To add on to what Josh said: It’s currently myself (Andrew) and Jeffrey who are running SparkWell day-to-day. While I co-founded Impact Ops, I no longer work there.
Josh works at Impact Ops, and also advises SparkWell. However, he doesn’t work for SparkWell or on the program day-to-day.
As for the differences between the orgs:
SparkWell provides fiscal sponsorship, and associated operational and financial services — as well as monthly check-ins, supplementary advisory support, and more. All of this is covered by the 7% service fee.
Impact Ops doesn’t provide fiscal sponsorship. It’s an operations agency, which provides consultancy and hands-on support across a range of nonprofit functions (incl. finance, recruitment, and entity setup).
Given Impact Ops’s experience with managing finances for nonprofits, SparkWell outsources accountancy and bookkeeping etc. to Impact Ops. Appreciate this can be a little confusing! But the headline is that these are separate organizations run by different people, offering different sets of services.
Thanks Kaleem!
To add on to what Josh said: It’s currently myself (Andrew) and Jeffrey who are running SparkWell day-to-day. While I co-founded Impact Ops, I no longer work there.
Josh works at Impact Ops, and also advises SparkWell. However, he doesn’t work for SparkWell or on the program day-to-day.
As for the differences between the orgs:
SparkWell provides fiscal sponsorship, and associated operational and financial services — as well as monthly check-ins, supplementary advisory support, and more. All of this is covered by the 7% service fee.
Impact Ops doesn’t provide fiscal sponsorship. It’s an operations agency, which provides consultancy and hands-on support across a range of nonprofit functions (incl. finance, recruitment, and entity setup).
Given Impact Ops’s experience with managing finances for nonprofits, SparkWell outsources accountancy and bookkeeping etc. to Impact Ops. Appreciate this can be a little confusing! But the headline is that these are separate organizations run by different people, offering different sets of services.