IRS Reduces International Giving Regulations

IRS Reduces International Giving Regulations

Association of Small Foundations
September 28, 2012
Sara Beggs
PhilanthroFiles

For US-based foundations, meeting distribution requirements through international grantmaking comes with significant challenges. Sara Beggs from the Association for Small Foundations profiles new IRS rules that should ease the burden and make giving abroad more feasible.

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