How to Find a Fiscal Sponsor for Your Conservation Photography Projects with Vance Martin of WILD Foundation - a podcast by Jaymi Heimbuch - Conservation Photographer | Founder, Wild Idea Lab | Co-Creator, Her Wild Vision Initiative
from 2020-12-08T03:00
#053: Let’s suppose you have a conservation photography project in mind and know exactly what you want to produce. You've done the legwork to figure out the grants you want to go for…
…but you get stuck when you discover that the granting entity is only going to hand the money over to a nonprofit entity.
Well, now you need a fiscal sponsor.
So, what is fiscal sponsorship and why do you need to know about it? And even more importantly, how do you find the just-right organization to partner up with.
When I started Urban Coyote Initiative, I partnered up with an organization called WILD Foundation. Not only was WILD a home for the project when it was up and running, but is now a fiscal sponsor and a collaborative partner for Her Wild Vision initiative.
WILD Foundation has thus played an important role in my conservation photography work, as well as in the work of many others, including big names such as Cristina Mittermeier and James Balog. It is safe to say that WILD Foundation knows exactly what it is doing when it comes to partnering up with conservation visual storytellers!
That’s why I'm honored to have Vance Martin, the president of WILD Foundation, join us for this episode to share what fiscal sponsorship is, what it means to collaborate with a nonprofit partner, and what he has learned over the years about the requirements for a successful collaboration.
You'll Learn
- What is has been like for Vance to have worked for WILD Foundation since 1984.
- Why conservation photography fits so well into WILD Foundation’s mission.
- What it takes to set up a collaboration agreement between a photographer/filmmaker and WILD.
- How conservation organizations like WILD help people to get funding for their initiatives.
- The responsibilities of the fiscal sponsor and how they protect the interests of all parties.
- Why WILD Foundation does these collaborative agreements and what they look for in projects.
- A photographer’s responsibilities in their relationships with a fiscal sponsor.
- Advice for how visual conservation storytellers can go about looking for a fiscal sponsor.
Get the full show notes and download a handy transcript of the episode at JaymiH.com/53
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