Reimagining the Sector — As we struggle with oppression and the fight for racial justice, the nonprofit sector is under warranted critique for its role in perpetuating oppressive power structures. Fiscal sponsors can and must lead the way in engaging practices that work from the bottom up, sharing power equitably with constituents and fostering intentional community.

Over the past year, we have been working with Local Color, a fiscal sponsor that serves primarily local BIPOC artists in the San Jose area. Thanks to support from the Kenneth Rainin Foundation, we have collaborated with Local Color founder Erin Salazar and program director Carman Gaines, their board and members in helping them design a robust fiscal sponsorship program that supports the unique interests of their community.

In our first Member Conversation we will feature Erin and Carman from Local Color sharing their views and experiences on how fiscal sponsorship offers pathways to equity, access, and greater inclusion for their artists. As marginalized communities struggle with oppression and the fight for racial justice, the nonprofit sector faces a justified critique for its role in perpetuating exploitative power structures.

Fiscal sponsors often tout more equitable access to resources as a core value they promote. But are all sponsors cut from the same equity cloth? How can our field lead change in the nonprofit sector through practices that work from the bottom up, share power equitably with constituents, and foster intentional community?

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