ABSTRACT

This chapter discusses the future of Donor-Advised Funds (DAFs), the return on investment of product lines, and the challenges of business model. The warrant attention needs to think afresh and work beyond current frameworks to find the best ways amplifies impact and the outcomes for communities. Collaboration natures to do work as community foundations, the current model of collaboration will not be able to keep pace. It needs collaboration to be exponentially more powerful, not solely in volume or size but in terms of impact. Minnesota Philanthropy Partners is a network of foundations, funds, and organizations. It anchors four main institutions: the Saint Paul Foundation and Minnesota Community Foundation, the F. R. Bigelow Foundation, and the Mardag Foundation. The role community foundations are larger. One can help individuals multiply effectiveness by providing incentives to more people to work together on the same problems.