Forum Comment Letter to Treasury on Proposed DAF Regulations - Feb. 2024
Forum Comment Letter to Treasury regarding proposed regulations impacting donor-advised funds.
Forum Comment Letter to Treasury regarding proposed regulations impacting donor-advised funds.
On March 7, a bi-partisan group of 11 members of the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Ways and Means singed a letter regarding donor-advised funds. In a "Dear Colleague" letter to their fellow lawmakers, the members express concerns about proposals that would restrict DAFs as well as private foundations, such as the ACE Act, S. 1981/H.R. 6595.
A letter from the Forum and national partners regarding the Accelerating Charitable Efforts (or ACE Act).
Charitable Giving Coalition letter to House Ways Means Chairman, Richard Neal (D-MA) and Ranking Member Kevin Brady (R-TX), urging support for stronger charitable giving incentives in the next COVID-19 legislative package.
Letter from a group of members of the Charitable Giving Coalition, including the Forum, asking Congress to include DAFs in relief legislation.
National Philanthropic Trust's 2018 Donor-Advised Fund Report examines 2013 through 2017 fiscal year data from 1,002 charities. For the eighth consecutive year, there was growth in all key metrics—number of individual donor-advised funds, total grant dollars from them, total contributions to them and total charitable assets in them.
Report from Independent Sector to review a 2005 recommendation to require a five percent payout for DAFs.
Resource page on donor-advised funds from the Council on Foundations.
Webinar recording from Alliance for Charitable Reform responding to the proposal for donor-advised funds to distribute contributions within five years of receipt.
The Philanthropy + Policy Update by United Philanthropy Forum provides updates, analysis, and breaking news about public policy issues impacting the philanthropic sector and the communities we work with and in. This issue is for March 15, 2024.