Abstract
The growing use of donor-advised funds (DAFs) is changing the way many donors give to charity. Despite the increasing influence and importance of DAFs in the nonprofit sector, very little is known about how people actually use them. We conducted 48 in-depth interviews with DAF users, collecting rich qualitative data about why and how donors use DAFs. We use these data to sketch a DAF giving process with four phases and multiple decision points. We highlight some of the common donor strategies that are used with DAFs. Overall, we present evidence of abundant diversity in individual adaptation for giving through DAFs.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 327-349 |
Number of pages | 23 |
Journal | Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly |
Volume | 51 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Apr 2022 |
Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:The author(s) received partial financial support from the Research on Religion and Urban Civil Society (PRRUCS) at the University of Pennsylvania for the research and authorship, of this article.
Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2021.
Keywords
- charitable giving
- DAF giving process
- decision-making
- donor-advised fund
- philanthropy
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Social Sciences (miscellaneous)