--- title: "Fiscal Sponsorship Software with Banking Built In | Mazlo" url: https://www.mazlo.com/ description: "Mazlo is fiscal sponsorship software with banking and fund accounting built in. Every project gets its own account, live balance and audit-ready books." last_updated: 2026-11-14 --- # The platform fiscal sponsors use to give projects their own accounts. Work email Start with a few projects. Bring the rest over when you're ready. [Running a nonprofit instead of a fiscal sponsorship? See Mazlo for nonprofits](https://www.mazlo.com/products/nonprofit-banking) Trusted by fiscal sponsors and nonprofits nationwide - [Utah Film Center](https://utahfilmcenter.org/) - [The Resiliency Company](https://resiliency.com/) - [The Funding Studio](https://thefundingstudio.org/) - [Technical Assistance Partnership of Arizona](https://tapaz.org/) - [Stara Collaborative](https://www.stara.org/) - [Social Good Fund](https://www.socialgoodfund.org) - [Shunpike](https://shunpikecharitable.org/) - [San Francisco Beautiful](https://sfbeautiful.org/) - [Safe and Sound](https://www.safeandsound.org/) - [Report for America](https://www.reportforamerica.org/) - [Philanthropy In Action](https://philanthropyinaction.org/) - [NOPI](https://www.thenopi.org/) - [Nonprofit Partners Inc](https://www.nonprofit-partners.org/) - [Mount Grace Land Trust](https://www.mountgrace.org/) - [Intersection for the Arts](https://theintersection.org/) - [International Documentary Association](https://www.documentary.org) - [Inquiring Systems Inc](https://inquiringsystems.org/) - [Inland Empire Community Collaborative](https://inlandempirecommunitycollaborative.org/) - [Independent Arts & Media Case study →](https://www.mazlo.com/case-studies/independent-arts-media) - [Holistic Underground](https://www.holisticunderground.org/) - [GoodNation](https://www.goodnation.io) - [Forward Global Case study →](https://www.mazlo.com/case-studies/forward-global) - [Fiscal Sponsorship Allies](https://fiscalsponsorshipallies.org/) - [Embolden WI](https://www.emboldenwi.org/) - [Ed Fund West](https://www.edfundwest.org/) - [E2AC Case study →](https://www.mazlo.com/case-studies/how-e2ac-turned-operational-friction-into-creative-momentum) - [Dancers' Group](https://dancersgroup.org/) - [Counterpart](https://yourcounterpart.org/) - [Charity On Top Foundation](https://www.charityontop.org/) - [Center for Community Stewardship](https://www.community-stewardship.org/) - [Californians For The Advancement of Midwifery](https://advancingmidwifery.org/) - [Build Up Inc](https://buildupcompanies.com/build-up-inc/) - [Beloved Garden Case study →](https://www.mazlo.com/case-studies/beloved-builders) - [Base Case study →](https://www.mazlo.com/case-studies/base) - [AXIS Dance Company](https://www.axisdance.org) - [Arts Council of Greater New Haven](https://www.newhavenarts.org/) - [AHA Projects](https://aha-projects.org/) ## Grow like these teams [Case study → 6 → 35 Active projects in 18 months Rachel Simon COO, Forward Global](https://www.mazlo.com/case-studies/forward-global) [Case study → 10 → 150+ Projects supported Nick Hudson Executive Director, Entertainment to Affect Change](https://www.mazlo.com/case-studies/how-e2ac-turned-operational-friction-into-creative-momentum) [Case study → Hours → minutes Reconciliation time Dayna Hanson Co-Founder & Executive Director, Base](https://www.mazlo.com/case-studies/base) [Case study → ~40 → ~80 Projects in 15 months, no added staff Amanda Doster Finance & Operations Director, Beloved Builders](https://www.mazlo.com/case-studies/beloved-builders) [Case study → 12+ hrs Saved every month Lisa Burger Executive Director, Independent Arts & Media](https://www.mazlo.com/case-studies/independent-arts-media) ## Banking and fund accounting, on one ledger. Mazlo is fiscal sponsorship software with banking and fund accounting built in, for fiscal sponsors and nonprofits. Every sponsored project gets a project account,* so you can view each project’s allocated balance and activity in one place. Spend requests, card purchases, donations, grants and reports all run on one ledger. Run your fund accounting in Mazlo, or keep your accounting system as the general ledger and let Mazlo send it coded transactions. *Project accounts are Sub Accounts: internal allocation accounts within your organization’s Primary Checking at Midland States Bank. They do not receive separate FDIC insurance coverage. - Project accounts - Spend & approvals - Donations - Grants & receivables - Reporting Set up a project account in minutes.