Cover letter and program description for application to a fiscal sponsor (recommended: Players Philanthropy Fund · alternates: Earth Island Institute, Community Initiatives). Goal: wrap Noon's educational and indigenous-knowledge-documentation work under an existing 501(c)(3) within ~4–6 weeks, unlocking foundation capital that's otherwise gated by tax-exempt status.
To the Program Officer,
This letter introduces Noon Systems Corporation (PBC) and requests consideration for fiscal sponsorship of its educational and public-documentation program, Noon Genesis, under your organization's 501(c)(3) status.
Noon Systems Corporation is a Texas Public Benefit Corporation (formed 2025) operating ecological-infrastructure projects in the San Antonio metropolitan area and the Texas Hill Country. The Corporation's for-profit operations install bioswales, rainwater catchment, native plantings, and outdoor power systems on residential, commercial, and institutional sites. Two reference projects are operating: a three-unit residential bioswale install in Alamo Heights, and a partnership with the San Antonio Housing Authority at Towne Twin Village.
Alongside the for-profit installation practice, Noon operates an educational and indigenous-knowledge-documentation program — currently visible as The Noon Source library at noon.bio/source — that publishes free, sourced methodology entries on ecological infrastructure, native palettes, organic pest management, water systems, and the documented local-resource culture of South Texas. The library now contains 26 entries (~36,000 words), sourced against NRCS, USDA, TWDB, SAWS, Edwards Aquifer Authority, NPS San Antonio Missions, Texas State Historical Association, Daniel Moerman's Native American Ethnobotany, the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, and the Xerces Society.
This educational layer is the program we are seeking to wrap under fiscal sponsorship. Our intended next phase includes: continued library publication; community workshops on regional plant knowledge, soil literacy, and watershed thinking; school-partnership programs in San Antonio ISD and surrounding districts; and documentation of indigenous-attributed plant uses with appropriate credit to documented ethnobotanical record (Moerman, Native American Ethnobotany Database, naeb.brit.org).
Most Texas mission-aligned foundations capable of funding this educational work require 501(c)(3) status as a prerequisite. The Form 1023 application process takes 9–12 months. Fiscal sponsorship under your organization closes that gap within weeks while we file directly in parallel, allowing time-sensitive funding pursuits to move forward.
The attached program description summarizes scope, budget, mission alignment, and governance. The Noon Systems Corporation principals will operate the program under your fiscal-sponsorship terms, with all charitable contributions routed through your organization, recognized for tax-exempt purposes, and accounted for separately from the for-profit operations of the Corporation.
We would welcome a conversation about whether the Noon Genesis educational program fits your fiscal-sponsorship portfolio.
Dorian Walker
Founder · Noon Systems Corporation (PBC)
design@noon.bio · noon.bio
Program name: Noon Genesis — Ecological Knowledge & Public Documentation.
Purpose: To research, document, publish, and freely distribute educational material on ecological infrastructure, native landscape design, organic land-management practice, and the documented local-resource culture of San Antonio, the Texas Hill Country, and the Edwards Plateau eco-region — explicitly available to property owners, students, communities, and other practitioners.
Methodology: Every published entry sourced against published authorities. Indigenous plant knowledge referenced exclusively from documented ethnobotanical record, attributed to the communities and researchers who recorded it, and framed as historical/educational — not as medical, spiritual, or appropriative claim.
Current published output: 26 entries, ~36,000 words, at noon.bio/source. Six pillars: Foundations · Soil & Materials · Palette & Planting · Organic Pest Management · Water Systems · Local Culture & Indigenous Knowledge. An eight-principle Resource Culture methodology spine anchors the library.
Planned 12-month scope: 24 additional library entries (target: 50+ total); four community workshops in San Antonio public libraries on regional plant knowledge and watershed literacy; two school-partnership pilots (San Antonio ISD); one annual Impact Report distributed free to funders, partners, and the public.
Budget — 12-month target: $[AMOUNT]. Major categories: editorial & research labor (~55%); workshop venue, materials, and presenter compensation (~20%); documentation production (photo, video, layout) (~15%); administration including fiscal sponsorship fee (~10%).
Governance under sponsorship: The Noon Genesis program will operate as a restricted-purpose fund under your 501(c)(3). All grants and donations received will be routed through your organization, accounted for separately, and expended in support of the stated educational program. Noon Systems Corporation principals will operate the program day-to-day; financial and reporting controls follow your standard fiscal-sponsorship governance.
Independent capacity: Noon Systems Corporation carries its own general liability and workers' compensation coverage as a contracting entity; the educational program operates within a publication / workshop / partnership scope that doesn't expand the sponsor's liability profile materially.
Anticipated funders: Texas mission-aligned foundations (Mitchell, Meadows, Brown, Hogg, Communities Foundation of Texas); environmental-education funding streams; Texas Cultural Trust; corporate sustainability programs of San Antonio-based companies (USAA, H-E-B, Toyota TX, Valero Energy Foundation); individual donors.