Donor-advised funds offer an upfront tax break but mean losing control of your money.

A $21 million donor-advised fund tied to a Kansas family has become a test case for how much practical influence donors – and their successors – really have over charitable dollars they earmark for ...

Wealthy Americans frequently use donor-advised funds, or DAFs, to claim upfront tax deductions before actually making grants to charity. However, a recent lawsuit highlights a little-discussed ...

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Notably, the Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund claimed on its tax forms to have only transferred funds to 501(c)(3) organizations, a statement that critics say appears to be inaccurate given ...

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Although the year-end “giving season” has come and gone, donor-advised funds (sometimes called “DAFs”) remain more popular than ever for charitable giving and investing, primarily because they are ...

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Daffy Becomes a Top 10 Donor-Advised Fund in the U.S. Four years since launch, Daffy demonstrates both scale and impact—growing more than 4x faster than the industry as members give 3.3x more over ...

DAFgiving360 reported its donors granted a record $9.9 billion to charities in 2025 from their donor-advised funds, or DAFs. Tax advisors to the wealthy encouraged clients to make large donations to ...

It’s likely that Gordon Peterson would not only be turning over in his grave, if that were possible, but also tsking angrily and oozing disappointment about what’s happening 20 years after the late ...