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Regulatory update

September 2, 2011 — The U.S. Department of the Treasury has released its 2011–2012 Priority Guidance Plan (PDF), which includes a project to update Revenue Procedure 92-94, the guidance document for equivalency determination.

The Council on Foundations and TechSoup Global have been urging the Treasury to update this revenue procedure since 2009. The proposed revisions could address technical issues — such as changing the way the IRS determines whether the public support test has been met — and could include guidance on how the IRS might permit grantmakers to rely on equivalency determination information repositories (EDIR), including NGOsource.

That this project is included as a priority in the Treasury's guidance plan is a significant step forward for NGOsource, although it does not guarantee that the IRS will move beyond the technical issues.

In the news

• "AFP Reiterates Request to Treasury for Revision of Eligibility Determination Process," Kelly Sullivan, Nonprofit Business Advisor, May 22, 2011.
• "An Overview of International Grantmaking by U.S. Exempt Organizations" (PDF), Sheila Warren and Alice M. Anderson, Taxation of Exempts, September/October 2010.
• "TechSoup Global and GuideStar International to Merge Operations – A Marriage of True Databases?," Caroline Hartnell, Alliance, April 15, 2010.
• "New NGO Repository to Aid Grantmaking to Non-U.S. Charities," Alliance, June 1, 2009.

In the blogs

• "Simplified Procedure Sought for Ensuring Tax-Compliant International Grant Making by Private Foundations," Nonprofit Law Prof Blog, September 15, 2011.
• "Cross-Border Giving – How Can We Sustain the Momentum?," Betsy Brill, Latest from Alliance, August 9, 2011.
• "Gates Foundation Philanthropy Program Update Part II," Darin McKeever, Tactical Philanthropy, July 11, 2011.
• "International Grantmaking Repository," Sean Stannard-Stockton, Tactical Philanthropy, July 27, 2009.
• "Philanthropy's Pick: Platforms for Efficiency or Leaders Who Inspire Us?," Dien S. Yuen, Asian American Giving blog, May 6, 2009.

Press releases

• "The Council on Foundations’ Equivalency Determination Information Repository Receives IRS Advisory Committee Acknowledgment" (PDF), June 25, 2009.
• "TechSoup Global to Host New Centralized Repository to Better Enable International Philanthropy," November 19, 2008.

Newsletter archive

• October 2011
• July 2011
• February 2011
• December 2010
• September 2010
• July 2010

Speaking engagements

• Grantmakers Without Borders Conference, June 13-15, 2011, New York, NY
  Session: IRS Requirements: What International Funders Need to Know
• Grants Managers Network NY Regional Meeting, May 2011, New York, NY
  Session: International and Culturally Sensitive Grantmaking: Cultural Contexts and Operational Mechanics
• Council on Foundations Conference, April 10-12, 2011, Philadelphia, PA
  Session: Giving Globally: What Foundations Need to Know
• Grant Managers Network Conference, March 21-23, 2011, Seattle, WA
  Session: The Globalization of Grantmaking: Implications for Grants Management