Through our network of partner foundations in 12 countries, your foundation can send grants to charities in 35 countries — without equivalency determinations, local entity setup, or regulatory complexity.
Most foundations that want to give globally face a wall of legal and regulatory complexity that puts international grantmaking out of reach.
Before a US foundation can grant internationally, it must conduct an extensive equivalency determination — verifying that a foreign organization meets IRS standards equivalent to a US public charity. This process requires legal counsel, financial documentation, and ongoing monitoring. Each determination typically costs thousands of dollars and takes weeks to complete.
Every country has its own charity law, banking regulations, and AML/CFT compliance requirements. What’s straightforward in one jurisdiction can be highly regulated — or outright restricted — in another. Building the expertise and local relationships to navigate each country takes years and significant resources.
Even foundations with legal resources find that international banking systems, foreign exchange transfers, and the absence of a local fiscal sponsor simply block them from reaching the charities they want to support. Most foundations end up restricting their international giving to the handful of countries where they have pre-existing relationships.
Our network of locally registered partner foundations handles the regulatory work in each country, so your foundation never needs to deal with it directly.
Search over 3 million charities across 35 countries. When you find the organization you want to support, simply tell us the amount, the currency, and any conditions or restrictions you want to attach to the grant.
Wire your grant funds to our US-based foundation. This is a straightforward US domestic transfer — no foreign currency, no international banking complexity on your end. Your grant documentation stays clean and simple.
Our local partner foundation in the recipient country receives the funds, conducts its own due diligence, and re-grants to the charity in full compliance with local charity law, AML/CFT requirements, and IRS expenditure responsibility rules. No equivalency determination required from your side.
Once the funds are received by the recipient charity, you receive a status update and confirmation. Full documentation is maintained for your records and for IRS reporting purposes. Your foundation’s grant file is complete and defensible.
Beyond access to 35 countries, Givingtech gives your foundation something rarer: peace of mind that every grant is fully compliant, fully documented, and fully defensible.
Because the grant flows through our locally registered partner foundation — which is itself a recognized charity in its jurisdiction — your foundation is never making a direct foreign grant. You grant to a US entity. That US entity handles everything beyond the border.
Since 2009, we have facilitated international grantmaking for over 2,400 foundations and donor advised funds — sending funds to organizations in 35 countries across every major global region. We’ve encountered and solved virtually every cross-border giving challenge.
Every international grant generates a complete paper trail: confirmation of receipt by the partner foundation, AML screening records, re-grant documentation, and final delivery confirmation. Your IRS reporting and internal grant files are complete from day one.
International grantmaking isn’t a drop-down form. Our team is available by phone, email, and live chat to help you identify the right route for each grant, answer questions about specific countries, and walk through the process on your first few grants.
No complexity in how we charge. Just a flat percentage of each grant — all compliance and routing included.
Of the grant amount. Includes routing through our partner foundation network, AML screening, local compliance, and delivery confirmation.
For foundations with high-volume grantmaking or multi-country programs, we offer custom pricing. Talk to our team about your grant portfolio.