MMT allows the use of fiscal sponsors under the following conditions:
- The applicant organization is a tax-exempt charity that utilizes the services of another tax-exempt organization to manage its finances and/or payments. In this instance, indicate the sponsor organization name in the fiscal sponsor field of the Responsive Grants Inquiry application form. If a grant is awarded, both the grantee and the fiscal sponsor must sign the grant agreement indicating the responsibilities of each party.
- A project or program of a larger organization is requesting funding. If the program is an officially-adopted project of a larger organization, and/or the project is planning to spin off on its own but has not yet received its own tax-exempt status, the parent organization may apply directly to request funding for that project. In this instance, the parent organization is considered the grant applicant and is responsible for submitting the application, conducting the project, managing the finances, and reporting on the project.
