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DAF-to-DAF Giving Reached $7 Billion in 2024

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By Helen Flannery
| Institute for Policy Studies
Since 2020, we have tracked the money cycling between donor-advised fund sponsors. We found $23.5 billion over the five years from 2020 to 2024, and $7.5 billion in 2024 alone — all of which counts, technically, as grants made to charity. Donor-advised funds, or DAFs, are financial accounts managed by charities. When a charity manages a DAF, it is called a DAF sponsor. Donors can put money into DAFs and take a tax deduction immediately, because they’re technically giving to a charity (the sponsor).
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DAF-to-DAF Giving Reached $7 Billion in 2024

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By Helen Flannery
| Inequality.org Verified
Since 2020, we have tracked the money cycling between donor-advised fund sponsors. We found $23.5 billion over the five years from 2020 to 2024, and $7.5 billion in 2024 alone — all of which counts, technically, as grants made to charity. Why do DAF-to-DAF grants matter? Donor-advised funds, or DAFs, are financial accounts managed by charities. When a charity manages a DAF, it is called a DAF sponsor.
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The Top Charities Aren't What You Think

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By Helen Flannery
| CounterPunch Verified
Some of the operating nonprofits on our list — such as the United Way and the Salvation Army — sponsor DAF programs as well, but we didn’t categorize them as sponsors because their DAF programs are tiny compared to their other fundraising. In addition, neither our list nor Forbes’ list include religious organizations, as they are not required to make their financial information public. What are DAFs, anyway?
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