MSC’s Donor Advised Fund
Your resources are more than just financial — they can be a catalyst for positive transformation.
Join a movement building community for a just new world.
MSC’s Donor Advised Fund (DAF) program allows donors to activate resources in partnership with a powerful ecosystem of change agents and capital innovators to build community wealth and power for leaders on the frontlines.
Our proven track record spans a quarter century and positions us as leaders in movement building and philanthropic innovation. Leveraging our vast and growing ecosystem, MSC helps donors channel philanthropic capital held in a DAF toward innovative solutions to society’s most pressing challenges as they evolve.
What is a Donor Advised Fund?
A Donor Advised Fund (DAF) is a charitable giving vehicle that allows a donor to establish a fund on the books of a public 501(c)3 charity like MSC. These contributions are deductible for the donor (to the extent permitted by law at the time they are given); the donor can also make recommendations to the charity for grants from the fund over time.
Individuals, families, private foundations, trusts, and organizations can establish a DAF with an initial irrevocable contribution of cash, securities, or appreciated assets.
A Different Kind of Donor Advised Fund
We offer a unique suite of solutions curated by an accomplished team of partners across movement building and philanthropic innovation, dedicated to channeling resources toward cutting-edge solutions and catalyzing tangible, transformative change.
MSC is positioned to help you identify grantees.
MSC and our partners offer years of experience, perspective, and insight, allowing us to identify credible organizations and movements with deep community accountability. We facilitate distributions from DAFs in a community-centered manner that recognizes and addresses the barriers that have historically impacted access to philanthropy.
MSC facilitates faster deployment of funds.
We encourage DAF donors to actively distribute funds to organizations and movements working to drive positive societal change. To facilitate movement, MSC applies and manages a 25% minimum annual distribution requirement to all DAFs, and encourages donors to advise annual distributions beyond the applicable minimum. Fees are fully aligned with the change you hope to catalyze, and will resource additional services to our partners.
Catalyzing Deeper Impact
You believe grassroots leaders who are closest to the problems hold the most effective solutions. MSC’s DAF program is an onramp into right relationship and Beloved Community with these communities. MSC and our capital partners even provide programming for DAF donors, so you too can be a part of the impact journey.
MSC connects your passions and insights with solutions that harmonize impact with financial growth. Our partners at Full Spectrum Advisors and Adasina Social Capital help us steward public and private market investments within our DAF ecosystem.
Contact us to learn more about MSC’s solutions for grantmaking and impact investing.
Pricing
Administrative fees from your MSC DAF are reinvested to support MSC’s critical movement-building work.
MSC administers our DAFs with Ren, a trusted DAF technology provider. Ren’s platform offers you 24/7 access to fund information and the ease of requesting distributions online. Ren charges a small administration fee, which is integrated into the overall fees.
The percentage of the administrative allocation applied to any DAF donation is based on the net value of the assets in the DAF at the time the donation is made (or, in the case of the initial donation to establish the DAF, on the value of such DAF donation). An additional 1% goes towards supporting MSC’s vital charitable work.
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Leverage your resources for deeper impact; contact our team to talk about your philanthropic goals and get started today!
MSC does not provide tax or legal advice to any party, including DAF donors. We strongly recommend that any potential or actual donors to MSC consult with their own professional advisor regarding any questions about potential or actual gifts to MSC.