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

Wealthy Americans use DAFs to give back and save on taxes, but the popular strategy comes with strings attached.

Donor advised funds are endowment-like funds that are operated by public charities. When a donor makes a gift to a donor advised fund, a separate fund is created for the donor by the public charity ...

Donor-Advised Funds (DAFs) offer a flexible way to support causes that you care about while complementing your overarching estate planning goals. Incorporating a DAF is a strategic way to engage in ...

How donor-advised funds work and key considerations before contributing assets Changes under the OBBBA affecting deductions and giving strategies How strategies like bunching can maximize charitable ...

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 ...

Everyone’s charitable giving holds significant personal meaning and giving is best accomplished with a thoughtful, knowledgeable plan. If your New Year’s resolutions will include becoming more ...

As financial advisors, we’ve often recommended that clients set up donor-advised funds. We know the drill: Contribute to the fund and get an immediate tax deduction. But it often takes time for the ...

Donor-advised funds continue to surge past nonprofits and foundations in accumulating charitable assets: They are now worth almost one third more than they were before the recession started in 2007, ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Brian Mittendorf, The Ohio State University and Helen Flannery, University of Vermont ...

The nation’s donor-advised funds held nearly $30-billion in assets last year, an increase of more than 12 percent from 2009, a new report finds. But the $6-billion the funds distributed to charity ...