Trust for Conservation Innovation

Problem
Several non-profit projects were interested in establishing an efficient fiscal sponsor that would help improve grant tracking, financial services, and other support services at a reduced cost.

Solution
After evaluating several fiscal sponsors, CEA designed the framework for a new entity to provide fiscal sponsorship services. CEA researched and reviewed the legal requirements necessary to run a fiscal sponsor, developed a mission statement and internal bylaws criteria for selecting projects, and helped recruit board members to guide the new organization.

Result
In 2002, CEA helped launch The Trust for Conservation Innovation (TCI) as a new fiscal sponsor that could provide high-value, cost-effective services to its projects. In its first year of operation, TCI had four member projects that received superior services while paying less in administrative fees than before.