This article explores two strategies for family philanthropy, the Private Foundation (PF) and the Donor Advised Fund (DAF) and how these effective and meaningful tools for family philanthropy can help your clients increase the likelihood for the successful transfer of their family wealth. Most material on this subject addresses these two strategies as an “either [...]
Sound asset stewardship and family unity each play a tremendous role in successful generational wealth transfer. Here’s why philanthropic giving can contribute to both of those goals. This article is the third in a series taken from The One Page Legacy Plan by Phil Tobin, a free downloadable eBook from iGiftFund. In this piece, [...]
What will happen to your established wealth in generations to come? By working together with family and trusted financial advisors, you can boil the future of your wealth down to a single page. By Phil Tobin This article is the first in a series taken from The One Page Legacy Plan by Phil Tobin, a [...]
Hazel Van Dyke Patterson One October day 34 years ago my mother was a vibrant 71-year-old who loved to bowl and visit friends. The next she was gone. Only it didn’t seem like it. In many ways she was still with me, and from time to time I would find myself talking to [...]
As you may already know, a donor advised fund (DAF) is a charitable giving vehicle sponsored by a public charity. When your clients establishes a donor advised fund with iGiftFund, they are dealing with an entity recognized by the IRS as a public charity that "sponsors" the DAF. At iGiftFund, we hold ourselves as not [...]
We all leave a legacy that has nothing to do with the assets that comprise our estate. We can have absolutely nothing, no material possessions at the end of our life, and still we have a legacy. That legacy is our story and our values. Those are what we pass on to our children and [...]
We’ve all heard the expression Shirtsleeves to shirtsleeves in three generations—one generation accumulates the money and the next two spend it down to zero or thereabouts. Shirtsleeves-to-shirtsleeves seems to put the blame for dissipating the family wealth on the backs of the children and grandchildren. But is that the only place it belongs? If the [...]
Read about Donor Advised Funds in this Crain's article by Jeremy Nobile Whether it's for the tax benefits, low hurdles for participation, overall flexibility or a number of other factors, donor-advised funds (DAFs) are seeing capital flowing in and out of them reach record levels. And even though new tax codes in 2018 have cast [...]
News Release Phil Tobin Launches National Donor Advised Fund iGiftFund to Participate in Fastest Growing Planned Giving Platform in America Hudson, Ohio – July 1, 2018 – Eighteen months after leaving American Endowment Foundation (AEF), Hudson, Ohio resident Phil Tobin announces the launch of iGiftFund, an independent, advisor-managed, Donor Advised Fund (DAF) with the goal [...]
A family mission statement is a critical part of successful wealth transfer, uniting all family members and heirs around a common, agreed-upon purpose – and it’s the foundation of your enduring legacy. This article is the fifth in a series taken from The One Page Legacy Plan by Phil Tobin, a free downloadable eBook from [...]