Ahhh…June…. Ice cream trucks started rolling. Pools opened. Gardens grew (at least before the heat waves). And the philanthropy world celebrated its annual wave of data geekery. Unfortunately, the data showed a mixed forecast for philanthropy, with a heavy chance of bummer. Giving USA 2012 reported overall charitable giving only rose 0.9% in 2011 when [...]
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Donor-Advised Fund Growth
The Chronicle of Philanthropy's new issue showcases its annual survey of large managers of donor-advised funds (subscription required). The online version features searchable and sortable data for DAFs going back to 2002 - a philanthropy geek's dream. The Chronicle compiled data from 62 of the largest DAF managers, a mix of foundations connected to financial companies, [...]
Finding Common Ground, Valuing Different Views Article
Happy to have contributed to the National Center for Philanthropy Philanthropy webinar and resulting article on family foundations and family giving: FEATURE: Finding Common Ground, Valuing Different Views (April 2012 FGN). NCFP and GMA Foundations also led a session on managing diverse family opinions at the 2012 Family Philanthropy Conference. They sent this PDF of articles on enhancing [...]
The Nonprofit Quarterly's Rick Cohen has an insightful article today on donor-advised funds managed by financial services firms and other national providers. The article provides counterpoint to worries about those national DAFs raised by nonprofits and others. In his concluding paragraph, he writes: In contrast, DAFs are, dare we say it, an instrument toward democratizing [...]
Tony Macklin 