Prep for the 2025 National Gathering with members of Arizona's fiscal sponsorship community
In this episode
In this episode, host Lee Stabert chats with Melissa Erickson (The Funding Studio), Kelsey Otten (TAP AZ) and Juan Salas (TAP AZ), members of Arizona’s fiscal sponsorship community. If you haven’t heard — the 2025 National Gathering is headed there in early November. They discuss the field of play in the state, how they’re working to build community, and even share some packing and snacking tips.
This podcast was produced by the National Network of Fiscal Sponsors. If you enjoyed this episode and would like to hear more, please reach out to NNFS and let us know.
And if you’d like more information on the 2025 National Gathering, happening in Phoenix, head to fiscalsponsors.org/events.
Melissa Watson Erickson, CFRE, MSOL, aPHR
Melissa is a dynamic leader in the nonprofit sector, serving as the Founder and Executive Director of The Funding Studio—Arizona’s only professional fiscal sponsor organization dedicated to arts and innovation.
Kelsey Otten
Kelsey serves as Assistant Director for Partner Engagement, providing support for Vitalyst’s capacity building and grants portfolio, as well as working closely with fiscally sponsored projects under TAPAZ.
Juan Salas
Juan is Director of Operations and Accounting for Technical Assistance Partnership of Arizona (TAPAZ). He oversees fiscally sponsored projects, helping to build their organizational capacity and providing full fiscal and operations services to groups whose missions are focused broadly on health and healthy communities in Arizona.
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