5 HOW DO I KNOW MY DONATION IS GOING TO A GENUINE CHARITY?
When you donate to an international cause through CAF, you can be sure your donation will arrive safely. This is thanks to our charity validation process, which we carry out for every charitable cause we work with. If we cannot validate a charity, we won’t pass on your donation.
The validation process for non UK-based charities can take longer than that for charities based here. We perform extra checks to ensure the charity is valid, including asking them to fill in a Grant Eligibility Application (GEA), asking to see copies of audited accounts and governance documentation. Once an overseas charity has been validated, it is usually much quicker to donate to them again if you wish to.
We also revalidate our charities on a regular basis to make sure they are still working within the same criteria, so you can be confident that your gift is making a difference.