Advisory Support

Fiscal Sponsorship Commons organizational members receive access to trusted expertise, practical guidance, and preferred member pricing through our growing network of advisory service providers. 

Whether you are launching a new initiative, strengthening organizational infrastructure, navigating complex operational questions, evaluating technology solutions, or planning for future growth, members can access specialized support designed to help organizations operate more effectively and maximize their impact. 

As our community evolves, we continue to expand the expertise, services, and advisory partners available to support our members.

What Members Can Access

How We Can Help

The examples below highlight some of the expertise available through our advisory services network. As our provider network grows, so do the services and specialized support available to members.

Meet our Advisory Partners

Social Impact Commons

Infrastructure, strategy, operations, technology, governance, and capacity-building support.

Social Impact Commons provides practical, field-informed advisory support to fiscal sponsors and their sponsored projects, philanthropies and philanthropy-serving organizations, nonprofit organizations interested in fiscal sponsorship, and the companies and professionals that support the fiscal sponsorship ecosystem. Drawing on deep experience in fiscal sponsorship and nonprofit management, the team helps organizations strengthen infrastructure, improve operations, navigate complex challenges, and build sustainable systems for long-term impact. Members may also access preferred pricing on select technology solutions, including Sage Intacct Multi-Entity Accounting.

Social Impact Commons Advisory Support

Schulman Consulting

Specialized expertise in fiscal sponsorship program design, assessment, operations, governance, compliance, sector best practices and sponsored project transitions.

Schulman Consulting is the nation's only consulting firm exclusively dedicated to the fiscal sponsorship sector. Through Fiscal Sponsorship Commons, members can access discounted support related to fiscal sponsorship program development, program assessments, sponsor-project relationships, governance, cost allocation, operational best practices, project transitions, and other complex issues unique to fiscal sponsorship. Schulman Consulting helps fiscal sponsors strengthen and refine their practices while navigating the unique opportunities and challenges of fiscal sponsorship, and helps sponsored projects find a sponsor, transfer between sponsors, understand their readiness to exit sponsorship and transition to independent status smoothly.

Schulman Consulting Advisory Support for Sponsors

Schulman Consulting Advisory Support for Projects

Members interested in learning more about advisory services or connecting with an advisory partner should contact us at admin@fscommons.org to discuss their needs and learn more about available expertise and support options.