Recent Coverage

Published in Philanthropy News Digest

May 17, 2023 | 1 min read

The Blackbaud Giving Fund, a South Carolina-based donor-advised fund (DAF), has announced that it disbursed more than $682 million in 2022, an 8 percent year-over-year increase. Established in 2020, the Blackbaud Giving Fund is already among the 10 largest DAFs in the United States and has awarded more than $1.6 billion since 2020. In 2022, more […]

Published in PMA Nonprofit Leadership

March 16, 2023 | 1 min read

As a nonprofit leader, are you aware of the unique motivations many Donor Advised Fund (DAF) givers share? Do you target stewardship efforts to this group of individuals specifically? In episode #201 of Your Path to Nonprofit Leadership, Matt Nash, who has been on the cutting edge of recent key fundraising trends in the philanthropic sector shares his […]

Published in Nonprofit Jenni Show

February 27, 2023 | 1 min read

“There’s the head and the heart decision. The head decision is, how much do I want to donate to charity, can I afford it, and how will it work with my taxes? The heart decision is, what am I inspired to give to? With a donor-advised fund you can divide those two decisions.”  […]

Published in The Influential Nonprofit

February 2, 2023 | 1 min read

“A lot of employees have never given back in a way that is organized and thoughtful. Workplace giving initiatives give employees the opportunity to participate in giving activities and volunteer together as a team. Employees get to experience how good it feels to give back and the effectiveness of the nonprofits they support. Workplace giving […]

Published in The Nonprofit Times

November 2, 2022 | 2 min read

The Blackbaud Giving Fund, a 501(c)(3) donor-advised fund (DAF) that generates most of its pass-along donations through workplace giving campaigns, is knocking on the door of $1 billion donation transferred, hitting $898 million to 195,000 charities since its August 2020 launch. The Charleston, South Carolina-based DAF disbursed $630 million from donor accounts to more than […]

Published in Authority Magazine

October 22, 2022 | 21 min read

In recent years, Big Tech has gotten a bad rep. But of course many tech companies are doing important work making monumental positive changes to society, health, and the environment. To highlight these, we started a new interview series about “Technology Making An Important Positive Social Impact”. We are interviewing leaders of tech companies who […]