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 ...

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 ...

Donor-advised funds continue to surge past nonprofits and foundations in accumulating charitable assets: They are now worth almost one third more than they were before the recession started in 2007, ...

Although the year-end “giving season” has come and gone, donor-advised funds (sometimes called “DAFs”) remain more popular than ever for charitable giving and investing, primarily because they are ...

Billions of dollars intended for good are stuck in limbo, rather than flowing toward mission-driven investing. Donor-advised funds (DAFs)—charitable vehicles where donors receive an immediate tax ...

Alan Cantor’s article (“A New Sleight-of-Hand for Skirting Foundation Giving Rules,” Opinion. May 31) raised concerns about private foundations funding donor-advised funds held by community ...

Retirees who give to charity often feel torn between generosity and the reality of fixed-income budgets and unpredictable tax bills. A donor-advised fund can ease that tension by letting you ...

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 ...

Wealthy Americans use DAFs to give back and save on taxes, but the popular strategy comes with strings attached.

Donor-advised funds offer an upfront tax break but mean losing control of your money.

DAFgiving360 reported its donors granted a record $9.9 billion to charities in 2025 from their donor-advised funds, or DAFs. Tax advisors to the wealthy encouraged clients to make large donations to ...