Make a donor-advised fund gift
A DAF is like a charitable savings account: You contribute to the fund as frequently as you like and then recommend grants to your favorite charity when you’re ready.
You can give to Best Friends Animal Society from your DAF account directly on our website from hundreds of DAF providers including Fidelity, Schwab, Vanguard, and more.
This type of giving program provides you with the flexibility to support the animals through Best Friends while enjoying some favorable tax benefits. It's a great way to simplify your charitable giving while helping to Save Them All.
Your support saves lives
When you recommend a gift to Best Friends through your donor-advised fund, you’re providing the crucial funding to support and expand the work of saving the lives of homeless pets.
Enjoy the tax benefits of a DAF while helping homeless pets
DAFs allow you to avoid the administrative and legal burdens of forming a private foundation while preserving the joys of charitable giving.
Your DAF contributions are immediately tax-deductible, and any investment growth in the DAF is tax-free. It’s also easy to donate long-term appreciated securities, which eliminates capital gains taxes and allows you to support multiple charities from one block of stock. You receive one tax receipt.
DAFs are flexible because the timing of your tax deduction is separate from your charitable decision-making.
The DAF sponsor handles all record-keeping, disbursements, and tax receipts. The DAF manager also takes care of vetting and qualifying charities. All you have to do is dictate where to send the checks.
There are two standard fees sponsoring organizations collect from DAF holders: an administrative fee, which varies relative to the DAF balance and covers the costs of processing transactions and providing donor support, and an investment fee, which is a mutual fund fee based on how the funds are invested.
Together, these fees range from 1% to 2.5% of the DAF balance, depending on the sponsoring organization, the type of DAF, and how aggressively DAF holders choose to invest their accounts.
Making your donor-advised fund gift
Simply recommend a gift to Best Friends through your donor-advised fund by clicking on the button below. You'll be asked to pick the organization to which you'd like to contribute and enter the amount. When you're finished, you'll click "Next" to complete your recommendation.
If you have a donor-advised fund that does not participate in DAF Direct, just ask your financial adviser to designate a gift to Best Friends Animal Society.
When you make a gift to Best Friends through your donor-advised fund, we do not receive any information that identifies you as the donor. To ensure that you receive a proper acknowledgement, please let us know about your gift. If you have a DAF and are making Best Friends Animal Society a recipient of a grant, please be sure to let us know so that we can thank you.
Questions? Please contact a member of the Best Friends donor services team at 435-274-7520 or dafs@bestfriends.org.
Partners in lifesaving
The animals are incredibly grateful for your support today — and we are too. Please know that your gift goes straight to work providing lifesaving care and life-changing opportunities to homeless pets around the country.
We’re here to help
For your questions about donor-advised fund gifts, please contact a member of the Best Friends donor services team at 435-274-7520 or dafs@bestfriends.org.
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Transparency, accountability, and trust
At Best Friends, we aim for transparency and authenticity — two of our guiding principles — in every aspect of the work we do. And because we not only depend on but trust our family of supporters, we are committed to open, two-way communication and to financial transparency across the organization.
