Encouraging Charitable Efficiencies: More Charitable Than Discouraging Nonprofits 1/19/10

If you're looking to fill a need in your community, look to fiscal sponsorship as a solution instead of creating a brand-new nonprofit, says Ellen Friedman, Executive Vice President of San Francisco-based Tides Foundation, writing in The Huffington Post. "The nonprofit sector and the IRS could be well-served by partnering to create a referral pipeline between those with passion, ideas and access to resources and those organizations able to manage and administer charitable activity most effectively...not enough people know about the alternatives to establishing nonprofit organizations; alternatives like fiscal sponsorship and donor advised funds that exist to create greater efficiencies and cost-effectiveness for charitable activities." Read More...