A Perfect Example of Donor-Advised Fund Slipperiness in Silicon Valley
When charitable intermediaries tout their generosity, reporters should take a closer look.
Here We Go Again, Again With the Commercial Donor-Advised Fund Industry
Commercial DAF sponsors are squirreling away money intended for charities at a greater clip than they’re giving it away.
The 5 Percent Foundation Payout Requirement May Be a Floor, but the Ceiling Is Awfully Low
Most private foundations stick quite closely to their 5 percent payout requirement. And America’s largest are unlikely to give much more than the minimum.
More than $2.5 Billion in Donor-Advised Fund Grants Went to Other DAFs in 2021
The IRS just released two years of long-awaited nonprofit tax filings. We found an enormous jump in DAF-to-DAF giving.
Private Foundations Gave $2.6 Billion in Grants to National Donor-Advised Funds in 2021
Private foundations are currently allowed to make grants to donor-advised funds, or DAFs, and to count those grants toward their charitable distribution requirement of 5 percent of their assets each year.
The 2022 Giving Slump Exposes the Fragility of Top-Heavy Charity
When ultra-wealthy donors dominate philanthropy, our charities are less resilient.
Donor-Advised Funds Now Take in a Fifth of Individual Charitable Giving
A set of our hot takes from the National Philanthropic Trust’s latest report on DAFs.
A Self-Tax for the Common Good
Taxpayers are subsidizing donors who retain control of their wealth instead of sharing it through philanthropy.
A Big Year for the Charity Reform Movement
Our 2022 findings, publications, conversations, and political prospects made it clearer than ever that we need meaningful charity reform – and that a strong majority agrees.