Miller Foundation Fiscal Sponsorship

Who is eligible

• Oregonians: We fund organizations in Oregon with activities in arts or K-12 education.
• Established: Organizations can apply after providing programs or services to the community for 3 years or more.
• Charitable: Applicants can be 501(c)(3) organizations, public entities, tribal or municipal governments, schools, or school districts. We sometimes fund work that has a fiscal sponsor.

We provide operating support through our standard grant process. (Occasionally we also provide project support.) To help our grantees succeed, we offer a flexible partnership model with single- and multi-year grants.

We understand that for some of our applicants, the opportunity to apply for operating support is rare. The Miller Foundation has been prioritizing operating support for well over a decade because we want you to have maximum flexibility in your work.

Eligibility

_You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website._

• Requirements
  • The fiscal sponsor must be based in Oregon, with proven financial management experience.
  • The fiscal sponsor's mission must align closely with the proposed sponsored work.
  • Either the project is on a trajectory to become its own 501(c)(3) - or project leaders have proven experience related to the proposed work.
  • The sponsored organization or project can demonstrate sustained community need and support for the proposed work.
  • The fiscal sponsor's board chair and executive director, as well as the sponsored organization's leader, must sign and submit a fiscal sponsorship agreement to the Foundation.
  • A fiscal sponsor may apply for a Miller Foundation grant for its own work, in addition to applying as a fiscal sponsor of other projects.

Ineligibility

• Capital purchase and permanently installed (non-movable) equipment
• Facilities construction
• Debt relief and endowment
• Religious institutions and programs significantly shaped by religious affiliation (with rare exceptions for religiously-affiliated schools providing tuition-free opportunities to specific student populations)
• Libraries or library foundations
• Colleges and universities‍
• Requests for individual schools or classrooms for in-school projects or programs (arts education courses, assemblies, school trips to performances, school clubs, field trips, art materials, or musical instruments)
• Adult education, including adult literacy programs and standalone adult arts education