* - Balances by project, updated in real time** - Subprojects roll up to their parent - Project leaders see only their own money [How project accounts work](https://www.mazlo.com/products/accounts) *Bank account opening is subject to eligibility, verification, and approval. **Balances reflect activity received by Mazlo. Pending transactions, deposit holds and processing times may affect available funds. Projects request payments. Your policy decides who approves them. - Approval routing for every request - ACH, wire and check, allowed per account type - Model C accounts locked to one approved recipient [How spend requests and approvals work](https://www.mazlo.com/products/spend-requests) Raise money into the right project from the start. - Campaigns built by answering a few questions - Donor acknowledgements sent from Mazlo - Stripe and PayPal payments land in the right account [How donation campaigns work](https://www.mazlo.com/products/donation-campaigns) Track every grant, invoice and pledge against the project it funds. - Invoices and pledges with payments applied - Restricted funds kept within scope - Your fee collected automatically as money arrives [How grant management works](https://www.mazlo.com/products/grant-management) Board-ready reports from live data, by project or across your program. - P&L and budget-to-actual by project - A complete audit trail behind every number - Export to CSV or Excel any time [How nonprofit accounting works](https://www.mazlo.com/products/nonprofit-accounting-compliance) ## Fiscal sponsors across the country run on Mazlo [SOC 2 Type II audited](https://trust.mazlo.com) Banking by Midland States Bank, Member FDIC Hands-on onboarding, a dedicated customer success team, and people who have run nonprofit programs themselves. Having a totally accessible, transparent, easy to use finance system for our nonprofit has freed up literally hundreds of hours of work. **Nick Hudson**Executive Director, Entertainment to Affect Change (E2AC) It is a game changer for fiscal sponsors and general nonprofits alike. **Michael Pace**Executive Director, Social Good Fund Giving our sponsored projects real-time access to their financial information has changed the game for our organization and will revolutionize the sector as a whole. **Harry Meltzer**Executive Director, Mission Earth The Mazlo team has decades of experience creating and running nonprofit programs and organizations themselves so there is never any explaining to do about how our sector works. Highly recommended! **Oliver Hack**Director of Fiscal Sponsorship, Social Good Fund Mazlo gives me more confidence. It reduces the anxiety around finances and accounting. **Dayna Hanson**Co-Founder & Executive Director, Base In 2026, there shouldn't be any fiscal sponsors still doing this manually. **Rachel Simon**COO, Forward Global This type of growth would quite literally not have been possible without Mazlo. **Amanda Doster**Finance and Operations Director, Beloved Builders There's a very high level of intentionality around availability and personal support. **Lisa Burger**Executive Director, Independent Arts & Media ## Start where you are. Move projects over on your timeline. Just getting started Your first sponsored project, set up properly. A trackable project account from day one, with no spreadsheets or bookkeeping to build first. Scaling fast New projects every month without new staff. Approvals, disbursements and reporting run on their own. Using legacy systems Modernize at your own pace. Mazlo works alongside your accounting software, so nothing switches off before you're ready. ## In their words Most of the frustrations and issues we were having, we just kind of assumed we had to deal with. Mazlo had solved for most of them. **Rachel Simon** · COO, Forward Global [Learn more](https://www.mazlo.com/case-studies/forward-global) **6 → 35**Active projects in 18 months **$1M+**Rapid-response