b'GIVING STORYCHALLENGES IN INTERNATIONAL PHILANTHROPYINDIAWhy its challenging for donors: Indias Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA) governs which Indian organizations may receive foreign charitable funding. It has been increasingly difficult to register and maintain FCRAINDIAstatus. This resulted in a 40% decline in foreign funding between 2015 and 2018. On September 28, 2020, India passed several new FCRA amendments including a prohibition on the re-granting of foreign funding to other local nonprofits. U.S. donors can no longer rely on Indian nonprofit intermediaries validated via Equivalency Determination or Expenditure Responsibility to manage local due diligence and grantmaking. How CAF America helps:CAF America is an expert on FCRA. The majority of our grantmaking into India has always gone to direct beneficiaries in the country, and not through an intermediary. We work closely with our Indian partners and the CAF office in New Delhi to ensure that each of our grantees is registered under FCRA and is in compliance with annual reporting requirements, thus we enable our donors to continue advising gifts to India.CHINAWhy its challenging for donors:Since the Overseas NGOCAF Americas grant funded the digitization of teaching Management Law went into effect in 2017, there are nowmethods in rural India, resulting in over 1,100 teachers two ways to support Chinese charities: (1) through a U.S.gaining access to new online resources for teaching STEM intermediary with an office in China, or (2) through a U.S.subjects. Through our project, village communities in five intermediary that uses Temporary Activity Licenses. districts were introduced to digital learning tools.How CAF America helps:To best serve our donors and allow for flexibility in planning, CAF America undertakes theCLT INDIAresponsibility of applying for Temporary Activity LicensesSustainable Development Goal 4: Quality Educationwith our Chinese partner NGOs to facilitate giving to organizations in China. Under this model, donors can initiate the application process for a Temporary Activity License anytime throughout the year whereas giving through an office requires donors to plan their charitable gifts by December 31 of each year to be approved for the next year.14 CHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA | SOULTIONS FOR CROSS-BORDER GIVING'