A Perfect Example of Donor-Advised Fund Slipperiness in Silicon Valley
When charitable intermediaries tout their generosity, reporters should take a closer look.
Hidden Wealth
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.
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.
