Fiscally Sponsored Projects
Fiscal sponsorship gives an administrative home to new social change organizations who don’t have or need their own 501(c)(3) by providing accounting, tax, HR, strategy, and fundraising support. OAEC is honored to play this important role in hosting and incubating nascent social movement projects and programs, and we are proud to feature their work here.
Since 2000, OAEC has provided fiscal sponsorship to emerging social change and environmental projects. We support organizations that are not ready or able to start their own nonprofits, but are doing critically important social change work in their communities. By sharing our deep organizational infrastructure and expertise, we strengthen the capacity of these projects to achieve transformative impact from the grassroots to the global arena.
The work of our fiscally sponsored projects ranges from confronting the human rights violations of the oil and gas industry, to training practitioners of ecological restoration, to establishing housing for local farmworkers. Scroll down to see the full list and visit their websites.
Looking for a fiscal sponsor for your budding project? Contact [email protected].
Fiscally Sponsored Projects News
Confronting the Oil Industry on the Global Stage
In March of 2022, environmental organizations and frontline communities from all over the worl fought hard to win a United Nations Environment Assembly resolution…
Permanent Affordable Housing for Agricultural Workers
What if farmworkers had affordable housing near their jobs, a chance to build equity in their homes, and the dignity and security to raise families in a healthy community? A …
TERA Becomes an Independent 501(c)(3)
In the five years that the Tribal EcoRestoration Alliance (TERA) was a fiscally sponsored project of OAEC, they achieved extraordinary growth and success in their work to revitalize ecology, economy, …
Our Fiscally Sponsored Projects
Alliance for Land-based Mutual Aid (ALMA)
The Alliance for Land-based Mutual Aid (ALMA) is a bioregional network of community land-based projects across the broader Bay Area. Together, the seven founding community organizations (Black Ag Tech, Movement Generation, North Bay Jobs with Justice, OAEC, PODER, Shelterwood Collective, and The Cultural Conservancy) tend over 1,000 acres of Bay Area land.
California Process-Based Restoration Network
The goal of the California Process-based Restoration (Cal PBR) Network is to increase the capacity of practitioners to design and implement process-based restoration approaches to restore degraded ecosystems and build California’s resiliency to drought, wildfire, and climate change. This open-source network provides a central hub for information exchange, cross-disciplinary dialogue, and collaboration between diverse partners.
Casa Agraria
Yolo County’s farmers and farmworkers need secure, affordable housing on or near working farms. Casa Agraria is an emerging community land trust serving rural Yolo County to create affordable homes, build equity for farmworkers and underserved farmers, and improve land and community health.
Celebrating Women’s Leadership in Food
Celebrating Women’s Leadership in Food (CWLF) advances a social movement of women in food and farming by creating spaces for women to celebrate, connect across difference, build trust, and create community. CWLF seeks to cultivate new forms of leading together to shift paradigms of power and meaningfully address ecological crises and social inequity.
Celebrating Women’s Leadership in Food (CWLF) advances a social movement of women in food and farming by creating spaces for women to celebrate, connect across difference, build trust, and create community. CWLF seeks to cultivate new forms of leading together to shift paradigms of power and meaningfully address ecological crises and social inequity.
Fenceline Watch
Fenceline Watch, based on the Gulf Coast surrounded by fossil fuel infrastructure, is a response to the rapid oil and gas expansion in the midst of a global climate crisis and is dedicated to the eradication of toxic multi-generational harm on communities living along the fenceline of industry.
Fenceline Watch, based on the Gulf Coast surrounded by fossil fuel infrastructure, is a response to the rapid oil and gas expansion in the midst of a global climate crisis and is dedicated to the eradication of toxic multi-generational harm on communities living along the fenceline of industry.
Leap Lab
Leap Lab is a network of science centers throughout the US that model self-reliance to build thriving communities. Leap Lab offers innovative, regionally appropriate educational resources in ecology and sustainable systems to school and community groups through exhibits, curricula, expeditions, DIY kits, and more.
Leap Lab is a network of science centers throughout the US that model self-reliance to build thriving communities. Leap Lab offers innovative, regionally appropriate educational resources in ecology and sustainable systems to school and community groups through exhibits, curricula, expeditions, DIY kits, and more.
The Margin
The Margin is an award-winning, independent, non-profit publication that centers the people and places most affected by environmental injustice in the United States. Their investigative and data-driven stories expose the ongoing cycle of unjust actions that intentionally push the poor and people of color to the edge of society while driving our planet to the brink of collapse.
The Margin is an award-winning, independent, non-profit publication that centers the people and places most affected by environmental injustice in the United States. Their investigative and data-driven stories expose the ongoing cycle of unjust actions that intentionally push the poor and people of color to the edge of society while driving our planet to the brink of collapse.
Peak Plastic Foundation
Peak Plastic Foundation creates integrated storytelling campaigns to fight plastic production and pollution and to empower global collaborative action. Peak Plastic Foundation was founded by Megan Ponder and Stiv Wilson, who have been collaborating for over a decade on plastic pollution advocacy projects across a wide range of experiences, most recently as creators and producers of The Story of Plastic film. Peak Plastic Foundation builds inclusive and strategic campaigns and supports frontline partners with surge capacity for accelerated actions and results.
Peak Plastic Foundation creates integrated storytelling campaigns to fight plastic production and pollution and to empower global collaborative action. Peak Plastic Foundation was founded by Megan Ponder and Stiv Wilson, who have been collaborating for over a decade on plastic pollution advocacy projects across a wide range of experiences, most recently as creators and producers of The Story of Plastic film. Peak Plastic Foundation builds inclusive and strategic campaigns and supports frontline partners with surge capacity for accelerated actions and results.
Port Arthur Community Action Network
The Port Arthur Community Action Network (PACAN) empowers Port Arthur, Texas, residents through education, health advocacy, and environmental justice. From plastic-free events to health checkups, we bring resources and awareness to the forefront. Our Toxic Tours reveal the true impact of local industry, while our advocacy champions stronger protections. Together, we’re building a safer, healthier future for Port Arthur.
Former Fiscally Sponsored Projects of OAEC
Through the decades, OAEC has supported a wide array of fiscally sponsored projects advancing innovative, community-based solutions for social and ecological change.
