Vanguard Charitable Endowment seeks to make charitable giving easy, convenient, and smart. It believes that the easiest, smartest, and most convenient way to fulfill philanthropic goals is through a donor-advised fund, a tax-effective way to consolidate, accrue, and grant assets to charity.
Its mission is to increase philanthropy and maximize its impact over time.
The Wellspring Philanthropic Fund is a near-bottomless pit of "dark money" anonymous spending to achieve political ends.Using a sophisticated network of for-profits, shell corporations, and...more
According to this data, the group's biggest grants have historically come from the California Endowment ($51 million since 2001), the Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program ($39 million since 2007),...more
Leading this new wave have been several major financial management firms that recognized a business opportunity in allowing their investors to make planned donations while retaining management of...more
The National Philanthropic Trust's 2017 Donor-Advised Funds Report found that in 2016 there “were approximately 285,000 individual donor-advised ... Almost 25 percent of funds donated to the top...more
According to the nonprofit National Philanthropic Trust, givers put $23.27 billion in donor-advised funds in 2016, a 7 percent increase from 2015 and an 18 percent increase from 2014. That money is...more
It's a nice example of entities like Fidelity, Schwab, and the Greater Kansas City Community Foundation listening to and working with charities to...more
Researchers at the National Philanthropic Trust looked at 1,007 charities, an increase over the 652 the trust examined last year. Of those, 603 were community...more
The Chronicle of Philanthropy ... Using data from 652 organizations, the National Philanthropic Trust examined the performance of the funds, which allow people...more
The position young people are dealt with can be complex, and yet the entire economic system is still focused for an age that’s almost gone astray. The solution? Promoting social enterprise and getting these young people integrated into work.