Fiscal Sponsorship
The Heapy Hughes Foundation (HHF) offers a Model C (Re-grant) Fiscal Sponsorship designed to help early-stage startups bridge the funding "valley of death". By partnering with us, your project can accept tax-deductible charitable donations to fund your research, allowing you to stay focused on developing life-saving solutions for cancer and blood disorders.
Why Choose HHF Fiscal Sponsorship?
Keep Your IP: You retain 100% ownership of your intellectual property, research results, and patentable inventions.
Unlock Philanthropic Funding: Accept tax-deductible contributions from individuals, family foundations, and grants via our approved GiveButter fundraising platform.
Focus on Science and Patients: HHF provides the fiscal home and manages the complex legal, regulatory, and administrative requirements of maintaining a 501(c)(3) umbrella, freeing your team up to concentrate on accelerating your research and path to clinical validation.
Transparent Fee Structure
Setup Fee: $250 one-time setup fee. Non-refundable fee to setup up sub-account with our banking partner, Crowded, and to setup the fundraising campaign with GiveButter.
Administrative Fee: 5% on individual donations, corporate sponsorships, and foundation grants, not including payment processing fees.
Project Minimum: $1,000 minimum maintenance fee to ensure ongoing compliance. As you raise funds throughout the year, the standard administrative fees (such as the 5% fee on individual donations or corporate sponsorships) count toward this $1,000 minimum. If the administrative fees collected by the end of the project total less than $1,000, HHF will deduct the remaining difference from your project's restricted fund balance at the end of the project before disbursing the remaining funds.
Who We Support
For Fiscal Sponsorship, we partner with early-stage medtech and biotech startups that fit our following thesis.
Shared values
Startups must be committed to our shared values of scientific integrity, radical transparency, and patient-centricity.
Public benefit
Startups must be dedicated to providing a clear "public benefit," such as knowledge sharing or open-source data.
Strict focus
Startups must be strictly focused on addressing unmet medical needs in cancer or blood disorders.
Ready to Accelerate Your Research?
Take the first step toward partnership and philanthropic funding. Fill out our Fiscal Sponsorship Intake Form today to help us determine if your project aligns with the HHF mission!