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DAFs work best when you want to make donations in the future, but want to take advantage of the tax benefits today… so you can donate highly appreciated stock, take advantage of the tax benefits of donating, then determining how you want to donate it in 5, 10, 20 years…
Just donate your shares from your brokerage? You don’t need a DAF to do what you’re describing.
The only benefit to using a DAF is to accelerate your tax deductions for the “donation” you make to the DAF if you want to delay the actual donation to the beneficiary.
I donate stock to daf, I get deduction for fmv, daf sends cash to charity when instructed to do so.
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And what are the tricks to use DAF as a back door for personal gain? Set up a charity and pay your kid as a director?
I think you are talking about a foundation.
I use Fidelity DAF and it was easier to transfer appreciated stock from my fidelity brokerage and you have EFT options for the charities I donate to. The only thing I didn't like about it was that it doesn't list stocks that are under one year old. Just long term holdings
Ah i see....I just confirmed that's right. Makes sense. Had some big short term gains last year thanks to liberation day panic and wanted to exit some of those positions but thought fidelity had some arbitrary rule on donating stocks..
Fidelity DAF. We fund it with highly appreciated company stock that I've accumulated over the years. It may go without saying, but make sure you will be above the standard deduction threshold when using DAF so you get the desired tax benefit.