For Grassroots Nonprofits & Mutual Aid
Tax-deductible donations,
without forming a nonprofit.
Mutual aid networks, neighborhood projects, and early-stage nonprofits: get 501(c)(3) rails, a treasury your whole group can see, and volunteer coordination — in one platform, at a 7.5% administrative fee, below the 10–15% industry standard.
Sound Familiar?
The wall every grassroots group hits.
The donor who asked for a receipt
A supporter wants to give real money — and asks if it's tax-deductible. Without a 501(c)(3), the honest answer is no, and the gift shrinks or disappears. Grants are simply out of reach.
Funds in a personal Venmo
Community money pooled in an organizer's personal account: a tax liability for them, a trust ceiling for the group, and a single point of failure if they burn out or step away.
Coordination across five apps
Signal for chat, a spreadsheet for the fund, forms for signups, email for decisions. Volunteers fall through the cracks — and nobody can see the whole picture of who's doing what.
What Your Group Gets
Legitimacy, transparency, and coordination — in one place.
Fiscal sponsorship at 7.5%
Accept tax-deductible donations and become grant-eligible through our 501(c)(3) — with compliant fund management, GAAP-aligned reporting, and IRS compliance handled.
A treasury donors can trust
Every contribution and disbursement visible to your members, with multi-signature approvals. Radical transparency isn't overhead — it's your best fundraising asset.
Volunteer work that's visible
Post needs as bounties — volunteer or paid — and track who took what, what got done, and what it cost. Contribution builds a record, not just goodwill.
Decisions your members make
Proposals and votes with a permanent record — so the group, not just the founders, steers the money and the mission.
Chapters & working groups
Give each chapter or project its own pod — its own space, budget, and coordination — under one shared roof.
Events & outreach
Distributions, fundraisers, and meetings with signups and attendance records — plus forums, chat, and video to organize it all in one place.
More than a pass-through.
Most fiscal sponsors process your paperwork and take their cut. SpiritDAO pairs sponsorship with the operating infrastructure itself — so the same platform that receives your donations also runs your treasury, your volunteer coordination, and your decision-making. One relationship, the whole stack. Initial fit screening takes 7–10 days.
Read the full sponsorship criteria →Do the work. We'll hold the rails.
Founding groups get white-glove onboarding and direct input on the roadmap.