Strong nonprofits change communities. We give nonprofit leaders the tools to build them.
Through Fiscal Sponsorship and our Training and Educational Programs we help nonprofit leaders and founders build and run build sustainable, community-driven organizations. Based in Los Angeles, working with organizations across the United States since 2018.
WHO WE ARE
Mockingbird Incubator is a Los Angeles-based nonprofit organization that trains early-stage nonprofits and provides fiscal sponsorship to social justice projects across the United States. We work with nonprofit leaders and founders who are building the organizations their communities need.
We give organizations the operational knowledge, governance tools, and the financial infrastructure to make that work last. We believe the nonprofit sector gets stronger when organizations have a strong foundation to scale.
400+
Organizations trained since 2018
20+
Cohorts graduated since 2018
1,000+
Hours of training to nonprofit organizations since 2018
$50K
Distributed to nonprofits since 2020
50+
Fiscally Sponsored Projects served since 2020
Two ways we work with nonprofit organizations:
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
We run structured educational programs for new and growing nonprofits, covering governance, fundraising, program design, compliance, and the administrative knowledge that keeps organizations running and growing.
Our flagship 8-week Nonprofit Incubator Program has trained 400+ organizations since 2018. We also offer Incubator 2.0 for organizations ready to scale, a Fundraising Intensive, on-demand workshops, and custom training for teams and boards.
FISCAL SPONSORSHIP
We provide Model A Fiscal Sponsorship to nonprofit projects across the United States. Under our 501(c)(3) umbrella, your project can receive tax-deductible donations and apply for grants while we provide compliance, financial, administrative infrastructure, and overall legal and public accountability.
We sponsor projects working in justice, environmental advocacy, arts and culture, community-based services, and policy issues.
WHO WE WORK WITH:
We work with community-led organizations all over the United States that are aligned with our mission and values. Some of the organizations that may benefit the most from our approach are working in:
Environmental Justice & Equity • Arts and Culture • Community Support Initiatives • Justice Organizations • Gender Equity • Health Equity • Human Rights • Income Inequality • Incarceration and Abolition • Research, Policy, and Archival • Civil Rights and Legal Justice • Restorative and Transformative Justice • And Projects Advancing Ethics, Accountability, or Transparency
We are not able to serve organizations registered and/or operating outside of the United States, or organizations not aligned with our mission and values.
Your project has a mission. We provide the support to make it possible.
As a fiscally sponsored project, you can receive tax-deductible donations while we provide compliance, financial, administrative infrastructure, and overall legal and public accountability, so you can stay focused on the work.
Fiscal Sponsorship is a real partnership. We work with projects that are doing important, community-rooted work and are ready for the accountability and operational rigor that comes with it.
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