# US non-profits get national dialling code

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2000/08/23/us-nonprofits-get-national-dialling-code/
- Published: 2000-08-23T23:00:00+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

Dial 911 in the USA and you get through to the emergency services, the equivalent
of dialling 999 in the UK. Following a unanimous vote by the Federal Communications
Commission last month, non-profits now have their own designated national dialling
code. Any number with the prefix 211 will put you in touch with a community service
organisation. The prefix is designed to give greater prominence to non-profit helplines
and other services. The United Ways of Connecticut and Atlanta have already seen
a 40% increase in telephone enquiries following its introduction.

There is no UK equivalent code to designate a non-profit service.

Find out more from 211.org.

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