Fiscal Sponorships
Our mission at Coastal Quest is to create lasting solutions to protect, sustain, reduce threats to, and enhance the natural and cultural heritage of our coastal environments for present and future generations. As a part of our mission, we offer fiscal sponsorship initiatives and projects that work to improve outcomes for people and nature on the coast. We partner with project leads and funders to quickly and cost-effectively launch initiatives that lack 501(c)(3) status. We support and incubate projects of all sizes that accelerate change to build resilient coastal communities.
At Coastal Quest, we believe in supporting communities in action. Our fiscal sponsorship not only provides fiduciary and legal responsibility, but also offers technical expertise, connecting partners with financial and human resources, contract management, and facilitating public-private partnerships. We believe that working collaboratively with communities to build a more resilient coast by increasing inclusive, science-based planning, governance, financing, and project implementation for a just, prosperous, and sustainable future.
Our goal is to help you achieve greater impact in less time. Our services can include:
- Financial and accounting
- HR and payroll
- Grants and contracts management
- Fundraising and donor relations
- Strategic planning
- Communications and outreach
- Technical support, training, and leadership development
- Capacity building and knowledge sharing
- Monitoring, evaluation, and learning
Would you like to know more about our services? Please email us at info@coastal-quest.org.
Sponsored Projects
Los Cerritos Wetlands Authority
The Los Cerritos Wetlands Authority focuses on the conservation of wetlands in the East Long Beach and North Seal Beach area, straddling the border of Los Angeles County and Orange County in southern California. In 2021, LCWA launched their first Tribal Advisory Group to provide input on the restoration of the wetland complex and cultural resources.
Donate to support the Los Cerritos Wetlands Authority:
Ninth Root and its Sacred Spaces initiative seek to rehabilitate underutilized coastal land, turning it into an accessible, healthy mental and spiritual wellness zone that deeply benefits adjacent historically marginalized and redline communities long-term as a safe place of gathering, reflection, and rejuvenation. Ninth Root serves Oakland, especially West Oakland’s Lower Bottom community, a community that faces challenges of poverty, violence, and substance abuse.
Donate to support Ninth Root:
Rise South City aims to create a new center of gravity in the climate movement by uniting frontline communities, allies, and organizations towards resilient, regenerative, and equitable neighborhoods. Rise South City’s mission is committed to creating dialogues with our frontline communities about climate change & social equity issues and to learn about the different intersectional systems that underpin it and help develop local solutions for transformational reform. They promote community resilience, economic equity, and climate stability. Partnering with non-profit organizations, community leaders, local businesses, government agencies, and academia, Rise South City raises the profile of regional leadership, shares expertise, and leverages resources to connect the region around the common goal of advancing climate change solutions.
Donate to support Rise South City:
Seafood and Gender Equality (SAGE) – SAGE uplifts, amplifies, and integrates diverse voices in the global seafood sector to build a more resilient industry.
Donate to support SAGE: 
Arriba South Coast
Arriba South Coast creates solutions for just and resilient community development in southern San Mateo County. Serving the unincorporated coastal communities of Pescadero, Loma Mar, La Honda, and San Gregorio, Arriba South Coast collaborates with local government, public agencies, and other partners to integrate community voices into regional climate adaptation planning processes so that together we can create healthy, sustainable, joyful places where all beings belong.
Donate to support Arriba South Coast: