Can donor-advised funds save Canada’s social impact sector?
The tool is criticized as opaque and unaccountable, but its flexibility may prove useful to fund-starved organizations and causes
Why It Matters
Donor-advised funds (DAFs) represent an important tool in Canadian philanthropy. DAFs have been a more flexible model for faster responses to the COVID-19 pandemic, but almost no data exists on their efficacy — and severe transparency problems undermine their credibility.
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