TSNE’s fiscal sponsorship professionals provide timely, tailored infrastructure and “back office” support for clients.

Fiscal sponsorship provides unincorporated groups, projects or coalitions with an alternative to shouldering all of the day-to-day administrative responsibilities alone. TSNE’s infrastructure and “back office” support allows clients to focus staff time on critical life- and community-changing program work. We offer a partner-focused home for New England or New York-based programs, providing full financial and accounting services, grants and human resource management until your project decides the time is right to build your own operational structure.

What We Do for You

TSNE’s fiscal sponsorship specialists work with clients to provide timely, tailored services. We offer you support with:

Corporate Sponsorship and Financial Management

Human Resource Management

Information Systems Advice and Assistance

Additional Services

Corporate Sponsorship and Financial Management

TSNE helps fiscal sponsorship clients address the administrative and financial matters that provide the foundation for the transformative social justice work that you do. We will:

• Provide 501(c)3 legal and tax status
• Prepare required financial reports for funders, including annual audits, government reports and required tax filings
• Manage contracts and subcontracts
• Provide property and general liability insurance
• Handle purchasing and bills payment
• Prepare monthly financial statements
• Record and acknowledge donations and gifts

In addition, we can make cash advances and reimbursements against secured program revenues for reimbursable expenses.

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Human Resource Management

TSNE’s fiscal sponsorship services help clients recruit and retain committed, talented staff; provide benefits through our own comprehensive employee benefits package; and navigate today’s complex human resource regulations. TSNE will:

• Serve as the legal employer
• Administer payroll, benefits and personnel policies
• Assist with employee orientation, development and evaluation
• Assist with developing job descriptions and posting recruitment ads
• File all payroll taxes

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Information Systems Advice and Assistance

TSNE Fiscal Sponsorship Program clients receive assistance and advice with information systems. TSNE will:

• Make periodic site visits to evaluate and suggest how you may use technology to fulfill your mission, and to evaluate ways to protect your data
• Provide technical advice on technology challenges that you face, including decision making regarding hardware, software, network, Internet, website, and other uses of technology
• Offer advise on the purchase of computers, hardware and software
• Support software provided by TSNE, such as accounting software and/or other software to support paperless systems
• Offer regular technology workshops on best practices, and how to use technology to serve your mission and facilitate your work
• Provide technical advice on setting up online donations, event registration and e-commerce site areas

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General Administrative Services

• Identify consultants and vendors as needed
• Provide support and advice on general management matters