Donor-advised funds, a highly popular way to contribute to charity, are continuing to attract rapidly growing numbers of admirers.
A new report by Giving USA Foundation, researched and written by the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, says contributions to these charitable-giving vehicles and grants from them “continue to grow at impressive rates, meaning that [donor-advised funds] are likely to play an even more prominent role in philanthropy in the future than they do now.”