The Benefits of International Charitable Giving

International charitable giving involves strategic social investing across borders and making a difference in communities around the world. It? an opportunity to give back and assist a particular community or to provide funding for a specific project, cause or issue.

With the proper research and expertise guiding the way, such a social investment can be truly transformative, creating lasting change and positively improving the lives of those who are touched either directly or indirectly by a donor's gift.

Make Your Gift Go Further
International charitable giving can afford donors all the traditional tax benefits associated with making a charitable donation here in the U.S. Yet beyond our borders, in countries where a single U.S. dollar goes much further, the impact of one's gift can often be far greater. Even the smallest charitable gift to a community in a developing country, such as Mexico, Guatemala or Peru, can have substantial impact. Here are just a few examples:

• $32 allows a family of four in Mexico or Central America to have reliable, clean water through the use of a low-technology UV lighting system.
• $125 purchases one ONIL stove for a rural Guatemalan family. The use of which reduces destruction of rain forests and improves reproductive health for Guatemalans by reducing smoke emissions from within dwellings by 99 percent.
• $400 pays for one year of tuition for a high school student in Mexico.
• $8,500 pays for an elementary school librarian in Mexico for one year.
• $10,000 allows a child with cancer to receive one year of treatment in a Tijuana hospital.
• $20,000 provides long-term access to safe drinking water for 350 Guatemalan households.

Identifying meaningful opportunities for giving and maximizing the impact of such donations is where the International Community Foundation can help. With the International Community Foundation? extensive international networks, expertise, and geographic knowledge, the foundation provides a unique service for donors, acting as an expert intermediary and strategic partner to make giving easy, meaningful and highly effective.