International Center for Not-for-Profit Law
For General Operating Support
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Amount$10,000
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Program
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Date Awarded3/20/2013
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Term12.0 Months
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Type of SupportGeneral Support/Organization
Overview
Membership grant; Appsum not required
ICNL’s mission is to promote an enabling environment for civil society, philanthropy, and civic participation worldwide. ICLN's goals are to:
(1) empower local stakeholders to improve the legal framework for civil society, philanthropy, and civic participation in 40 countries through technical assistance and capacity building;
(2) facilitate cross-border philanthropy through the USIG Project (www.usig.org) and ICNL’s participation in the cross-sectoral Global Philanthropy Working Group established by the State Department.
(3) help develop international legal norms governing civil society and philanthropy by contributing to reports and other work undertaken by the UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights to Freedom of Peaceful Assembly and of Association; engaging in on-going discussions about aid effectiveness, counter-terrorism, and other related topics; and participating in other initiatives to promote global norms affecting civil society and philanthropy.
(4) Support multilateral engagement to address civil society legal issues through the Community of Democracies Working Group on Enabling and Protecting Civil Society and other multilateral initiatives; and
(5) develop the analytic basis for this emerging field through 60 studies, academic articles, country reports, and index projects.
About the Grantee
Grantee Website
www.icnl.org
Address
1126 Sixteenth Street, N.W., Suite 400, Washington, DC, 20036-4837, United States
Grants to this Grantee
for supporting the Partners Improving Laws Affecting Philanthropy in Mexico program
The International Center for Non-Profit Law’s mission is to ensure that appropriate legal frameworks support the expansion of civil society around the globe. The Center has provided technical and research assistance to support the reform of laws governing nonprofit organizations in more than ninety countries including Mexico. With Hewlett support, the Center has offered critical input to increase eligibility for tax exemption to a variety of groups including human rights organizations, and environment, transparency, and accountability watchdogs. The Center was also instrumental in the implementation of the Double Taxation Treaty that allows Mexican tax-deductible organizations to be equivalent to public charities in the United States. This program grant for the Center’s Partners Improving Laws Affecting Philanthropy would assist the organization to continue collaborating with Mexican civil society advocates with the goal of enhancing the legal and fiscal framework that governs Mexico’s nonprofit sector. The Center will continue to focus on providing hard data and evidence-based policy analysis to improve regulations and administrative practices that could facilitate philanthropic giving, improve self regulation of the civil sector, increase the number of tax-exempt organizations, and expand local expertise on civil society law.
