by Benjamin Pierce | Mar 19, 2021
With the flood of news from all angles we experience each day, it’s hard to stay on top of everything that impacts your world. In the last two months there have been a number of important new items related to donor advised funds that have been published. Here’s our...
by Benjamin Pierce | Aug 5, 2019
A half million accounts exist in donor advised funds in America today. They hold in excess of $125 billion in assets waiting to be distributed to operating charities across the country. And a common complaint about DAF accounts is that they aren’t granting a large...
by Benjamin Pierce | May 28, 2019
Donor Advised Funds (DAFs) – Resolving weaknesses with self-regulation All those often cited reasons why DAFs are here to stay do not mask that there are issues related to them. A number of the matters are resolvable and they can be addressed quickly by the DAF...
by Brad Caswell | Apr 22, 2019
It’s a universal truth in the nonprofit business that budgets and funding needs grow year-over-year. Program costs change and new initiatives add pressure to already stretched resources and dollars. On top of that, the cost of running the business–staff, rent,...
by Brad Caswell | Mar 14, 2019
We all see the growth of DAFs: the contribution trends, the new accounts, and the big grant dollars being given out by DAFs. And charities everywhere are asking – “how can I get some of that”? The answer: it comes through your donor relationships. To be blunt, a...
by Benjamin Pierce | Feb 21, 2019
Gone tomorrow? I think not. Much has been written and said about donor-advised funds (DAFs) in the last two decades. Most voices have marveled at their easy usability and steady growth and only a very few have questioned their charitable nature and purpose. That’s not...
