A University Development Unit was set up in 1987 'to advise on and assist with special appeals and undertake new fund-raising projects'. It was run by a Development Director who reported to an Advisory Committee. At the end of 1988 it was agreed (Grace 8, 14 December 1988) to establish the Cambridge Foundation as a trust through which funds raised could be channelled to development goals. The Unit was renamed Cambridge University Development Office (CUDO) in November 1991. The Advisory Board was replaced by a Joint Committee on Development in 2002. The Cambridge University Development Office in the United States of America (CUDOUS) was established in 1990 'to give further impetus to fund-raising in the United States' (Cambridge University Reporter, 1990-91, p. 135) and by Grace 12 of 14 November 1990 the Council was authorized to approve allocations towards the running expenses of the Office within the approved estimates of the University Development Unit. CUDOUS merged with the American Friends of Cambridge University in 2000-1 to form Cambridge in America. The American Friends of Cambridge University had been established in 1967 'to assist in financing, out of funds contributed to it, approved projects for the support of the Colleges, Departments, Faculties, and other educational cultural and research institutions within the University of Cambridge'. The merger reflected a desire for the University and Colleges to work more closely in fund-raising. Cambridge Alumni Relations Office (CARO) was formally launched as a sub-section of CUDO in Spring 2009, on the merger with the Development Office of the Cambridge Society.