Gifts to donor-advised funds continue to bloom – Fully understand these popular gifts before acceptance

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Abstract: DAFs are flourishing, at a rate not observed before by fund followers. A recent report notes that, for the eighth consecutive year, there was growth in all key metrics: the number of individual donor-advised funds, total grant dollars from them, total contributions to them and total charitable assets in them. This article explains these funds and their sponsoring organizations, gauging the role of sponsors, and how to attract this type of gift.