Helen Flannery

Simple changes to outdated laws would generate groundbreaking funding for working charities — along with hundreds of millions in tax revenue.

Private foundations are currently allowed to make grants to donor-advised funds and to count those grants toward their charitable distribution requirement of 5 percent of their assets each year.

The three highest-earning DAF sponsors each take in more than double the donations of the highest-earning operating charity.

Prominent philanthropists, national funders, and policy organizations are launching a campaign to call for common sense charity reforms.