What is Fiscal Sponsorship?What is Fiscal Sponsorship?
We give a good, general explanation of it on the main fiscal sponsorship page. To dig a little deeper, technically fiscal sponsorship is what is called a “re-grant” program. This means that an individual or a foundation grants money for a sponsored project to Fractured Atlas which then “re-grants” the money to a sponsored project for project related expenses. One reason fiscal sponsorship exists is because most private Foundations are unable to make grants directly to individuals. Public charities (like Fractured Atlas), on the other hand, are generally able to give grants directly to individuals. Hence, fiscal sponsorship allows a Foundation to grant the money to a charity sponsoring a project they want to support that is lacking its own exempt status and then the charity can re-grant that money to the project.
