Every year the National Philanthropic Trust (NPT), a DAF sponsor and resource of useful industry-focused white papers and information publishes its Donor-Advised Fund Report. NPT surveys a cohort of its peers (this year, 1,151 of them) as well as gathering external information about the DAF ecosystem for this annual report. There are a myriad of […]
DAFinitively Speaking
Around the World of DAFs: Canada
While donor-advised funds are familiar to those of us in the United States, DAFinitive® also features sponsors and funds from other countries. International DAFs may not be as numerous as those in the US, but they do exist and they provide valuable information for research and valuable philanthropic options for donors. DAFinitive®’s northern neighbor, Canada, […]
Where Have We Been, Where are We Going?
This month for DAFinitively Speaking, we are reflecting on how DAFinitive® began and what has been accomplished so far. I spoke to several of my colleagues- Helen Brown, the founder of both The Helen Brown Group and DAFinitive®, Avery Whitlock, our research assistant who maintains all of the incredible data that you see in DAFinitive®, […]
A History of DAFs and The New York Community Trust
As we approach the time for those we know (or even us) to go back to school, we at DAFinitive® thought that we could all use a good history lesson. When did donor advised funds become what we know of today? Although donor-advised funds may seem like a somewhat recent concept, they are more than […]
What’s New in DAF-Land?
As donor advised funds have become more commonly known to the general public, stories about sponsor organizations and how donors interact with them are more frequently in the news. Here is a round up of what’s been making the headlines recently in the world of donor advised funds. Network for Good Reaches $5 Billion in […]
Something for Everyone: Special Interest DAFs
As donor advised funds have become more widely used, the number and type of organizations that are sponsors of DAFs has also increased. While a 2021 report from the Lilly School of Philanthropy found that the majority of donor-advised funds supported educational and religious organizations, those interest areas have continued to expand. In recent years, […]
