I am more positive on DAFs than @Al_Cantor is, as he and I have discussed. But I agree with much of what he says here, including that @FidelityChrtbl requiring only a $50 gift every two years from a DAF is insufficient at best. https://www.philanthropy.com/article/Commercial-DAFs-Keep-Touting/249211?cid=cpfd_home#comments-anchor
Commercial DAFs Keep Touting Their Donors’ Crisis Giving. Here’s What They Aren’t Saying. (Opinion)

Fidelity and other big providers do little to spur giving. That’s why charities need to persuade donors to act — or Congress needs to step in.

https://www.philanthropy.com/article/Commercial-DAFs-Keep-Touting/249211?cid=cpfd_home#comments-anchor
I have said that directly to the folks there. And the ones I work closely with -- @FidelityChrtbl is a grant supporter of @CEPData through its trustees initiative fund -- are people of integrity motivated to do good.
So I'm more hopeful than Al that @FidelityChrtbl will change--& do more 2 mandate and also 2 encourage more giving out of DAFs. As I point out in this post, which coincidentally went up about same time as Al's @Philanthropy piece, the time is now 4 DAFs. https://cep.org/the-continued-need-for-vastly-stepped-up-giving-and-the-role-of-dafs/
The Continued Need for Vastly Stepped-Up Giving — and the Role of DAFs - The Center for Effective...

https://cep.org/the-continued-need-for-vastly-stepped-up-giving-and-the-role-of-dafs/
But on this Al and I agree totally: comparisons of giving levels this year versus last are essentially irrelevant. We should look at giving relative to need and relative to assets. Now is not the time for self-congratulation.
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