Donor Advised Funds
Learn about the advantages of charitable giving through donor-advised funds as well the latest news and analysis individual DAFs and the increasingly popular philanthropic strategy they represent.
October 12, 2015
U.S. Nonprofits Lost 3% of Donors in 2014While overall donations increased, charities lost more donors than they recruited, the Fundraising Effectiveness Project found.
October 08, 2015
Schwab Donor-Advised Fund Clients Gave $1 Billion to Charity in FY2015Clients supported 42,000 charities, Schwab Charitable reported.
August 28, 2015
Why Donor-Advised Funds Could Be Your Clients’ Charity ‘Vehicle’ of ChoiceWhat vehicle do young tech billionaires, retired farmers and kids too young for a drivers license share? Donor-advised funds.
August 03, 2015
Fidelity Charitable: Why Clients Use Donor-Advised FundsFidelity Charitable issued in June a report that analyzes how its donor-advised fund account holders use DAFs to support their favorite charities.
July 20, 2015
Schwab, Fidelity DAF Grants Set Records in 2015Schwab and Fidelity account holders each increased charitable grants by more than $1 billion compared with last year.
June 15, 2015
Case studies in freakish behavior at MDRT’s 2015 annual meetingAll professionals could do better by finding the data that reflects how people respond to incentives.
May 08, 2015
New DAF Enables Donors to Fund Individual ResearchersBenefunder has introduced a donor-advised fund to which, it says, advisors can direct clients who want to support research in areas of their interest.
February 20, 2015
Top 10 Most Generous U.S. Donors: 2015Tech world philanthropists star on The Chronicle of Philanthropys yearly list, representing nearly half the total amount donated.
February 04, 2015
A Simple Strategy for Achieving Clients’ Charitable Goals: the Donor-Advised FundYour clients dont need the mega-wealth of a Warren Buffett to have philanthropic aspirations, nor need they worry about complicated giving strategies.
January 28, 2015
Fidelity, Schwab: Donors Felt Extra Generous in 2014Both of the big donor-advised fund sponsors reported big increases in grants by account holders, driven partly by Ebola and other health-related causes.