Member | Understanding Donor-Advised Funds

Overview

Donor-Advised Funds (DAFs) are one of the fastest-growing charitable giving vehicles, offering donors flexibility, tax advantages, and strategic philanthropy. As the landscape of charitable funding in the U.S. continues to change, understanding and utilizing DAFs is key to nonprofit resiliency. 

In this session, we’ll explore how individuals, families, and organizations can leverage DAFs to maximize charitable impact. We will discuss best practices when dealing with DAFs and ways DAFs can open access to more of a donor’s wealth and assets both during their lifetimes and beyond. To provide a comprehensive understanding of the DAF landscape, we will also discuss key considerations your donors may have, including best practices for funding DAFs, issuing grants, navigating IRS regulations, and aligning DAFs with philanthropic goals.  

Audience

This session is for leaders and staff of GCN member organizations. Member dues must be current when the session takes place to receive access. 

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Presenter

Christy Butler Eckoff, CAP, works with clients to integrate fiduciary, trust, philanthropic, and tax knowledge to help them grow and preserve their assets. Eckoff is also the founder of philanthropic consulting firm Significance Ventures, LLC, and served as chief foundation officer of the Atlanta Jewish Foundation, philanthropic counsel managing director at the Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta, and senior director of gift planning at Georgia State University.

In addition, Eckoff has over 15 years’ experience as a tax attorney, co-chaired the National Standards for Gift Planning task force of the National Association of Charitable Gift Planning, and is past president of both the Georgia Planned Giving Council (GPGC) and the Greater Atlanta chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP). She is currently a member of the Atlanta Estate Planning Council and a board member for the GPGC and the AFP Foundation.

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