Philanthropic Strategists For:

FAMILIES & INDIVIDUALS

No matter how far along you are with your charitable efforts, we will help you organize your approach, and strategically design, implement and evaluate your philanthropic plans.

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BUSINESSES

We will work your business's key stakeholders to identify and design strategic internal and external approaches to your community investment that enhance engagement of employees and customers.

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FOUNDATIONS

We will help your private or public foundation design and implement strategic plans to organize, manage, implement and evaluate its philanthropic mission.

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Posted By
Bruce DeBoskey
September 11, 2018

Donor-advised funds – Powerful giving tool needs sharpening

The fastest-growing tool in the philanthropic arena is the donor-advised fund. DAFs are 501(c)(3) philanthropic accounts established at a public charity. They allow donations of cash, property, appreciated assets and more – and donors receive immediate tax deductions. The DAF legally controls the money from the point of donation. Subsequently, donors can advise the DAF…

As an individual, family, business or foundation making philanthropic decisions – or a trusted advisor to these groups – you face many questions:

  • How can we most effectively transform our community, our country or our world?
  • What are we hoping to achieve for ourselves in the process?
  • Do we have a strategy to achieve our internal and external goals?
  • Which nonprofit organizations can best help us achieve our mission?
  • How do we decide how much to give?
  • How do we evaluate the impact of our giving?
  • How do we align our philanthropic capital with our mission?
  • How can we engage the rising generations in our family or business philanthropy?
  • How do we take our foundation to the next level?

We will work closely with you to design, implement, manage and evaluate your philanthropic initiatives through strategic and actionable plans for yourself, your family, business, or foundation.