What do volunteer firefighters, mutual aid networks, and artist collectives have in common? They all rely on fiscal sponsors to take in money and sustain their work.
Fiscal sponsors steward billions of philanthropic dollars each year, yet the field remains a black box — misunderstood and underutilized.
Proximate, in collaboration with Social Impact Commons, is launching Common Ground: The Future of Fiscal Sponsorship, a series exploring the moment and future of fiscal sponsorship in the United States. This series will run throughout spring 2025.
Proximate is an independent media platform covering movements for participatory problem-solving. We look at the news through the lens of money: how it’s given away, how it’s invested, and how it’s distributed by government.
We are a fiscally sponsored project of Movement Strategy Center.
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