The nonprofit guide to donor-advised funds and year-end giving

Most nonprofits are used to seeing a surge of last-minute donations at the end of the year as their supporters rush to make a tax-deductible gift. However, supporters with donor-advised funds (DAFs) don’t follow this same pattern. These contributors get a donor-advised fund tax deduction when they add money to their fund (and not when the money is actually distributed to a cause or charity).