http://www.nonprofitsassistancefund.org/blog/2007/03/01/how-do-i-start-a-nonprofit/ Nonprofits Assistance Fund shares thoughts and insights on nonprofit management and finance Fri, 20 Jan 2012 15:53:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 http://www.nonprofitsassistancefund.org/blog/2007/03/01/how-do-i-start-a-nonprofit/comment-page-1/#comment-1512 Laura Zabel Mon, 19 Mar 2007 17:14:14 +0000 http://nonprofitassistancefund.org/wordpress/?p=41#comment-1512 This is a great blog. I have a lot of similar experiences at Springboard, and consider it part of my job to discourage people from starting nonprofits. The phrase I like for artists is "there has to be a mission outside of the creation of your own work" to merit starting a nonprofit. If you are just trying to get your own work produced (or in other fields, trying to create a job for yourself) then there are easier and better ways to do that. I have become a huge believer in fiscal sponsorship as a way for potential organizations to test the waters - to get some programming under their belts, experience the competitive grant process and understand the workload of running an organization. Does fiscal sponsorship work as well for non-arts organizations? This is a great blog. I have a lot of similar experiences at Springboard, and consider it part of my job to discourage people from starting nonprofits. The phrase I like for artists is “there has to be a mission outside of the creation of your own work” to merit starting a nonprofit. If you are just trying to get your own work produced (or in other fields, trying to create a job for yourself) then there are easier and better ways to do that. I have become a huge believer in fiscal sponsorship as a way for potential organizations to test the waters – to get some programming under their belts, experience the competitive grant process and understand the workload of running an organization. Does fiscal sponsorship work as well for non-arts organizations?

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