March is Prospect Development Pride month. Here at The Helen Brown Group, we celebrate each year with Intelligent Edge blog posts focused on what we love about our work and on advocating for our industry. We haven’t historically cross-pollinated in the DAFinitively Speaking blog, but there’s no reason why we shouldn’t! Donor Advised Funds represent […]
DAFinitively Speaking
A Strategic Giving Tool: The Double Tax Benefits of a DAF
As fundraising professionals, we understand there are multiple giving vehicles that our beloved donors can use to contribute to the work our organizations are doing to create a better world. One such vehicle that has gained traction over the last several years, for many reasons, are donor advised funds (DAFs). Despite their historic popularity among […]
News You Can Use: 2024 In Review
Here at DAFinitive®, we were busy all year finding funds, donors and sponsor organizations to help make your donor advised fund research more robust. We are also regularly tracking industry news so that we can help you keep up on the world of donor advised funds. Check out our online DAF Research Center anytime to […]
Highlights from the 2024 NPT Donor Advised Fund Report
Each year in the fall since 2007, the National Philanthropic Trust (NPT) has published its annual Donor Advised Fund Giving Report. The always-anticipated (and always fascinating) report tracks a subset of DAF sponsors in the United States to learn more about giving from DAFs and the trends that are important to follow with this increasingly […]
Dawning of a new Day – DAF Day 2024
Whether you love it or just thinking about it exhausts you, it’s undeniable that Giving Tuesday has been a powerful force of philanthropic giving since it was launched by Henry Timms and others at the 92nd Street Y in 2012. That first year, over $10 million was given through Blackbaud alone. A mere eleven years […]
Corporate Philanthropy, DAFs and the Pledge 1% Movement
Here at DAFinitively Speaking we focus a lot on individual donors. However, many DAFs are used by corporations as well! Per Giving USA’s most recent report, corporate philanthropy grew by three percent in 2023 and more than 23 percent from 2018-2022! How is corporate philanthropy changing from employer matches and in-kind gifts? Let’s explore the […]
