Fiscal Sponsor Organizations

@Amanda LaFleur is this setup as a Model C or are the programs occuring under you within a Model A?

@Josh Brugner We have been treating them as Model As as we are their full operational support.

@Amanda LaFleur got it…. I THINK this is kinda a gray area that depends on how much difference you want to mitigate any confusion between their entity and you as the Sponsor of the project. I personally have done it with something as simple as adding Fund, Foundation, Project, Program, etc. I think that dropping the Inc would be good enough but again I think it depends on your appetite for similarities/differences. The more different it is then the more clear it is that the Project is a different thing than their independent org.. I think the closer it is in name then the higher the risks are of a PD or Advisory Council thinking “they run the show since its their org”


Thats just my two cents.

Thank you Josh! This is helpful.

If I’m understanding this correctly, you have an incorporated entity that wants to set up a Model A for a discretely charitable purpose unrelated to the business’s money making activities? Often we will suggest adding “Foundation” to the end of the business name for the name of the project. It’s a common practice for a for profit to have a nonprofit wing that is differentiated by using “Foundation” to suggest the charitable nature of the nonprofit wing.

@Oliver Hack Thank you! we are implementing this into our best practices. Much appreciated.