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"The community stagnates without the impulse of the individual.
The impulse dies away without the sympathy of the community."
-William James
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Fiscal Sponsorship Program
What is the Fiscal Sponsorship Program?
The William James Association is a non-profit community service
corporation operating under Section 501(c) (3) of the IRS tax code.
Through its Fiscal Sponsorship Program, the Association assists
individuals and community organizations consistent with its service
mission by providing administrative support, tax-exempt status, and
fiscal sponsorship. The purpose of the William James Association
Sponsorship Program is twofold:
- Provide managerial support and guidance to individuals and
organizations so that they may produce temporary projects or
begin to develop as ongoing organizations.
- Ensure funding agencies and contributors that funds are
well-managed, spent according to their guidelines, and that
proposed services are delivered.
As a fiscal sponsor, the William James Association can provide:
- Sponsorship of grant applications and administration of grant
funds through a pre-approved grant relationship.
- Formal acknowledgment to funding sources and monitoring of
expenditures to ensure that they are in keeping with the original
proposals, contracts, or funding letters.
- Staff consultation on writing of grants and final reports to
funders (sponsored party is responsible for actual writing of all
materials).
The sponsored project remains a separate legal entity that is
liable for its own taxes, insurance and debts.
Both temporary projects and developing organizations can be
considered for fiscal sponsorship. Sponsored affiliates of the
William James Association have included Poetry Santa Cruz, Growing
Cycles, [producer's of the play] John Brown's Body at San Quentin
State Prison, and the Probation Internship Program.
In order to receive sponsorship, projects must be approved by the
William James Association Board of Directors. Applications are
welcome at any time, with the understanding that they are reviewed
at regularly scheduled board of directors' meetings.
Download an application and application instructions in
PDF format.
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