campaign raised Forward Global Mazlo gives me more confidence. It reduces the anxiety around finances and accounting. **Dayna Hanson** · Co-Founder & Executive Director, Base [Learn more](https://www.mazlo.com/case-studies/base) **Hours → minutes**Reconciliation time **Weekly**Books kept up to date Base This type of growth would quite literally not have been possible without Mazlo. **Amanda Doster** · Finance & Operations Director, Beloved Builders [Learn more](https://www.mazlo.com/case-studies/beloved-builders) **2x**Projects in 15 months, ~40 to ~80 **40**New projects, no added staff Beloved Builders Having a totally accessible, transparent, easy to use finance system for our nonprofit has freed up literally hundreds of hours of work. **Nick Hudson** · Executive Director, Entertainment to Affect Change [Learn more](https://www.mazlo.com/case-studies/how-e2ac-turned-operational-friction-into-creative-momentum) **10 → 150+**Projects supported E2AC There are humans at Mazlo treating us like humans, and it's not just a technology platform. **Lisa Burger** · Executive Director, Independent Arts & Media [Learn more](https://www.mazlo.com/case-studies/independent-arts-media) **12+ hrs**Saved per month **100%**Regrant payments in one platform Independent Arts & Media ## Built for the scrutiny nonprofit money gets. Funders, boards and auditors all want to know where the money went. Mazlo records it as it happens. **SOC 2 Type II audited**Reports in our [Trust Center](https://trust.mazlo.com) ### SOC 2 Type II audited. Encrypted communications, access controls and logging across the platform. See the reports in our [Trust Center](https://trust.mazlo.com). ### Accounts that match your structure. Open a separate account for each project, program or restricted fund, all held at [Midland States Bank, Member FDIC](https://www.mazlo.com/our-banking-partner). ### A complete audit log. Every approval, receipt and disbursement, recorded with who did it and when. ### You control access. Decide exactly what each project leader and staff member can see and do. ## Questions about Mazlo, answered. Anything else? Book a demo and ask us directly. Is Mazlo secure? Yes. Mazlo is SOC 2 Type II audited. We use encrypted communications, access controls and comprehensive logging to protect your data. See our [Trust Center](https://trust.mazlo.com) for details. How is Mazlo different from a regular nonprofit bank account? A bank gives you one checking account. Mazlo gives every sponsored project its own Sub Account with a live balance, with approvals, receipts, grant tracking and reporting built in, so you aren't rebuilding all of that in spreadsheets. Do I need to change accounting software? No. Run your fund accounting in Mazlo, or keep your accounting system as the general ledger and let Mazlo send it coded transactions. Mazlo connects to QuickBooks Online and Sage Intacct. Do I have to move every project at once? No. Many sponsors start with one or two projects and add the rest as they get comfortable. Can project leaders see their own balances? Yes. Project leaders can log in to view balances, submit spend requests, upload receipts and track spending. You control what each person can see. Is Mazlo only for 501(c)(3)s? Most of our customers are 501(c)(3)s, and we also work with 501(c)(4)s and religious institutions. What support do you offer? Hands-on onboarding, a dedicated customer success team, documentation and live support, whether it's a technical question or help designing a policy. ## Read our guides on running fiscal sponsorship [Leadership Dangerous Nonprofit Leaders: Why the Best Ones Can't Be Bought, Bored, or Broken](https://www.mazlo.com/blog/what-makes-nonprofit-leaders-dangerous) [Why Your Nonprofit's Budget-to-Actual Report Is Already Too Late](https://www.mazlo.com/blog/why-your-budget-to-actual-report-is-too-late) [C is for Compliant: How Mazlo Brings Certainty to Model C Grant Disbursements](https://www.mazlo.com/blog/c-is-for-compliant-how-mazlo-brings-certainty-to-model-c-grant-disbursements) [Listen to Built for Good The Mazlo podcast, plus every guide on the blog](https://www.mazlo.com/blog) ## Every dollar, every project. 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