Evergreen Social Impact

What Evergreen Social Impact does

Evergreen Social Impact (ESI) is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt nonprofit organization founded in 2021 in Washington State that provides fiscal sponsorship services to public/private partnerships, nonprofit organizations, and unincorporated charitable projects in the Pacific Northwest. Under its fiscal sponsor model, partners operate as programs within ESI's corporate structure, gaining turnkey 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status and access to built-in financial management, HR, payroll, banking, accounting, grant and contract administration, insurance, and board governance services without building their own back-office infrastructure.

ESI offers two product models. Model A (Comprehensive Fiscal Sponsorship) charges a base fee of 10% of sponsored partner revenue plus an additional 5% on government grant and contract revenue, with partners earning $500,000+ in annual revenue and based in the Pacific Northwest. Model C (Pre-Approved Grant Fiscal Sponsorship) charges 7.5% of grant revenue plus 5% on government grants, targeted at independent entities that need a 501(c)(3) framework to receive and re-grant funds. The organization also accepts tax-deductible donations as a nonprofit. ESI serves approximately 8 current sponsored partners across verticals including criminal justice/arts education, LGBTQIA+ advocacy, healthcare, mental health, immigrant services, environmental conservation, and cancer research — with the Washington Cancer Impact Foundation notably administering the Andy Hill CARE Fund's $30 million+ in cancer research grants.

The organization is fully-remote, leverages standard cloud-based and remote-work technology platforms, and has a small staff of approximately 7 led by Executive Director Michael Byun (appointed February 2026), with Co-Founder Beth Harvey transitioning to Executive Director Emeritus in 2026. ESI markets through its website, the Nonprofit Association of Washington's annual conference, content marketing on fiscal sponsorship topics, and a partner referral network; new partner acquisition is consultative and values-aligned, with board approval and 60–90 day review cycles.

Name

Evergreen Social Impact

Legal name

Evergreen Social Impact

Website

https://evergreensocialimpact.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2021

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Evergreen Social Impact is a Washington State 501(c)(3) nonprofit founded in 2021 that provides fiscal sponsorship services — turnkey 501(c)(3) status plus financial, HR, and grant administration — to mission-driven organizations and charitable projects in the Pacific Northwest under Model A and Model C pricing tiers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Nonprofit Fiscal Sponsorship Services

NAICS

Grantmaking and Giving Services (81321), Civic and Social Organizations (813410)

SIC

Services-Engineering, Accounting, Research, Management (8700), Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Community Foundations (BPAGAKAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Social Justice & Human Rights Grantmaking Foundations (BPAGAKAN)

Keywords

• Fiscal sponsorship services
• Nonprofit administration
• 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status
• Government grant management
• Nonprofit back-office infrastructure

Headquarters

HQ city

Bothell

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Fiscal Sponsorship Fees — Model A: Model A partners pay a monthly fee calculated as a percentage of their total revenue. The base fee is 10% of sponsored partner revenue. An additional 5% is assessed on revenue from government grants and contracts due to added complexity. Additional fees may apply for services outside the normal scope, such as single audits triggered by federal funding.
2. Fiscal Sponsorship Fees — Model C: Model C partners pay a monthly fee assessed as a percentage of their grant revenue. The base cost is 7.5% of sponsored partner grant income. An additional 5% is applied to revenue from government grants and contracts. Additional costs may be assessed for services outside the normal scope.
3. Donations: As a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, ESI accepts tax-deductible donations from individuals and organizations to support its operations and mission.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Evergreen Social Impact is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) fiscal sponsor that provides turnkey tax-exempt status and full back-office operational infrastructure—including financial management, HR, payroll, banking, accounting, grant and contract administration, compliance, insurance, and board governance—to mission-driven public/private partnerships, nonprofit organizations, and unincorporated charitable projects in the Pacific Northwest. ESI charges a percentage-based monthly fee (Model A: 10% of revenue; Model C: 7.5% of grant income, plus 5% surcharge on government grants/contracts) and currently serves 8 sponsored partners.

