) organizations Geographic Focus: Maricopa County, The State of Arizona Sector/Service Focus: Health and Human Services: medical-related, wellness-focused…
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What I learned from talking to 70+ Fiscal Sponsors
The 3 Keys to Being a Successful Project Over the last year, I’ve connected with more than 70 organizations that offer some form of fiscal sponsorship to discuss their individual programs, goals and the directions in which their organizations are heading. I also dove into what these individual sponsors look for in project applicants and…
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The Benefits of Model A Fiscal Sponsorship for Small and Startup Nonprofits
Fiscal Sponsorship Minute Video Series One question I get asked a lot is, “what are the benefits of fiscal sponsorship for small and startup nonprofits?” So, I decided to make this the focus of my first video post (with a transcript pasted below). Enjoy!