“Community Initiatives is a great fit; they manage our finances and human resources, including payroll, benefits management, insurance, and employer-paid taxes. Relying on Community Initiatives’ administrative expertise to handle these back-office details allows Active Voice to concentrate on its mission and grow.”
Ellen Schneider
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
ACTIVE VOICE
Ellen Schneider
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
ACTIVE VOICE
Fiscal sponsorship is an activity by which a public charity, tax-exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, provides financial and programmatic oversight of unincorporated nonprofit projects that allows those fiscally sponsored projects to receive grants and tax-exempt donations from government, foundations, and individuals.
Most fiscal sponsors provide a suite of supportive services. Ours include financial, human resources, grants management, and insurance.
Community Initiatives is an independently incorporated 501(c)(3) fiscal sponsor. We provide a vehicle for emerging ideas, public-private partnerships, funder collaboratives, and temporary or limited-duration activities that benefit the community. We are the fiscal sponsor for approximately 90 projects with a total of $17.5 million (FY11) in annual revenue.
Locating with a fiscal sponsor such as Community Initiatives frees projects to pursue what they do best: identify and creatively address important needs in their communities.
Community Initiatives believes in the power of community groups to develop fresh, exciting ideas that are of real-time public benefit, and our services can support these efforts in crucial ways. Among other advantages, our services:
Our logo describes our philosophy: Community Initiatives works in service of great ideas.
Community Initiatives is an independently incorporated 501(c)(3) fiscal sponsor. We provide a vehicle for emerging ideas, public-private partnerships, funder collaboratives, and temporary or limited-duration activities that benefit the community. We are the fiscal sponsor for approximately 90 projects with a total of $17.5 million (FY11) in annual revenue.
Locating with a fiscal sponsor such as Community Initiatives frees projects to pursue what they do best: identify and creatively address important needs in their communities.
Community Initiatives believes in the power of community groups to develop fresh, exciting ideas that are of real-time public benefit, and our services can support these efforts in crucial ways. Among other advantages, our services:
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Permit new efforts to explore viability without needing to invest in infrastructure from the start
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Help funders pool resources for collaborative grant-making
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Allow limited-duration efforts to succeed without establishing and then dismantling administrative capacity
Our logo describes our philosophy: Community Initiatives works in service of great ideas.
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