Concept
Donor-advised fund
An account at a charity that a donor funds and advises but no longer owns.
The IRS describes it as an account kept by a sponsoring charity, which holds legal control, while the donor keeps the right to advise on grants and investments. DonorsTrust provides them.
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The last quotation is from its then chief executive, Whitney Ball, as the Guardian reports it.
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Barre Seid Donated $1.6 Billion to Conservative Marble Freedom Trust, ProPublica and The Lever, 22 Aug 2022.
Scholarship & press
routing donations to the school through DonorsTrust or the Donors Capital Fund, two donor-advised funds that provide an additional level of anonymity.
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Donor-advised funds, Internal Revenue Service, 2026.
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Once the donor makes the contribution, the organization has legal control over it. However, the donor, or the donor's representative, retains advisory privileges with respect to the distribution of funds and the investment of assets in the account.
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DonorsTrust, DonorsTrust, 2026.
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DonorsTrust is a donor-advised fund provider that protects your charitable intent, preserves your privacy, and ensures your giving aligns with your conservative, libertarian, or faith-based values—now and for generations to come.
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Billionaires secretly fund attack on climate science, The Guardian, 14 Feb 2013.
Scholarship & press
"We exist to help donors promote liberty which we understand to be limited government, personal responsibility, and free enterprise," she said in an interview.
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