b'CROSS-BORDERGRANTMAKINGCRITICAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR CROSS-BORDER GRANTMAKINGFor any donor or funder looking to support charitable activity overseas, there are three critical considerations to take into account:s Regulatory Compliance Risk Mitigation Reputation Protection3 Not only must grantmakersThere are many more risksEspecially in countries with understand U.S. regulationsinherent to cross-bordercomplicated language barriers, about granting internationally,grantmaking that grantmakersit is more difficult to collect all but they also need to bothare responsible for avoiding,the information donors need to understand and follow granteeincluding becoming victims ofensure that publicly supporting a country rules for granting tofraud, money-laundering, orforeign grantee will not risk their charities there. Failure to complyterrorist financing schemes.good reputations.with those rules could mean legalOversight is also lower, since consequences for both grantorgrantees are separated by and grantee. distance and jurisdiction.HOW IT WORKSDonor makes a grant recommendationCAF America pushes funds toGrant payment transaction is posted weekly disbursement cycle to donors accountCAF America reviews the recommendation to ensure thatthe recipient charity is eligibleCAF America initiates charity validation process, then pushes funds to weekly disbursement cycleDonor can access payment history once charity is eligible records in their portal7'