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 ...

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 ...

Alan Cantor’s article (“A New Sleight-of-Hand for Skirting Foundation Giving Rules,” Opinion. May 31) raised concerns about private foundations funding donor-advised funds held by community ...

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 ...

Billions of dollars intended for good are stuck in limbo, rather than flowing toward mission-driven investing. Donor-advised funds (DAFs)—charitable vehicles where donors receive an immediate tax ...

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, ...

A lawsuit against a prominent Christian donor-advised funds organization is testing whether it or the original donor's son is in control of charitable distributions from the tax-advantaged vehicle.