donor advised funds Archives

June 11, 2023

A New Report about Donor-Advised Funds and Our Sector

Donor-Advised Funds (DAFs) have become more popular in the nonprofit and philanthropic sector in the past decade. "Influence, Affluence & Opportunity: Donor-Advised Funds in Canada" (May 2023), a new report... More

January 28, 2023

Donor-Advised Funds: 2023 Outlook

By Keith Sjögren. Over the past five years, assets held in donor-advised funds (DAFs) in Canada have increased approximately 20%, much of it achieved by DAF-holding foundations associated with financial... More

February 22, 2022

Giving back

Giving back, The generosity of high-net-worth Canadians A white paper by Keith Sjögren, written for Mackenzie Private Wealth. Over the past few years, high-net-worth individuals (those with more than $1... More

April 20, 2021

Get Rid of the Loophole of Anonymity for Political Donors in the US

By Renee Irvin. Transparency is important in politics: voters need to know who's paying for the policy agenda-setting, the TV and radio ads, and so on. The ever-growing concentration of... More

April 19, 2021

Releasing “Parked Wealth” from Foundations & Donor Advised Funds

By Michael D. Layton. A controversial issue in the US is the distribution of philanthropic assets. In light of the inter-related crises that the nation is facing – public health,... More

January 5, 2021

Fundraising Opportunities with High Net Worth Canadians & Their $5.9 Trillion

By Keith Sjögren. (Download text-only PDF of this article.) At the end of 2018, Investor Economics estimated that approximately 802,000 households in Canada each controlled more than $1 million in... More