As we approach the end of the year, many of our clients are focused on charitable giving.

To that effect, we wanted to share an interesting article in Barron's about Donor Advised Funds (DAFs).  These philanthropic investment accounts enable individual investors to emulate private foundations.  DAFs allow you an immediate tax deduction for your contribution to the fund, and then you can choose the amount and timing of the distributions to charities.

Click Here to read the full article.