Donor advised funds (DAFs) can be useful tools for donors to gain tax benefits and to accrue larger pots of charitable money for making more substantial gifts. They may also prompt donors to be more strategic and do more planning, […]
Donor advised funds (DAFs) have been growing robustly right through the recession and are now becoming much more well-known as vehicles for charitable giving. My article in The Motley Fool, Donor Advised Funds: The Basics and Benefits will give more […]
“Philanthropy is one of the toughest businesses there is.” –Warren Buffett on Bloomberg News The Oracle of Omaha isn’t the only person in his family who works with money. Alexander Buffett Rozek, the grandson of Buffett’s sister, Doris, has made […]
Donor-advised funds, or DAFs, have been growing steadily right through the economic recession. In recent years, the number of DAFs has grown to more than 200,000, totaling more than $45 billion — a figure that includes more than $13 billion […]
As a Donor, Know the Distinctions Do remember Citizens United (a 501(c)4 organization) from the U.S. Supreme Court case on campaign finance Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission? In that case, the Supreme Court decided that the First Amendment prohibits […]
In an article on the Stanford Social Innovation Review site last week, Tris Lumley wrote an article called Transforming Our Anti-Social Sector, in which he points to the need for a paradigm shift in the conceptual model for creating social […]
What You Need to Know About Donating Your Vehicle There are so many jokes and puns that might go along with the combination of a motorcycle and a pope. But let’s start with the facts: Pope Francis was given a […]
In 2013, you may have given a tax deductible gift of cash, donated appreciated stock, transferred ownership of a valuable possession, or given from other resources. Meanwhile, the parameters for IRS charitable deductions for 2014 are in question until the […]
The field of personal philanthropy is changing rapidly-as quickly as are the tech or finance sectors. Just as with these others, following the shifting trends in charitable giving is demanding because the sector is broad, far-reaching, and operates at all […]
Here is some Generosity Path news: I am now supplying content to The Motley Fool website (a multimedia financial-services company dedicated to building the world’s greatest investment community). Here is how my first posting for them begins: Photo by Jono […]
