Our friends at the DAF Research Collaborative (DAFRC) have recently released another insightful report; Reinventing the Cycle: Adapting Relationship Fundraising for Donors Who Use DAFs. As most readers know, DAFs are becoming more and more accessible to everyday donors because of the increase in sponsor organizations, the growth of workplace giving platforms, smaller initial contribution […]
Author: Jayme Klein
News You Can Use: 2025 Year in Review
It’s been another whirlwind year in the fundraising world, particularly as DAFs continue to become a larger part of the nonprofit fabric. Just in case you missed it, let’s slow down and look at some of the DAF-related happenings of 2025. In This Economy? This has been a challenging year for people’s pocketbooks, and by […]
The Importance of DAF Day!
We all know about Giving Tuesday – the first Tuesday after Thanksgiving – and its impact on nonprofits. Established in 2012 by Henry Timms at the 92nd Street Y in New York, it was a philanthropic call to action during a traditional period of hyper-consumerism. Now a global movement, by its tenth anniversary, donations in […]
How Will the Budget Reconciliation Bill Change DAF Donors?
After the passage of the budget reconciliation bill, HR 1, in July 2025, those of us in the prospect research field (and the greater nonprofit field) have thought about how this bill will impact charitable giving. Here at DAFinitive®, we are particularly interested in how it might impact donor advised funds. First, by way of […]
Fiscal sponsorship and DAFs: One of these things is not like the other (or is it?)
We generally focus solely on donor advised funds here at DAFinitively Speaking. That said, there are an increasing number of ways that philanthropists collaborate to tackle tough problems using DAFs in combination with other resources. This month we wanted to talk about the increasing opportunities via fiscal sponsorships (FSP Restricted Funds). They look very similar […]
Stock Market & DAFs – Can Donors Save the Day?
As most of us know, the global financial markets have been tumultuous in the first half of 2025. As tariffs on foreign countries are announced, modified and recalled, the US stock market has seen the worst declines since the beginning of the COVID pandemic in 2020 and the worst April performance since the height of […]
