Donate to Charity Using a Donor Advised Fund
Smart Giving, Powerful Results: Donor Advised Funds and Estate Plans are a Dynamic Duo Imagine a world where legacy isn't just a will and an estate plan tucked away in a drawer, but a living, [...]
Will the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) Change the Way Your Clients Give?
Understanding the OBBBA Impact on Charitable Giving The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), signed into law on July 4, 2025, makes permanent certain tax provisions originally scheduled to expire, alongside key changes and new [...]
Sudden Wealth Syndrome Doesn’t Affect Just Heirs. It Affects Financial Advisors’ AUM.
Transferring wealth is inevitable. Retaining it is not. Financial Advisors who build multigenerational relationships don’t protect just their clients’ legacies – they preserve their own books. Are your clients’ children at risk of “Sudden Wealth [...]
The $84 Trillion Shift: Generational Wealth Transfer and How Smart Financial Advisors Are Preserving AUM
Leveraging Donor Advised Funds (DAFs) to Curb the Generational Wealth Transfer Impact on AUM According to Forbes magazine, an estimated $84 trillion is set to change hands over the coming decades. Financial advisors face a [...]
Why a Truly Independent Donor Advised Fund Sponsor Matters
Freedom from outside influences is significant to developing your client’s philanthropic legacy. Independence brings to mind qualities such as: “Free from influence, guidance, or control of another or others; self-reliant” As an early pioneer of [...]
Why Your Donor Advised Fund Sponsor Matters: Key Differences to Choose Wisely
Maximize Your Client’s Charitable Impact with the Best Donor Advised Fund FitDonor Advised Funds (DAFs) are a tax-smart, flexible way to manage charitable giving, with over $200 billion in assets nationwide in 2025 (NPT 2024 [...]
Win-Win Tax Strategies: Charitable Giving That Pays Off, No Itemizing Needed
Cut Taxes and Help Causes You Love in 2025 Tax rules change all the time. Many people now skip itemizing deductions since the standard deduction is higher. In 2025 (for filing in 2026) the standard [...]
Kindness Ambassadors
From FA to Trusted Advisor: Harnessing the Intersection of Wealth Management and Philanthropic Legacies In the world of finance, where numbers often reign supreme, there exists a unique intersection between wealth management and the warmth [...]
Avoid the Year End Tax Scramble – Maximize Last Minute Tax Benefits with Donor Advised Funds
Third quarter results are in and clients are looking to you for their year-end planning strategies. If your clients are like most, they may have left you scrambling to optimize their taxes before the December [...]
6 Tax Benefits to Consider With Donor Advised Funds
As financial advisor, you are in a unique position to give your clients a deeper understanding of the variety of options for charitable giving tax strategies. Living a lifestyle of generosity involves giving wisely and [...]