TechSoup Global to Host New Centralized Repository to Better Enable International Philanthropy - International Business Times -

TechSoup Global to Host New Centralized Repository to Better Enable International Philanthropy - International Business Times -: "SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 11/19/08 -- TechSoup Global, a leadingprovider of technology resources, information and support to social benefitorganizations worldwide, announced today its selection to serve as host ofthe Equivalency DeterminationInformation Repository, a service that will help U.S.-based foundationsthat are providing grants to organizations around the world. TechSoupGlobal will leverage its innovative use of technology and partnerships tocreate this repository, which will serve as a platform to streamline theprocess of qualifying non-U.S. grantees as the equivalents of U.S. publiccharities, also known as an equivalency determination (ED) process, one ofthe principal ways prescribed by the IRS for making cross-border grants.The new repository is scheduled for launch in 2010."