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Social Change through Financial Innovation: Evidence from Donor-Advised Funds

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  • Jillian Grennan

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I draw on new data to examine how donor-advised funds (DAFs), a fast-growing philanthropic option, relate to social progress. DAFs are distinguished by flexibility such as their ability to transform complex assets and separate the timing of tax breaks from giving decisions. While DAFs are often classified by their sponsor type, I introduce a new classification scheme that reflects their economic purpose, including the users targeted, style and features offered, and focus of grant making. This classification reveals that growth is fastest among DAFs that offer fintech tools, liquidity transformation, and grant making focused on diversity, equity, and inclusion. Conditional correlations show that DAFs with an innovative style of service distribute more grants to charities serving areas with high inequality, in times of greatest financial need, and with more efficient operations. (JEL D64, K34, L31, G23, J15, O35)

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  • Jillian Grennan, 2022. "Social Change through Financial Innovation: Evidence from Donor-Advised Funds," The Review of Corporate Finance Studies, Society for Financial Studies, vol. 11(3), pages 694-735.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:rcorpf:v:11:y:2022:i:3:p:694-735.
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    Cited by:

    1. Murray Ian, 2023. "Donor Advised Funds & Delay: An Intergenerational Justice Solution?," Nonprofit Policy Forum, De Gruyter, vol. 14(1), pages 51-76, January.

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    JEL classification:

    • D64 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Altruism; Philanthropy; Intergenerational Transfers
    • K34 - Law and Economics - - Other Substantive Areas of Law - - - Tax Law
    • L31 - Industrial Organization - - Nonprofit Organizations and Public Enterprise - - - Nonprofit Institutions; NGOs; Social Entrepreneurship
    • G23 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Non-bank Financial Institutions; Financial Instruments; Institutional Investors
    • J15 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination
    • O35 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Social Innovation

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