Charities Aid Foundation of America

To help North American donors create effective philanthropy throughout the world. Individuals, companies, foundations & advisors rely on CAF America to develop, manage and monitor their philanthropy.

Our key goals of what success for us would look like:
Geographical coverage: Be the leading provider of global philanthropic solutions for donors looking to give both internationally & domestically.
Continue enhancing our industry-leading grantmaking toolbox including ER/ED services, disaster relief, international and domestic employee giving, and corporate & philanthropic advisory services
Increase the network of charities US donors can give to by enabling gifts to go to any charity in Canada, Australia, UK, EU, Russia, Southern Africa, India, Brazil via CAF offices.
Be able to tell the grantee story more clearly with the goal of better describing the impact of the grantee's work.
Expand our on-the-ground advisory services in Africa and Asia Pacific to other regions and countries.

Business Development
Enable High Net Worth individuals and families to broaden their charitable missions to a truly global scope.
Partner with leading corporations to facilitate impactful corporate citizenship strategies
Support foreign charities by allowing them to access tax-effective and legally compliant funding from donors in the US and Canada
Build effective structures for expedited grantmaking in key beneficiary countries
Facilitate tax-effective giving for the philanthropic technology sector

Communications
Further efforts in using social media effectively
Streamline communications throughout the entirety of CAF America, rendering a cohesive and comprehensive message in all communications, including social media, the website, marketing material and conference exhibitions.
Increase CAF America's educational offerings in key areas of international grantmaking through events such as CAF America's annual International Grantmaking Symposium.

Core Strengths
Staff knowledge of global and local civil society and social issues
Offer the most innovative and customized charitable solutions for our donors
Industry-leading due diligence services that are required to make safe and secure cross-border and domestic grants
Use of an established and knowledgeable international network to provide seamless global philanthropy solutions
Achievement of a degree of financial independence as a US nonprofit and not dependent on external grant funding
Reputation in the field of cross-border philanthropy
25+ years of safe cross-border grant making working with the largest multi-national corporations

Achievements in the last 5 years
Over 13,000 grants made to charitable organizations in 90 countries
Launched the Annual International Grantmaking Symposium in 2015 and leveraged CAF America's collaboration with Johns Hopkins Paul H Nitze School of Advanced International Studies to provide in-depth knowledge and practical application in the field of international and domestic grantmaking.
Developed customized solutions for UHNWI for their global and domestic giving
Revamped CAF America website to make it as transparent as possible in terms of our fees and services plus our news and accomplishments