Common Ground

What do volunteer firefighters, mutual aid groups, and artist collectives all have in common? They rely on fiscal sponsors to sustain their work.

Fiscal sponsors steward billions of philanthropic dollars each year, yet the field remains a black box – for funders, for grassroots projects, and even sometimes for sponsors themselves.

Proximate, in collaboration with Social Impact Commons, is launching this series to explore the present and future of fiscal sponsorship in the United States.

At a moment of instability, we're exploring how fiscal sponsors can provide infrastructure, stability and solidarity to the grassroots.