the stock market, and stepped-up efforts to market the funds, The Chronicle’s fifth annual survey of gift funds has found. Assets at 86 organizations that provided figures for 2002 and 2003 rose by ...

Many wealthy people are turning to donor-advised funds (DAFs) to assist with their charitable efforts. According to the National Philanthropic Trust, grants from DAFs to qualified charities totaled an ...

Political engagement is a big concept that could conceivably encompass most charitable activities: Think nonpartisan voter registration, issue advocacy, and policy education. Charities have a rich ...

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 ...

Terrorists and their sympathizers may be using one of America’s greatest strengths — its tradition of philanthropy — to undermine peace and security. The weapons are not airplanes or shoe bombs, but ...

Donor-advised funds—the charitable giving vehicle that enables clients to make tax-deductible contributions to a fund and control the grantmaking–are proving to be far more impactful than private ...

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 ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) One distinguishing feature about DAF donors is that when they dispatch money from ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) The suit says a man stopped at a crash scene was pulled from his car and handcuffed ...