Tides Foundation

Organization Trends
A Conversation with the Capital Research Center’s Robert Stilson (Part 2 of 2)
In considering any reform of fiscal sponsorship, “I think there’s a balance you have to strike,” Stilson tells me. “I’m not saying that fiscal sponsorship should be restricted meaningfully” or…
by Robert Stilson, Michael E. Hartmann on February 24, 2025

Organization Trends
Thinking About Fiscal Sponsorship: Purpose and Politics
On the surface, fiscally sponsored projects can look and act just like independent nonprofits. Some weigh in on controversial sociopolitical issues and affect associated public policy debates. Unlike standalone nonprofits,…
by Robert Stilson on January 30, 2025

Organization Trends
Thinking About Fiscal Sponsorship: Pop Ups and Perpetuity
Countless nonprofits engage in political or public policy activism on controversial matters, and some do so from radical perspectives. But fiscal sponsorship raises some unique issues that are not present…
by Robert Stilson on January 30, 2025

Organization Trends
Thinking About Fiscal Sponsorship: The Form 990 Black Hole
IRS Form 990, an annual return that most nonprofits are required to file with the IRS, provides considerable detail about the filing nonprofit’s financials, leadership, activities, and more. But Form…
by Robert Stilson on January 30, 2025

Organization Trends
Thinking About Fiscal Sponsorship: Potential Reforms
On the one hand, fiscal sponsorship is a common and legitimate arrangement that can provide important benefits to small and/or new tax-exempt ventures. At the same time, some issues—particularly with…
by Robert Stilson on January 30, 2025

Green Watch
The Southern Environmental Law Center and Its Misanthropic Donor
One lesser-known environmentalist group bringing in nearly as much revenue as Greenpeace and the Sierra Club is the Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC), a left-of-center environmentalist 501(c)(3) nonprofit based in…
by Sebastian Tuininga on January 13, 2025

Organization Trends
InfluenceWatch Friday
The information compiled in InfluenceWatch gives news outlets and other interested parties to use this research in future reporting on significant topics that are often overlooked by the American public.
by Jonathan Harsh on January 3, 2025

Organization Trends
InfluenceWatch Friday
The information compiled in InfluenceWatch gives news outlets and other interested parties to use this research in future reporting on significant topics that are often overlooked by the American public.
by Jonathan Harsh on October 25, 2024

Organization Trends
InfluenceWatch Friday
The information compiled in InfluenceWatch gives news outlets and other interested parties to use this research in future reporting on significant topics that are often overlooked by the American public.
by Jonathan Harsh on July 19, 2024

Foundation Watch
The Marguerite Casey Foundation: “Social Justice Philanthropy”
Big Philanthropy is often rightly criticized for the large share of its grantmaking that supports activism and public policy advocacy, necessarily at the expense of funding for the traditional charitable…
by Robert Stilson on June 14, 2024