BENEFITS & SERVICES OF
FISCAL SPONSORSHIP

PPF serves your charity project’s back-office administration, which includes financial management and oversight, ensuring IRS compliance, and several other benefits. This service allows you to focus on what’s most important: fulfilling your project’s charitable mission, while PPF handles your project’s administrative burdens (tax receipts, accounting, state registrations, etc.) at an industry-low fee. Additionally, we offer features of a white-labeled service to maintain your brand identity, creating the look and feel of a standalone foundation.

 

FINANCES

Fiscal Sponsorship - Finance Services
    • Grant financial tracking

    • Utilize sales tax exemption (for participating states)

    • Ability to monitor account activity with 24/7 online access to your project’s bank account

    • Checks

    • ACH/WIRE transfers (including international)

    • Credit Card (online via a variety of approved third-party platforms ) View platforms HERE

    • Stocks and Securities

    • Cryptocurrency (via third-party platform Engiven)

    • In-Kind Donations

    • Disbursement Management

      • Invoice Payments

      • Reimbursements

      • Grant Requests

        • Nonprofits and hardships, including funding other charities and merit/hardship support to individuals and businesses

          • Nonprofits are vetted via EIN confirmation and a GuideStar review

    • Ability to pay independent contractors providing charitable services for your project

    • Create and distribute applicable tax-receipts, which can include your project’s logo

    • Disbursement Request processing via PPF’s online Project Portal (powered by Sage Intact)

      • Invoice Payments

      • Reimbursements

      • Grant Requests

        • Nonprofits and hardships, including funding other charities and merit/hardship support to individuals and businesses

          • Nonprofits are vetted via EIN confirmation and a GuideStar review

    • Ability to pay independent contractors providing charitable services for your project

    • Create and distribute applicable tax-receipts, which can include your project’s logo

 
 
 

OPERATIONS

Fiscal Sponsorship - Operation Services
    • Minimal fiscal sponsorship costs and fees, as PPF charges 6% on deposits, one of the lowest rates in the industry

    • Ability to pay for operational expenses and independent contractors providing charitable services for your project

      • Create and distribute applicable tax receipts, which can include your project’s logo

    • Join a team of well-respected, established, and passionate philanthropists

      • Over 150 years of combined experience from the PPF leadership and staff

    • Insurance coverage for your project’s financial transactions

      • Our Directors and Offices (D&O), as well as financial/crime policy, extends to your project

    • Included in PPF’s IRS filings and audit maintenance

    • Grant research support

    • Host fundraising events

      • PPF monitors and advises your budget

      • Proper event insurance is implemented

    • Donor checks made payable to your project’s name

    • Dedicated business checking bank account at City National Bank

    • Checks disbursed from the bank account include your project’s name in the upper left-hand corner

    • From a public-facing perspective, PPF only needs to be mentioned in the following

      • Via tax disclaimer on your website

      • On marketing materials when soliciting donations

    • Tax receipts include your project's logo, and donation platforms can be created using your project's brand

White-Label Service - Fiscal Sponsorship with PPF
 

TESTIMONIALS FROM PPF PROJECTS