I’ve been doing this work long enough that I should probably have the answers by now. And yet, almost every week, I find myself on a call saying some version of “well, it depends.” I’m not dodging the question, but
Model C fiscal sponsorship, also known as a pre-approved grant agreement or “grant relationship” fiscal sponsorship, gets a bad rap before you even finish reading about it. Greg Colvin’s foundational text opens the Model C chapter by calling it “widespread
For more than a decade, we’ve worked with fiscally sponsored project leaders. And while every project and situation is unique, many of the questions, issues and challenges that project leaders tend to face are usually similar: What “should” our relationship
A leader at an established fiscal sponsor recently asked me: ‘How should we be using AI?’ It’s November 2025, and questions like this are coming up for executive directors and CEOs more and more frequently. There are news stories every
When we started this work a decade ago, one thing we did not expect to discover is that projects sometimes transfer from one fiscal sponsor to another. Looking back, it shouldn’t have been surprising — there are a number of
After months (years?) of discussion and beta testing, we are excited to launch the Fiscal Sponsor Hub (FS Hub) and make it available to fiscal sponsor staff everywhere! With this being a new resource for the fiscal sponsor community, we
For projects considering leaving a fiscal sponsor, governance is a huge part of the process — and yet it’s one that often gets overlooked. We sat down with Greg Nielsen (right) of Nielsen Training and Consulting, a governance expert based
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
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
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