MIAMI - May 9, 2019 - s4story -- Charities Aid Foundation of America (CAF America), the nation's leader in international grantmaking, today announced the opening of a South Florida operation. Opening in Miami, FL this represents a major strategic expansion for CAFAmerica, headquartered in Washington, DC.

CAF America's growth into Florida marks a major step for CAF America to further expand its footprint offering organizations and corporations trusted and unrivaled giving services across the Southeast, Caribbean, South, and Central America markets.

"Our success over the past several years in Washington has enabled us to expand our scope of services into more strategic geographies" said Ted Hart, CEO of CAF America. "It's particularly encouraging that this expansion is being led by a veteran in profit, not-for-profit and government sectors, like Oliver Ranft, helping to ensure that our current and future client needs are not only met, but their expectations exceeded."

In leading CAF America's Miami operations, Mr. Ranft will play an integral role in enabling the organization to leverage its leadership position within the international charitable giving sector in order to grow its presence in the corporate, private/community foundation and individual giving markets. Mr. Ranft brings a demonstrated track record of entering new industries and broadening/strengthening our organization's relationships with existing and prospective clients. He has 10+ years experience in facilitating global cooperation networks including policymakers, philanthropists, CSR programs and NGOs/nonprofits.

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CAF America and Oliver Ranft's offices are at 801 Brickell Ave Suite 900, Miami, FL 33131, call  (305) 913-2302 or reach out to Oliver at Oliver@cafamerica.org.

For more information or to schedule an interview with CAF-America CEO Ted Hart or Oliver Ranft, please contact Kinga Ile: kinga@cafamerica.org

About Oliver Ranft

Oliver joined CAF America on March 2019 as Business Development Director for Florida. His background is in political strategy and he has over 13 years of experience fundraising and development in the for-profit, non-for-profit, and government sectors, creating a global cooperation network for policy makers, grassroots activists, NGOs, philanthropists, journalists and CSR programs.

Prior to joining CAF America, Oliver specialized in developing and managing new projects for outcome maximization at the Global Activists Network, the Human Rights Foundation, and UNDP by providing technical assistance in the areas of donor relations, fundraising, production, cluster development, agenda setting and implementation. Mr. Ranft holds a BA from the University of Virginia and a Masters in Public Administration (MPA) from Universität Potsdam.

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https://www.cafamerica.org/staff/oliver-ranft/

About CAF America

A leader in international philanthropy, since 1992 CAF America has been assisting corporations, foundations, and individuals on making strategic, effective, and tax-advantaged grants internationally and domestically. Whether supporting organizations working in developing countries, providing swift responses to major disasters, or helping build connections between global communities, CAF America turns donors' visions into impact. In the last 5 years alone, CAF America has granted more than $532 million in donor funds to nearly 4,300 foreign charitable organizations in 110 countries.
For more information about CAF America visit www.cafamerica.org.