Finding Values-Aligned Operational Homes in the How (Not the What) of Fiscal Sponsorship
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feminism, mutualism, fiscal sponsorshipAbstract
As governments threaten to further squeeze the progressive nonprofit sector, more and more attention is being paid to how fiscal sponsorship might effectively shield leaders, movements, and specific projects from increased risk. This piece argues that such risk mitigation is possible but it may not exist as innovation in programming, services, or technical infrastructure that hosts develop and provide. Instead, meaningful repression-proofing this work may lie in the intentional design and development of relationships, governance, and communication that support the organic discovery and nurturing of interdependence between projects and, crucially, between hosts. This piece draws from research commissioned by InterAlia in 2024 to argue for more attention to the iterative processes that make up impactful fiscal hosting relationships.[1]
[1] Forthcoming as Rayya El Zein, A Delicate Dance: Exploring Feminist Fiscal Sponsorship, https://InterAlia.host 2025.
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