Any Donor-Advised Fund administrators coming to bbcon?

Devan Bessinger

Hi, all! Is there anyone coming to bbcon in person this year whose organization administers a Donor-Advised Fund (DAF) program? This would be orgs who manage DAFs and make grants out to other charities, not necessarily orgs who receive grants from DAFs. I would love to connect and chat about your program specs, best practices, what technology you use to manage your programs, etc. Also, what's the weirdest grant recommendation you've ever made? I'll start… someone made a recommendation for a grant to a program that provided livestock to villages in Africa… specifically, they could afford to fund half a donkey. It was the only time in my work that I was happy to “half ass” something. ?

Beth Broomall

@Devan Caton while we do not have a DAF program, we do make grants to organizations in the Greater Cincinnati area. I will be at bbcon if you would like to connect. After 30+ years, I could write a book on grant requests. ?

Devan Bessinger

Thanks, @Beth Broomall! I'm just down the road from you, near Louisville! We'll have to connect in Seattle. I'm sure with 30+ years, you have some excellent stories.

Beth Broomall

@Devan Caton Yes, we'll have to connect in Seattle.