TechSoup Global
For The Development Of NGOSource
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Amount$100,000
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Program
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Date Awarded7/17/2012
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Term12.0 Months
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Type of SupportProject
Overview
Renewed funding for TechSoup Global would allow its continued work to develop NGOSource, a centralized repository of equivalency determinations (a process by which a U.S. foundation can make a grant to a foreign organization and treat the grant recipient as if it were the equivalent of a U.S. public charity). In the absence of an equivalency determination, the foundation is required to exercise expenditure responsibility, which imposes limitations on the use of the funds and burdens the grantee with additional recordkeeping and reporting requirements. NGOSource will allow U.S. grantmakers to make grants to international NGOs through more cost-effective and reliable means. It will also serve non-U.S. grantseekers by decreasing the redundant work currently required for each equivalency determination and by increasing their access to U.S. grantmakers. TechSoup Global has built out the repository and is awaiting final regulatory approval from the IRS before launching the service.
About the Grantee
Grantee Website
www.techsoupglobal.org
Address
435 Brannan Street, Suite 100, San Francisco, CA, 94107-1780, United States
Grants to this Grantee
for the development of NGOsource, an online repository of equivalency determinations
Renewed funding for TechSoup Global will support the fourth year of operations for NGOsource, a centralized repository of equivalency determinations that enables U.S. foundations to make grants to foreign organizations without the need to ensure expenditure responsibility (which imposes limitations on the use of the funds and burdens grantor and grantee alike with additional recordkeeping and reporting requirements). NGOsource allows U.S. grantmakers to make grants to international NGOs more reliably and cost effectively. It also reduces redundant work for non-U.S. grantseekers, while increasing access to U.S. grantmakers.
for the development of NGOsource, an online repository of Equivalency Determinations
Renewed funding for TechSoup Global will support the third year of operations for NGOsource, a centralized repository of equivalency determinations that enables U.S. foundations to make grants to foreign organizations without the need to ensure expenditure responsibility (which imposes limitations on the use of the funds and burdens grantor and grantee alike with additional recordkeeping and reporting requirements). In 2013 the IRS granted regulatory approval, enabling TechSoup to launch this new service. NGOsource allows U.S. grantmakers to make grants to international NGOs more reliably and cost effectively. It also reduces redundant work for non-U.S. grantseekers, while increasing access to U.S. grantmakers. NGOsource charges fees to grantmakers for their service. As the service scales up, we anticipate NGOsource will become self-sustaining in two years and no longer need funding from the Hewlett Foundation.
For the development of NGOSource, an online repository of Equivalency Determinations
Renewed funding for TechSoup Global would support the second year of operations for NGOSource, a centralized repository of equivalency determinations that enables U.S. foundations to make grants to foreign organizations without the need to ensure expenditure responsibility (which imposes limitations on the use of the funds and burdens grantor and grantee alike with additional recordkeeping and reporting requirements). In 2013 the IRS granted regulatory approval, enabling TechSoup to launch this new service. NGOSource allows U.S. grantmakers to make grants to international NGOs more reliably and cost effectively. It also reduces redundant work for non-U.S. grantseekers, while increasing access to U.S. grantmakers.
