Your Mark On The World

Read the full Your Mark on the World article and watch the interview here: http://bit.ly/1QGmimM. Subscribe to this podcast on iTunes by clicking here: http://bit.ly/ymotwitunes or on Stitcher by clicking here: http://bit.ly/ymotwstitcher. Michael Durham, an attorney at our sponsor Kirton McConkie, works on cross-border philanthropy; he helped me to understand more about the challenges faced by international nonprofits fundraising in the U.S. Specifically, he shared three tips for helping nonprofits set up a U.S. nonprofit affiliate to help with fundraising. Here are the three tips for setting up a U.S. nonprofit arm for fundraising for an international nonprofit: Ensure that the U.S. nonprofit controls where the money goes. Build a record of decision-making in the U.S. entity. Consider alternatives to setting up your own entity. Let’s take each of these in order. First, Michael says, “Make sure it is properly structured to vest real discretion and control over how the funds are used in the U.S. entity.”