A Donor-Advised Fund (DAF) is basically an investment account for charitable giving. Here’s what one of our donors says about them:
I’m interested in pretty much everything (economics, stargazing, sci-fi, jigsaw puzzles, visiting thrift stores to buy more jigsaw puzzles... 🧩). And that includes finding ways to help my dollars go as far as possible to drive positive change in the world.
Like you, I care about helping animals suffering on factory farms. DAFs are such a powerful tool for doing that. I opened one for three reasons:
- Money doesn’t just sit there in my DAF—it gets invested and actually grows, tax-free, until I’m ready to donate it. Super cool.
- My DAF gives me great tax benefits. My income changes each year, and with my DAF, I can donate during the most tax-advantageous years while smoothly supporting charitable causes annually.
- DAFs make it easy for me to donate appreciated assets, which is more tax-efficient than selling the assets myself, paying capital gains taxes, and donating cash."
DAFs are a win-win. But too often, money sits in DAFs instead of actually benefiting charitable causes. One report estimated that there was $229 billion just sitting in DAFs in 2022! Think about all the good those funds could be doing out in the world.
If you have a DAF, would you consider directing those funds to help farmed animals today?
Thank you so much for supporting our mission. We couldn’t do this work without you.
With gratitude,
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Alison Hansen-Decelles
Development Team |
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