Product overview

Evergreen Social Impact (ESI) is a nonprofit fiscal sponsorship organization offering two distinct sponsorship models. Model A (Comprehensive Fiscal Sponsorship) is the primary focus, providing full operational infrastructure where partners become programs of ESI under its 501(c)(3) status. Model C (Pre-Approved Grant Fiscal Sponsorship) is designed for organizations with existing infrastructure that need a 501(c)(3) framework to receive and manage grants. Both models enable mission-driven organizations to access tax-exempt status, financial management, HR services, and government grant administration without building their own back-office infrastructure.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Model A - Comprehensive Fiscal Sponsorship

Quantifiable outcome

• Many partners reduce administrative costs by half when transitioning to the fiscal sponsorship model.
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers11 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Twelve partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Salix CompassminorOthers · 1 July 2025Salix Compass joined ESI in July 2025 as a Model C sponsored partner. It is a nonprofit healthcare financial advocacy project securing life-saving medications for underserved patients through grants, pharmaceutical assistance programs, and direct financial aid. ESI provides Pre-Approved Grant fiscal sponsorship enabling access to grant funding under ESI's 501(c)(3) status.
• Washington Cancer Impact Foundation (WCIF)coreOthers · 1 January 2025WCIF was selected by the Andy Hill Cancer Research Endowment (CARE) Board in 2025 to serve as CARE Fund's Program Administrator, pursuant to the Washington State CARE Fund statute. ESI acts as WCIF's fiscal sponsor to provide the Andy Hill CARE Fund with infrastructure to promote cancer research in Washington State. CARE Fund has distributed over $30 million in grants. WCIF announced Peter Choi as Foundation Director effective July 2026.
• Rainier Valley MidwivesminorOthers · 1 January 2025Rainier Valley Midwives is on a mission to improve parent and infant health outcomes through midwifery-led, community-based, collaborative reproductive and pregnancy care for families in the Greater Seattle area. ESI provides Pre-Approved Grant (Model C) fiscal sponsorship services.
• Rwandan Community Association in Washington (RCA-WA)minorOthers · 1 January 2025RCA-WA is dedicated to building a united, informed, and engaged Rwandan community while supporting integration of Rwandan immigrants and refugees. RCA-WA received a $50,000 opioid education, prevention, and connection grant from the City of Bellevue. ESI provides fiscal sponsorship infrastructure.
• Pride Across the Bridge (PAB)minorOthers · 1 January 2024Pride Across the Bridge is dedicated to creating an inclusive, affirming community for 2SLGBTQIA+ individuals in East King County. Through events like Redmond Pride (65+ vendors, 25 performers, ~900 attendees in 2024), programs like Beyond Binary Connections, and initiatives like The Big Book of All Things Queer, PAB fosters connection, advocacy, and joy. ESI provides financial management, HR, IT, and daily operations support.
• South King Emotional Wellness League (SKEWL)minorOthers · 1 January 2024South King Emotional Wellness League is a coalition of community volunteers, mental health professionals, and cultural healers working to make mental health care accessible and affordable for Black and brown people in South King County. ESI provides comprehensive Model A fiscal sponsorship.
• Voice to Power LabminorOthers · 1 January 2024Voice to Power Lab (formerly Supporting Partnerships in Education) serves immigrant families and BIPOC communities in King, Pierce, and Thurston Counties to transform systemic inequities through community responses, capacity building, and systems advocacy. ESI supports its work through financial management, HR, IT, and daily operations.
• Washington United Migrant (WUM)minorOthers · 1 January 2024Washington United Migrant is a nonprofit dedicated to empowering migrant communities across Washington State through leadership development, skill-building, and promoting long-term self-sufficiency. ESI provides comprehensive fiscal sponsorship including financial management, governance, and operational support. WUM received a Perinatal Mental Health Access and Capacity Building grant from the WA Department of Health.
• Center for Responsible ForestryminorOthers · 1 July 2023The Center for Responsible Forestry (CRF) joined ESI in July 2023 as a fiscally sponsored project. CRF works to achieve permanent protection of mature forests on state lands in Western Washington. CRF was awarded a grant from The JPB Foundation in support of its forest preservation mission.
• Golf Pencil GroupminorOthers · 1 January 2023Golf Pencil Group (GPG) joined ESI in January 2023 as a Model A sponsored partner. GPG is a creative community of Seattle teaching artists offering weekly reflective and integrative writing activities for women incarcerated at King County Correctional Facility. ESI provides governance, tax support, and operations skills including CRM implementation and donation processing.
• Andy Hill Cancer Research Endowment (CARE Fund)coreOthers · 1 January 2023The Andy Hill CARE Fund is a public/private partnership dedicated to the promotion of cancer research across Washington State. ESI serves the CARE Fund indirectly through its sponsored partner WCIF, which acts as the Fund's Program Administrator. In 2023, CARE Fund announced 32 grants totaling $30,683,000 million to advance cancer research across Washington State.
• People's Voice on ClimateminorOthers · 1 July 2022People's Voice on Climate (PVOC) joined ESI in July 2022 as a Model A sponsored partner. PVOC is a nonpartisan membership-based advocacy group that promotes deliberative democracy as an inclusive pathway to equitable and effective climate action by partnering with communities, organizations, and governments to establish climate assemblies and other deliberative bodies.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Fractured Atlas: Well-established fiscal sponsor primarily serving arts and culture nonprofits nationally. Offers Model A-equivalent comprehensive fiscal sponsorship with similar back-office services, comparable fee structure, and more established technology infrastructure.
• Seattle Foundation: Established community foundation in Greater Seattle providing grantmaking, donor services, and fiscal sponsorship to Pacific Northwest nonprofits. Overlaps with ESI geographically as a larger, asset-backed grantmaking intermediary.
• Amalgamated Foundation: National nonprofit affiliate providing fiscal sponsorship and donor-advised fund services to social justice and progressive causes. Mission alignment with ESI's social justice focus makes it a comparable peer even with broader scope.
• Tides Foundation: Largest US fiscal sponsor offering comprehensive Model A fiscal sponsorship with national and global reach. Directly comparable business model to ESI's Model A, but operates at much greater scale and broader geographic scope.

