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 […]
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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 […]
Unlocking Potential – Reflections from the DAF Giving Summit
In September, I attended the DAF Giving Summit, a conference dedicated to exploring all aspects of the donor advised fund (DAF) industry. Now in its fourth year, this was my second time participating. As Valerie Anastasio shared in her 2023 recap, The DAF Giving Summit – Reflective of the DAF Ecosystem, the DAF landscape is […]
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 […]
The latest information on DAF sponsors
If you’ve followed this blog for very long, you know that we’re big fans of the DAF Research Collaborative (DRC), an academic team researching donor advised funds and sponsors. The Collaborative has strong relationships with the DAF sponsor community, and they are granted in-depth access to information that is generally unavailable. Fortunately, they aggregate it, […]
