International Giving and Qualified Foreign Non-Profits
Donors Capital Fund works with DonorsTrust to support a select group of foreign non-profits. You can deduct contribution made to DCF to support one of our qualified international charities.
Institutional givers like Donors Capital Fund can donate to certain qualified foreign non-profits by using one of two legally permitted methods. The one we use is known as an Equivalency Determination.
An Equivalency Determination is a formal legal certification that the foreign organization would qualify as a 501(c)(3) public charity if it were based in the United States. An Equivalency Determination can only be made after an extensive review of the foreign non-profit’s operations and finances, its by-laws and other organizational documents, and a review of the laws governing charitable organizations in its home country. The law does not allow grant makers to share Equivalency Determinations with other givers, so each grantmaking institution must obtain its own Equivalency Determinations, and those EDs must be renewed every 12 to 24 months.
Donors Capital Fund has current Equivalency Determinations for the
organizations listed below and accepts donations on their behalf. By donating to Donors Capital Fund and designating the contribution for the benefit of one or more of the organizations below, donors may claim a tax deduction for contributions that support these organizations.
Support the Following Foreign Non-Profits
The Adam Smith Research Trust is a UK registered charity affiliated with the Adam Smith Institute, one of the world’s leading policy organizations, and recognized as the best economic policy think tank in the UK. Both organizations promote free market, neoliberal ideas through research, publishing, media outreach, and education.
The Austrian Economics Center is a politically independent research institute based in Vienna, Austria, that draws on the legacy of the Austrian School of Economics to examine public policies and identify economic alternatives to promote a free, responsible, and prosperous society.
The Institute of Economic Affairs is an educational charity and the UK’s original free market think tank, founded in 1955. Its mission is to improve understanding of the fundamental institutions of a free society by analyzing and expounding the role of markets in solving economic and social problems.
The Pharos Foundation is a research and public education institute headquartered in Oxford and dedicated to the fearless pursuit of truth and the restoration of traditional standards of scholarship. It seeks to combat ideological/politicized research and teaching and a growing intolerance of intellectual diversity.
