Building Grassroots Impact and Sustainability by Reimagining Fiscal Sponsorship

In 2018, the largest fiscal sponsor in Baltimore, serving over 150 independent projects, started showing signs of fiscal mismanagement. Ultimately, the organization pulled out of fiscal sponsorship, causing harm to dozens of mostly Black-led community organizations that were unable to recover these funds. This session will interactively determine how philanthropic organizations can prevent this harm and reimagine a new ecosystem that supports those doing the most proximate and valuable work in our communities.