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.

Starting next year, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act sets new limits on charitable-gift tax deductions. To prepare for those restrictions, some experts are recommending that their wealthy philanthropic ...

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 ...

Terrorists and their sympathizers may be using one of America’s greatest strengths — its tradition of philanthropy — to undermine peace and security. The weapons are not airplanes or shoe bombs, but ...

Political engagement is a big concept that could conceivably encompass most charitable activities: Think nonpartisan voter registration, issue advocacy, and policy education. Charities have a rich ...

the stock market, and stepped-up efforts to market the funds, The Chronicle’s fifth annual survey of gift funds has found. Assets at 86 organizations that provided figures for 2002 and 2003 rose by ...

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 ...

Donor-advised funds—the charitable giving vehicle that enables clients to make tax-deductible contributions to a fund and control the grantmaking–are proving to be far more impactful than private ...

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 ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) One distinguishing feature about DAF donors is that when they dispatch money from ...