# CAFAmerica launches new 'Friends Of' service

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2006/02/20/cafamerica-launches-new-039friends-of039-service/
- Published: 2006-02-20T00:00:00+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

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CAFAmerica has created a new ‘Friends Of’ service, designed to make it easier to
attract support and raise funds from donors in America.
To date, charities wanting
to run a ‘Friends Of’ organisation and collect tax-deductible contributions from
donors in America have had to create a new legal identity in the U.S., typically
a nonprofit organisation. The time and costs involved in this process has meant 
that many UK charities have not followed through with this option.

To overcome this, CAFAmerica’s new ‘Friends Of’ Charity Fund now makes it possible
for UK charities to create a new legal entity within CAFAmerica itself. The administration
of the service is handled by CAFAmerica, “creating a level playing field for small
and large charities alike”.

Susan Saxon-Harrold, Chief Executive of CAFAmerica, said: “We developed this new
service on the strength of feedback we’d got from UK charities that had tried to
operate their own ‘Friends Of’ service in the USA. Set-up costs were often cited
as the biggest hurdle. But some charities also found that the schemes were time 
consuming and many were unsure how to use them to their best advantage.”

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To use the new service UK charities need to be registered with CAFAmerica. Once 
registered charities can simply request a ‘Friends of’ Charity Fund Starter Pack.

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