NGOsource

NGOsource

NGOsource, a project of the Council on Foundations and TechSoup Global, has been designed to be an equivalency determination information repository (EDIR) service to help U.S. grantmakers streamline their international grantmaking procedures.

Selected on the basis of our global reach and experience in processing in-kind donations, TechSoup Global is working with its partners to help U.S-based grantmakers provide grants to NGOs worldwide. Check out our comprehensive FAQs.

The service is currently in Beta and is expected to launch in 2011, pending approval by the U.S. Internal Revenue Service.

Regulatory Update

NGOsource's team met with senior personnel from the U.S. Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service in August 2010, in Washington, D.C. to further discuss NGOsource and the equivalency determination information repository (EDIR) concept. Overall, the meeting was productive and constitutes an important part of the continuing evaluation of the proposed NGOsource equivalency determination (ED) service. Since that meeting, NGOsource's team has remained in contact with the Treasury Department and the IRS, which continue their review of the EDIR concept. The outlook for approval remains positive.

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