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Added FAQ about what a fiscal sponsor is.

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Bradley M. Kuhn 2010-11-19 09:24:26 -05:00
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detailed questions about any of the benefits, please
ask <a href="mailto:apply@sfconservancy.org">&lt;apply@sfconservancy.org&gt;</a>.</p>
<h2>Conservancy seems to be called a &ldquo;fiscal sponsor&rdquo; to its
member projects. Does that mean you give our project money if we join?</h2>
<p>It's true that we would love to fund our member projects if it were
possible, because we believe they deserve to be funded. However, that's
not typically what a fiscal sponsor does. The term &ldquo;fiscal
sponsor&ldquo; is often used in non-profit settings and has a standard
meaning there. But, to those not familiar with non-profit operations,
it comes across as a bit of a misnomer.</p>
<p>In this context, a fiscal sponsor is a non-profit organization that,
rather than fund a project directly, provides the required
infrastructure and facilitates the project's ability to raise its own
funds. Conservancy therefore assists your project in raising funds, and
allows your project to hold those funds and spend them on activities
that simultaneously advance the non-profit mission of the Conservancy
and the FLOSS development and documentation goals of the project.</p>
<h2>What will the project leaders have to agree to if our project joins?</h2>