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Donor Advised Funds - Has anyone had any transactions with Donor Advised Funds (DAF)?  I was on a webinar with Givebutter and they talked about DAF and the untapped donations available. Anyway, I signed the Retreat to participate in DAFDay on 10 Oct and got listed as a 501c(3) that accepts DAFs. The link through Givebutter is with Chariot.com. It was nice to see the Retreat's logo on the page of participating organizations and we've modified our donations page to have a specific DAF donation space. Moneys from DAFs come in the form of a check and fees are paid after the donation is made/received, I think. The process is different from straight one-time or recurring donations.

The DAFDay is suppose to be an on-line event that helps links organizations  with donors. Sounds wonderful if it works. Here is the link: Home | DAF Day

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Buck Hamilton
Chief Cat Wrangler
Mandarin's Retreat
TX
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We got interested after a Givebutter webinar and signed up to accept DAF donations through Chariot. When we signed up as a recipient organization, we were one of about 9 pet oriented charities on the list. We liked the odds of being noticed. Check it out www.dafday.com

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Buck Hamilton
Chief Cat Wrangler
Mandarin's Retreat
TX
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My organization recently signed up for GiveButter, so we are still navigating all the webinars, tools, etc. I've heard about DAF but never looked into it that closely. Thanks for sharing! 

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Jodie Hearlson
Wellington Humane Society
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Original Message:
Sent: 09-30-2024 11:27 AM
From: Buck Hamilton
Subject: Donor Advised Funds

We got interested after a Givebutter webinar and signed up to accept DAF donations through Chariot. When we signed up as a recipient organization, we were one of about 9 pet oriented charities on the list. We liked the odds of being noticed. Check it out www.dafday.com

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Buck Hamilton
Chief Cat Wrangler
Mandarin's Retreat
TX
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DAFs are a win-win. Many people in my network, myself included, establish them to reduce their taxes and then they invest the funds, so there is a lot of people sitting on cash, waiting to find the organization they wish to support.  In my personal case, the goal is to be able to give a certain amount each year without reducing the capital, basically giving away the interest each year. A group of my colleagues and I have discussed pooling our DAFs into a central fund. 

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Robert Bilotti
Founder
Novita Training
MI
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