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  • The foundation offers individuals vehicles called donor-advised funds, where people can place a portion of their wealth and then direct the assets for specific charitable purposes.

    Donor-Advised Funds Show Rise in Giving Pui-Wing Tam 2011

  • He also got married and, in lieu of gifts, asked guests for a charitable donation to his donor-advised fund.

    Donor-Advised Funds Show Rise in Giving Pui-Wing Tam 2011

  • As a result, some investors are donating more now, especially if their assets have grown in the last year, but others are giving larger contributions from existing donor-advised funds.

    Tax Rates Generate Donation Dilemma Jilian Mincer 2010

  • Almost 90% of American donors said that "they wouldn't change their giving behaviors based on tax increases," according to a survey released in October by the Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund, the nation's largest donor-advised fund program.

    Tax Rates Generate Donation Dilemma Jilian Mincer 2010

  • While in some instances, it makes sense to stifle that impulse until next year, or use money already donated to a donor-advised fund or a family foundation, other factors can come into play.

    Tax Rates Generate Donation Dilemma Jilian Mincer 2010

  • At the time, grant-making slowed and total assets in the donor-advised funds dropped to $769.2 million in 2009 from nearly $1 billion at the end of 2007.

    Donor-Advised Funds Show Rise in Giving Pui-Wing Tam 2011

  • So far this year, 52 donor-advised funds have been created, he says, bringing the foundation's total to 373.

    Donor-Advised Funds Show Rise in Giving Pui-Wing Tam 2011

  • Donors over age 70½ may contribute up to $100,000 of IRA assets directly to one or more qualified charities but not a donor-advised fund.

    The Tax Mess Deepens Laura Saunders 2011

  • Recently, those donor-advised funds have experienced growth in assets and in the grants made from the funds.

    Donor-Advised Funds Show Rise in Giving Pui-Wing Tam 2011

  • Burt Hutchinson, a financial adviser in Wilmington, Del., says he recommended that one client, a retiring executive in his mid-60's, make an extra large donation this year to his donor-advised fund.

    Tax Rates Generate Donation Dilemma Jilian Mincer 2010

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