Amid the Crises in 2020, DAFs Continued to Expand
Submitted by American Endowment Foundation on February 22nd, 2021By Ken Nopar, VP-Senior Philanthropic Advisor
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By Ken Nopar, VP-Senior Philanthropic Advisor
By Eric Kinaitis
By Eric Kinaitis
Although C-corporations today have become a smaller share overall of American business classifications, there are approximately 1.8 million businesses currently that are classified as "C-corps."
By Eric Kinaitis
By Eric Kinaitis
As a trusted advisor to your clients, you are likely heavily involved in helping them think and plan about the financial matters that will provide them with a nest egg to support them in their retirement years.
By Eric Kinaitis
A legacy fund at American Endowment Foundation (AEF) is a means by which you can use a donor advised fund to support charitable giving in the future for testamentary or estate planning purposes. A legacy fund would receive the gift of assets at a future date when a bequest or similar estate planning strategy takes effect.
Editor Note: This article is a complementary viewpoint to a past AEF Insights article on anonymous giving.
By Ken Nopar, VP-Senior Philanthropic Advisor
By Eric Kinaitis
For many people, the thought of what to give often is synonymous with the concept of bequests. Someone not providing assets to charity until after their death is certainly pragmatic, since those assets would no longer be needed to support the donor’s living expenses.
By Eric Kinaitis
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