This article was first published on Geneva Global’s blog on Oct. 28, 2020. The recent news that Fidelity was zeroing out its previous $5,000 minimum investment for Donor Advised Funds (DAFs) was big news in the giving world. DAFs – which allow both “everyday” donors as well as ultra-high net worth philanthropists to more easily move philanthropic […]
New Site Seeks to Make It Easier for Giving Circles to Blossom By Heather Joslyn Over the 10 years since Tracey Webb founded Black Benefactors, a Washington-area giving circle for African-American donors, she has had many conversations with people who want to get serious about their giving. Sometimes, if they have heard of donor-advised funds, […]
Doers and dreamers unite at Our Common Future conference. Led by Independent Sector, Our Common Future brings together nonprofits, foundations, corporations, and social enterprises. At the conference, Growfund’s Director, Brandolon Barnett, will speak on Leveraging Donor Advised Funds (DAFs). What’s a DAF? DAFs are the fastest growing tool for giving in the United States. Think […]
Special Growfund Charity Charge credit card earns cashback rewards as tax-deductible charitable donations to cardholder’s Growfund Donor Advised Fund, allowing individual donors to incorporate saving, investing, and giving into their everyday purchases. ALEXANDRIA, VA, and AUSTIN, TX, June 6, 2017 – Global Impact, a world leader in growing global philanthropy, has joined forces with Charity […]
We’re looking forward to attending MCON June 5th – June 6th at the Newseum in Washington, DC. Growfund’s Brandolon Barnett, Emily Salmon St. Pierre and Austen Brower are excited to engage with MCON attendees about the way millennials pursue their philanthropic aspirations. MCON gathers leaders, activist and social entrepreneurs from all over the country to better […]
by Brandolon Barnett Philanthropy as a practice combines a strategic way of thinking about giving with a set of tools to carry out that strategy. This combination has been leveraged in a myriad of ways over the decades to engage communities with causes and fund the hard work of improving our world. As the team […]
Global Impact’s Scott Jackson and Ann Canela have co-authored a white paper, “Donor Advised Funds: Democratizing Philanthropy to Change the World,” that explores why Donor Advised Funds (DAFs) have become the fastest-growing charitable vehicle in the US. In this paper, produced in partnership with The Conference Board, Jackson and Canela describe how the US philanthropic […]