Listen and subscribe to Financial Freestyle on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you find your favorite podcasts. When it comes to planning for the future, many of us consider opening investment ...

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 ...

A donor-advised fund offers a middle ground between participating in simple “checkbook charity” and starting a nonprofit ...

The Donor Advised Fund market is big with an estimated $250 billion held in these consumer-level, tax-advantaged charitable savings accounts, but the industry still needs technological and marketing ...

Donor-advised funds (DAFs) are revolutionizing charitable giving, supporting a surge in donations to nonprofits. In 2023 alone, DAFs facilitated over $54 billion in grants, exceeding $50 billion for ...

Since we’re into tax season now, I wanted to take a few minutes to tell you about donor-advised funds. DAFs are not new; they’ve been around since the 1930s. But they’ve been popular as a tax-planning ...

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 ...

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 ...

Rajeev Dhir is a writer with 10+ years of experience as a journalist with a background in broadcast, print, and digital newsrooms. Filippo Bacci / Getty Images Donor-advised funds (DAFs) provide ...

For many individuals, estate planning can feel overwhelming, but it also offers a meaningful reflection opportunity. Often, it’s the first-time people are prompted to think seriously about what legacy ...

The most dramatic phenomenon in American charity in the last decade has been the rise of donor-advised funds. Six of the 10 most successful fundraising organizations in the Chronicle’s newest ...

Wealthy Americans frequently use donor-advised funds, or DAFs, to claim upfront tax deductions before actually making grants to charity. However, a recent lawsuit highlights a little-discussed ...