Direct peers

• The 501(c)(3) Foundation: Direct fiscal sponsorship peer offering a similar Model A-equivalent comprehensive sponsorship program. Competes for the same growth-stage nonprofits looking to access tax-exempt status without building internal back-office infrastructure.
• Community Initiatives: Fiscal sponsorship intermediary providing both comprehensive (Model A-equivalent) and pre-approved grant (Model C-equivalent) sponsorship structures. Directly comparable service offering and target market of mission-driven nonprofits seeking 501(c)(3) infrastructure.

Others

• Nonprofit Association of Washington: State-level nonprofit membership association in Washington State that ESI actively engages with through conference participation. Important ecosystem player connecting ESI to its target partner pipeline.
• National Council of Nonprofits: National nonprofit association and network that publishes resources on fiscal sponsorship, supports state-level associations, and convenes nonprofit capacity-building events such as the Nonprofit Association of Washington's annual conference that ESI participates in.

Regional players

• Multnomah County Nonprofit Fiscal Sponsor Program: Regional fiscal sponsor serving nonprofits in Oregon/Pacific Northwest. Comparable model to ESI but located in neighboring Oregon, illustrating the type of regional competition ESI faces within the Pacific Northwest.

Emerging players

• Social Justice Partners \\ udb7 via fiscal sponsor model: Conceptually analogous emerging fiscal sponsors and incubators in Washington State serving BIPOC and immigrant-led nonprofits; these newer entrants represent direct competitors for mission-aligned organizations ESI targets.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/evergreensocialimpact

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

Frequently asked questions about Evergreen Social Impact