Fiscal Sponsorship
Dancers’ Group is currently not accepting applications to the Fiscal Sponsorship program. We are in a period of assessment and hope to re-open the program soon.
Check back – and secret hint …members will receive an email update once we start re-accepting applications to the fiscal sponsorship program .
Dancers’ Group’s Fiscal Sponsorship Program provides administrative support and guidance to choreographers and dance organizations, working in a variety of disciplines, so that they may produce community and performance projects; and ensures funding agencies and contributors that donations and grants received on behalf of the artists/projects are well-managed and funds are disbursed according to the grant proposal and their guidelines.
Dancers’ Group fiscally sponsors over 120 artists and companies. To support a project, click here.
Criteria
Dancers’ Group will consider projects for sponsorship if they are:
- Dance, including multi-disciplinary works or projects
- Serving community needs
- Serious in intent and well-planned
- Responsible about proper reporting to funding sources and to the IRS
- Showing potential for future development
- Non-legislative
Services
As a fiscally sponsored project, Dancers’ Group will provide:
- Sponsorship of grant applications and administration of grant funds through a pre-approved grant relationship
- Formal acknowledgment to funding sources of all contributions and monitoring of expenditures to ensure that they are in keeping with the original proposals, contracts or funding letters
- Staff consultation on writing of grants and on final reports to funders
- General guidance about possible funding sources
- Access to grant deadline calendar
Still have Questions?
wayne@dancersgroup.org
Frequently Asked Questions
Resources for Information About Fiscal Sponsorship
For a directory of fiscal sponsors, see: fiscalsponsordirectory.org
For the book on fiscal sponsorship: Greg Colvin, Fiscal Sponsorship: Six Ways to Do It Right, Study Center Press (1993, rev. 2005) Includes a table comparing Models of Fiscal Sponsorship
For a synopsis of Greg Colvin’s book, go to his website: fiscalsponsor.com
For a comparison of “Starting a 501(c)(3) Organization with Using A Fiscal Sponsor (Model A)” see: Sponsorship Comparison
For another guide to Fiscal Sponsorship go to the Grantspace by Candid website: grantspace.org
For Guidelines to Practices in Fiscal Sponsorship, visit the National Network of Fiscal Sponsors
For information on non-profit legal practices, visit Gene Takagi’s Blog: nonprofitlawblog.com
For article in Grantmakers in the Arts Reader: “Fiscal Sponsorship is a Growing Field,” by Melanie Beene: Article