Tides Center's fiscal sponsorship services help forward-thinking foundations, activists, and organizations work with greater efficiency, insight, and impact. Tides Center is the nation’s largest fiscal sponsor of progressive initiatives. Tides Center currently operates over 200 projects nationwide and, as of 2008, Tides Center has operated over 900 projects.

Tides Records & Admin team

The Tides Records and Administration team: (l-r) Svetlana Tumanyan, Lena Strayhorn, Donna Silifaiva, Irene Lei, Zuo Lei.

Tides Center is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, legally and financially responsible for all Tides Center projects and activities. Projects are not separate entities or affiliated organizations—projects are Tides Center. Because they are an integral part of Tides Center and not separate legal entities, projects are able to receive charitable donations and grants available only to tax-exempt organizations.
 

Tides Center’s fiscal sponsorship services encompass:

  • Inclusion in the corporate, legal structure of Tides Center
  • Federal and state tax exemption for income and property tax purposes
  • State registration for fundraising
  • Contributions typically tax-deductible for donors
  • Grants from private foundations do not impose expenditure responsibility or other onerous reporting obligations on the foundation

And, being part of Tides Center brings each project the credibility and accountability that a successful 30-year history in progressive social change ensures.

"For a small project like ours, it really helped to be able to negotiate with a multi-million dollar organization and their lawyers (because) we too are a multi-million dollar organization, and won't be bullied. I think we managed to get a good compromise. Thank you all for your support."

-- Dipak Naker

Raising Voices, a project of Tides Center

Why Choose Fiscal Sponsorship?