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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Inside Philanthropy gives a shout-out to fiscal sponsorship’s dramatic growth
Last December, Inside Philanthropy reporter Wendy Paris interviewed staff from the San Francisco Study Center, Social Impact Fund and me for an article about fiscal sponsorship. The topic was suggested to her by IP founder David Callahan, she told Study Center Executive Director Geoff Link in an email requesting the interview. It would be an overview, she said, “looking at the growth of the...
“Fiscal sponsorship taken seriously”
On November 27th, the Chronicle of Philanthropy featured an article by Eden Stiffman on the growing practice of fiscal sponsorship as a phenomenon in the charitable sector. Here it is. I began by "hating" the article's headline for obvious reasons — it suggests something nefarious is going on. When fiscal sponsorship is “done right,” the project may or may not be a nonprofit corporation, but it...
Scott Ranch saved by Petaluma City Council approval
Here in my adopted hometown of Petaluma, Calif., I’ve been involved in a 20-year controversy over the future of a beautiful piece of land two blocks from my house. Driving out of town toward Point Reyes, the last thing you see is a group of 100-year-old red dairy barns nestled in a watershed between rolling hills with abundant wildlife, including the threatened California red-legged frog....
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,...