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More Than Just Admin Support for This Social Justice Organization

PG Changemakers sought a fiscal sponsor who could take on administrative tasks, aligned with their values, and offer guidance. Here’s why we were the right choice for them. Learn more about how Mission Edge partners with changemakers to navigate the complexities of growth and impact. Together, we can turn visions of a more equitable world into reality.

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How To Use Fiscal Sponsorship To Expand Your CSR Initiatives

In today’s corporate environment, businesses are becoming increasingly interested in finding new and creative ways to contribute positively to society – and we’re here for it. One strategy businesses can take to increase their impact through corporate social responsibility is to find a fiscal sponsor to operate their charitable project as if it were a nonprofit organization.

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Trust-Based Philanthropy and Corporate Social Responsibility

Traditionally, grantmaking is straightforward: the wealthy donate to the less fortunate to address societal issues. But here at Mission Edge, we want funders to bring an awareness of power and equity. Trust-Based Philanthropy seeks to rebalance the power dynamics in philanthropy. At its foundation, it acknowledges the reality that philanthropy has contributed to systemic inequities.

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From an Idea to a Plan: Qualcomm’s Racial Justice Initiative

Qualcomm’s racial justice initiative sought to allocate $500,000 across 10 different organizations, each actively working to dismantle racial injustices in unique ways. Mission Edge facilitated this process, making sure the initiative was not just about financial support, but that it also brought employees together to engage in meaningful dialogues on racial justice.

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Breathing Life Into End-of-Life Care

A veteran, death doula, and educator, Dr. Qwynn Salazar is on a mission to ignite change in how we provide end-of-life care for those who served in the military. That’s why she started her organization, In Their Honor (ITH), in 2021 — to raise awareness and address veterans’ challenges as they approach the end of their lives.

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From Losses to Long-Term Profitability

At the time Andrea joined Mission Edge, her primary challenge was profitability. Despite the fact that they’d been able to generate significant revenue, the company was still incurring losses. Andrea knew she needed help identifying areas to cut costs and improve margins, as well as advice on how to allocate an employee retention tax credit payment she received as she was going through our program.

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Spinning Up Success

Daniel “DJ Danny” Torres is a SoCal-based professional wedding and corporate event DJ. With the ultimate goal of opening his own venue space, Danny needed some assistance setting up for long-term success. He started working with Mission Edge seeking help to set revenue goals and optimize his pricing strategy.

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Preparing for SMB Success

Here at Mission Edge, we’ve seen countless small to medium sized business owners like you go from overwhelmed and anxious about their finances to in-control and knowledgeable. We believe that working with an experienced, unbiased professional is the best way to get unstuck from whatever is holding you back and finally work toward unlocking your business’s full potential.

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Not Your Average Internship

San Diego Gas and Electric came to Mission Edge at the beginning of the summer wanting help with getting their interns connected to the San Diego community in a meaningful way. We partnered with SDGE to facilitate a virtual social impact project for more than 40 of their summer interns who were eager to make a difference in the community through their roles supporting nonprofit partners.

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How Mission Edge Helped This Biotech Company Give Back to the Community

When Illumina came to Mission Edge three years ago, they wanted to facilitate a volunteer project that engaged an important cohort: interns. Their goal was to help early-stage professionals understand that community engagement is an integral part of working at Illumina. Now, for the third year in a row working with the biotechnology company, we’re creating a virtual volunteer project for Illumina’s summer interns.

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Empowering Change: Mission Edge and Qualcomm's San Diego Employee Giving Committee

Mission Edge came alongside Qualcomm to advocate for nonprofits and provide Qualcomm’s employees with the information they needed to make selection decisions. Because Mission Edge understands both corporate and nonprofit cultures, we were able to create a CSR program that truly meets the needs of local nonprofits, and helped Qualcomm select partners that fit within the giving goals of the program.

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How Switchfoot Bro-Am Restructured to Keep Growing

Through our fiscal sponsorship program, we provided the Bro-Am with full-service accounting and human resources services, as well as a proven nonprofit structure to operate within. The partnership allowed the band to focus on focus on planning their art, community impact, signature events and fundraising, leaving nonprofit management and logistics to the experts (us).

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A Guide to Finding the Right Small Business Finance Coach

If the words “finance coach” put a bad taste in your mouth, you’re not alone. A small-business financial coach will help you create a plan that covers everything from basic business concepts to managing your cash flow. Rather than a one-size-fits-all plan, you’ll get advice and insight tailored to where you currently are as a business and where you want to go.

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A Guide to Fiscal Sponsorship

If you’re a CEO or business leader on a mission to do more than increase your profit margin or enhance your bottom line, you might be wondering if it makes sense to have a fiscal sponsor. But how should you know if fiscal sponsorship is the right move for you? Let's define fiscal sponsorship, explore the different types, and debunk common fiscal sponsorship myths.

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What a Small Business Coach Can Do for Your Business

A finance coach is an experienced financial professional who partners with small businesses to provide strategic financial guidance, expertise, and support. (Around here, we like to call them CFOs or “finance experts.”) They work closely with business owners and leadership teams to understand the company's goals, financial challenges, and growth strategies.

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Burger Pop-Up to Thriving Catering Business

In December of 2020, Irani started Rombomb Burger, a San Diego catering business he hoped to expand into a thriving mobile burger joint. But trying to provide for his family with a patty-flipping, burger-slinging business during a pandemic proved tricky at best. Here’s how our finance experts helped Romin add a little meat to his budding burger business.

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What Nine Years of Fiscal Sponsorship Did for This City Heights Nonprofit

Over our nine-year partnership, we’ve been able to empower Mid-City CAN through fiscal sponsorship to focus on its mission and development efforts, including securing federal funding. All of these efforts paid off when they were able to launch their own independent 501(c)(3) organization. Mission Edge helped them hire more people, increase their impact, and support their community.

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