Welcome to the Commons!

Social Impact Commons is building a strong future for the fiscal sponsorship ecosystem. We connect people, ideas, and resources that strengthen nonprofit infrastructure and expand social impact. Through research, advocacy, direct advisory services, and Fiscal Sponsorship Commons - our membership and online community of practice - we bring together fiscal sponsors, sponsored projects, philanthropy, and other nonprofit practitioners and ecosystem partners, to learn, collaborate, and strengthen the field together.  

Fiscal Sponsorship Commons is the newly launched membership portal and online community of practice of Social Impact Commons.

Bringing together the resources and expertise of Social Impact Commons and Fiscal Sponsor Hub under one membership, Fiscal Sponsorship Commons, provides a central place to connect with peers, access practical resources, participate in learning opportunities, and stay informed on developments across the fiscal sponsorship ecosystem.

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The intermediary funding ecosystem - including fiscal sponsors, collaborative funds, and the funders who work with them - has grown tremendously over the past decade.

Social Impact Commons, Philanthropy Together, Ganguli Associates, and Loren McArthur Consulting are seeking your input to help identify priorities and develop a multi-year roadmap for the fiscal sponsorship and intermediary funding ecosystem in the US.

Your perspective will directly help shape which ideas move forward and how they are designed.

Share your voice and complete the survey by September 30, 2026.

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  • "In short, Impact Commons has helped in every way. Through the ethos of commoning, the history of sponsorship, to an introduction of creating a fiscal sponsorship program that fits within the needs of our community. They have been partners in advocating for the sustainability of our program by connecting us with significant investors to help us continue doing this work and learning alongside the Impact Commons community."

    Carman Gaines, Associate Director, Local Color

  • "No other fiscal sponsorship supporting organization includes equity and justice for both the sponsor and the sponsee in the documents and advice that you give."

    Colibrí Sanfiorenzo-Barnhard, Directora Ejecutiva, HASER

  • "Anyone offering fiscal sponsorship should engage with Impact Commons to learn about best practices, access 1:1 assistance, meet peers,and be part of the national conversation about FS as a strategy for sustainability."

    Jackie Cefola, Movement Sustainability Commons

  • “We worked directly with Impact Commons in our first year developing a fiscal sponsorship program - their guidance on strategy and forecasting has been extremely helpful. Since then, we have used the online templates and participated in bi-weekly calls, all of which continue to help us hone and shape our fiscal sponsorship practice.”

    Jasmine Hall Ratliff, Build Missouri Health

  • “As a young Fiscal Sponsor, we would be lost without Impact Commons.”

    Whitney Cook, Embolden Wisconsin

  • “The team has been amazing to work with, friendly, and very responsive. I personally have been in partnership with them for the last three years and could not have asked for better support. I appreciate all the conversations and tools.”

    Daniel Parada, Movement Strategy Center

  • “We are a small nonprofit dedicated to building movements for justice and in this space we have steadily received requests to provide fiscal sponsorship to small nonprofits doing exciting work in DC! Finding Impact Commons could not have come at a more perfect time! Impact Commons leaders have made themselves available to us, eagerly shared their wisdom and expertise and laid out perfect examples for us to follow so that we can much more effectively fulfill our mission. Impact Commons has been a gift.”

    Bill Mefford, The Festival Center

  • “Our Impact Commons membership has already paid for itself multiple times over in a relatively short period of time. The tools and support have been outstanding, and it's given both our board and staff peace of mind knowing that experts who truly understand this work and field have vetted the materials.”

    Carrie Moscho, Rochester Area Foundation

  • “Impact Commons offers reliably efficient, high-caliber, and accessible services and guidance. I find it extraordinary that they are able to serve as thought leaders on a national scale while remaining such present and insightful thought partners in our work at the local level.”

    Phoebe Backler, New Hampshire Charitable Foundation & Community Builders Hub

  • “Impact Commons provides a platform for fiscal sponsors to come together, exchange experiences, and gain insights from our peers and industry professionals. They also offer useful tools and templates that we frequently utilize in our work. We are also able to stay updated with research and developments in the field, which is valuable in keeping us informed and enabling us to evolve and adapt.”

    Amanda Nasinyama, BuildUp

  • “As a Fiscal Sponsor who is scaling to meet a growing need from the Ecology and Environmental Justice sector, we have found the research and thoughtful templates and resources that Impact Commons provides to be very useful as we build up our infrastructure in a way that allows us to support more projects.”

    Lynn Hoffman, Occidental Arts & Ecology Center

  • “Impact Commons has provided support that is reliable, strategic and honest. As a founding Executive Director, I am grateful that The People's Place was introduced to Impact Commons so early on in our journey to provide equitable and efficient sponsorship as an adaptive technology to incubate effective organizing and movement building.”

    Roslyn Sotero, The People’s Place