Gregory Colvin is the author of Fiscal Sponsorship: 6 Ways To Do It Right now in its 3rd edition, co-authored by Stephanie Petit
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501(c)(4)s — a “growing phenomenon”
Recently, I participated in an email discussion about the operation of some fiscal sponsors under a Section 501(c)(4) tax exemption, rather than a 501(c)(3) charitable exempt status. The discussion was kicked off by Geoff Link, Study Center executive director and head of Study Center Press, our publisher, and I then asked my former law partners from Adler & Colvin, Stephanie Petit and...
Fiscal Sponsorship in Baltimore: A Case Study
Many of you may be familiar with the COVID Conversations, weekly remote sessions hosted by Andrew Schulman and Oliver Hack, that began in 2020 and now continue as Fiscal Sponsor Conversations. These Tuesday meetings offer expert aid and mutual aid to those managing fiscally sponsored projects throughout the country. I was intrigued by a session in September featuring the authors of a 2021 study,...
Where is fiscal sponsorship today — and where’s it going?
In May this year, I was organizing my topics for an upcoming presentation on Covid Conversations, the weekly Zoom gathering of fiscal sponsors from across the country. I wanted to cover two themes: what fiscal sponsorship looks like today and how it might grow and change in the future. To make sure I was hitting points that would give meeting participants practical information to chew on, I...
History of fiscal sponsorship: My eye view
Gregory Colvin discusses fiscal sponsorship in a January 2022 Zoom meeting. In January, I was invited to present a talk on the history of fiscal sponsorship to a Zoom forum called COVID Conversations, a weekly meeting of a nationwide group of fiscal sponsorship practitioners organized by Andrew Schulman and Oliver Hack. More than 70 people attended the call, each appearing in their own little...
A Bright Spirit Passes
Tom Silk, left, and Greg Colvin at Sea Ranch on the Northern Calif. coast, 1992. Photo by Betsy Adler On January 25, I learned that Tom Silk, the founder of our law firm, Adler & Colvin, had passed away that morning. I was fortunate to visit him at his Stinson Beach home December 31 and enjoy his bright spirit for the last time. I met Tom in the late 1970s when I went to him for legal advice...