Fiscal Sponsorship for Non-US based Charities
Posted: July 31, 2025
What’s fiscal sponsorship? And why should my organization be interested in such a service?
Your charity’s heart beats locally, rooted in your community, addressing local challenges you understand completely.
So why should geographic boundaries limit your funding potential?
Americans donated over $500 billion last year, representing an ocean of untapped opportunity for charities around the world – whether you are in the UK, Australia, France, Spain, Indonesia, Brazil – there really are NO boundaries.
Many of these donors actively seek to support grassroots organizations making real community impact in a country outside the USA, but need the US tax advantages that ‘Fiscal Sponsorship’ provides. Considering the UK alone, few UK charities currently access this donation flow. Those that do currently share an estimated $300m – and that figure is conservative! Then multiply that across borders, across the world and it soon adds up!
Through this fiscal sponsorship, a US-based 501(c)(3) organization like Better Giving acts as your financial bridge to these international donors.
Your mission remains unchanged, your beneficiaries stay local, but your funding sources expand exponentially without compromising your community-centered identity.
The impact could be remarkable.
- A small homeless shelter in Birmingham or Sydney can now receive support from tech entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley – maybe using their Donor Advised Fund and making the $38 BILLION held in such funds open to charities around the world, maybe YOUR charity?
- A wildlife conservation project in South America can attract cryptocurrency donations from environmental advocates worldwide.
- Your local food bank can benefit from tax-deductible contributions from expatriates living in New York who still care deeply about their hometown, who may have been helped by the very food bank you run.
The economics can make perfect sense. Better Giving’s fiscal sponsorship costs a fraction of establishing international operations or using existing UK or other geographically based services.
It costs nothing to sign up, nothing to register, no ongoing subscription costs and just a small percentage of donations raised. Compare that to the tens of thousands required for US entity setup, plus ongoing compliance costs that drain resources from your actual mission.
The future holds even greater possibilities.
Cryptocurrency donations from global supporters, not just US based but including UK and other location based supporters, come at costs far below most crypto processors, opening up entirely new revenue streams as digital philanthropy becomes mainstream.
If you don’t move forward, you won’t be getting those new donors you need to replace those valuable and long standing donors who used to give by cheque.
Your charity’s local impact becomes your global strength.
Exploring fiscal sponsorship via Better Giving costs nothing to try, unlike others who run this service, and attracts the lowest fiscal sponsorship costs we have seen. Plus, it doesn’t interfere with your existing local fundraising efforts whatsoever.
It runs completely alongside what you already do.
Your current donor relationships, grant applications, and local fundraising events continue unchanged. Although you could also get your US network to fundraise using crowdfunders on your behalf, also for free!
You’re simply adding a new revenue stream without disrupting proven methods, creating a parallel pathway to global support that enhances rather than replaces your established fundraising ecosystem.
There is literally nothing to lose!
You can sign up at Better Giving today or arrange an online demo with our UK team.
What Next?
Once you’ve signed up – complete your profile, embed your form on your website donation pages and then TELL YOUR NETWORK!
Without spreading the word, no-one will ever donate. We have a folder of resources you can use to tell your network about the new donation opportunities.
And you never know, the sibling or best friend of one of your greatest supporters might, just might be in the USA and eager to give!
Without telling them… you really will never know!