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Donor-advised funds
When developing your charitable giving plan, a donor-advised fund (DAF) may be the right strategy. This approach provides you with a host of benefits, and allows you to determine the ultimate recipient of your donations. Our team brings guidance and can connect you to the right resources. All in service of helping you maximize your philanthropic impact in a way that makes sense for your overall wealth plan.
When you set up a donor-advised fund with J.P. Morgan, you control where the charitable contributions go, while we handle everything else.
Understanding the benefits
DAFs are different than other philanthropic strategies (like a private foundation) in a number of key ways:
- Implement easily: Our team can set up your DAF account immediately with little to no cost, and with an initial investment requirement of as low as $25,000.
- Maintain control: You determine the recipient(s) of your donation and recommend grants and investment allocations.
- Take your time with decision making: With a DAF, you can donate over time without having to decide exactly where that donation will go. This lets you take an income tax charitable deduction now, and direct your giving when you’re ready.
- Enjoy tax efficiencies: When donating non-marketable assets—such as privately held stock or tangible property—to a DAF, your income-tax deduction is based on the fair market value of those assets. Non-marketable assets donated to a private foundation, on the other hand, are typically limited to the donor’s cost basis—the original value of the assets.
- Diversify a concentrated portfolio: Our advisors can help you contribute appreciated publicly traded stock to a donor-advised fund in order to reduce your concentrated stock position.
J.P. Morgan’s Charitable Giving Fund is a donor-advised fund administered by the National Philanthropic Trust, a public charity and the largest independent donor-advised fund administrator in the country.
Choosing the right DAF
Not all DAFs are the same. We can help make sure that your DAF suits your current and future needs. Issues to consider include:
- What are the DAF’s investment options? These can vary widely, with some organizations offering few, and others providing a broad array.
- Does the sponsoring organization accept “unique or illiquid” assets? Not all funds will accept the assets that a donor might be well advised to give, such as appreciated stock or real estate.
- How flexible is the DAF regarding the choice of charitable recipients? You’ll want to understand which charities are on a sponsoring organization’s approved list, and how easily another charity may be added. Possible recipients, and the process for adding charities, can vary greatly among DAFs.
- Does the DAF have foreign grant expertise? If you want to give to an international charity, there are tax and reporting implications, among others.
J.P. Morgan’s Charitable Giving Fund is a donor-advised fund administered by the National Philanthropic Trust, a public charity and the largest independent donor-advised fund administrator in the country.
Enhancing your foundation with a donor-advised fund
A DAF allows your private foundation to donate to nonprofits whose work falls outside of its mission statement or non-U.S. charities and more. Our advisors can help you determine whether a DAF is right for your foundation.
If you’re seeking to simplify your giving strategy, J.P. Morgan can help you evolve your private foundation to a donor-advised fund account. You won’t lose control. You and your family will still have the ability to be advisors through a simple process.
How one woman improved the environment in Calcutta and Chicago
By donating interests in her private equity firm to her Charitable Giving Fund, she was able to receive a tax deduction before the interests were sold; advise on the timing of the sale; give to charitable recipients in her native Calcutta; donate to a nonprofit in her new city, Chicago.
Narrator: This is the story of how Abia, a business owner, donated interests in her private equity firm to help people in Chicago and Calcutta. Abia was a child when her family emigrated from India to the United States. As an adult, she launched a private equity firm that, after 10 years, had significant value and continued to grow. Abia wanted to give something back, both to her adopted country- the United States- and to her country of origin- India. To do this, she used a Charitable Giving Fund, the “donor-advised fund” offered by J.P.Morgan in partnership with a public charity called The National Philanthropic Trust, or NPT. Abia was surprised to learn that a donor-advised fund offered by J.P.Morgan could help. A donor-advised fund, also known as a DAF, is a vehicle for charitable giving that is easy to establish, cost-effective and tax efficient.
The J.P.Morgan Charitable Giving Fund allows donors to give internationally and to donate illiquid assets like interests in private equity firms. Firm interests are held by NPT until the donor says they can be sold. Liquid assets are invested on the J.P.Morgan platform until the person who donated them is ready for them to be given out as grants. Abia donated 5% of her interests in her firm to the Charitable Giving Fund. She immediately received a tax deduction based on the full fair market of those interests when they were donated, which was 12 million dollars. Although her tax deduction was immediate, Abia gained time for her firm and her gifting. The interests in her firm did not have to be sold until she was ready. Grants from the liquid assets in her Charitable Giving Fund did not have to be made until she had found the right recipients.
Two years later, Abia’s CGF had $1 million dollars in liquid assets. Abia wanted to make grants to improve the environment, but she didn’t know which groups to support. Advisors at the National Philanthropic Trust helped her identify a number of potential recipients. Abia chose to support two of them.
She advised NPT to grant $250,000 to a clean water group helping Chicago-area residents replace lead pipes. Abia also asked NPT to give $250,000 to an organization working on clean-air efforts in Calcutta, India. A year later, reports on these organizations’ progress were so favorable that Abia felt comfortable recommending additional donations to these same organizations from her Charitable Giving Fund. This is the story of how one woman is making a difference across the globe.
Imagine what you could do. Visit jpmorgan.com/CGF to learn more.
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Narrator: This is the story of how Abia, a business owner, donated interests in her private equity firm to help people in Chicago and Calcutta. Abia was a child when her family emigrated from India to the United States. As an adult, she launched a private equity firm that, after 10 years, had significant value and continued to grow. Abia wanted to give something back, both to her adopted country- the United States- and to her country of origin- India. To do this, she used a Charitable Giving Fund, the “donor-advised fund” offered by J.P.Morgan in partnership with a public charity called The National Philanthropic Trust, or NPT. Abia was surprised to learn that a donor-advised fund offered by J.P.Morgan could help. A donor-advised fund, also known as a DAF, is a vehicle for charitable giving that is easy to establish, cost-effective and tax efficient.
The J.P.Morgan Charitable Giving Fund allows donors to give internationally and to donate illiquid assets like interests in private equity firms. Firm interests are held by NPT until the donor says they can be sold. Liquid assets are invested on the J.P.Morgan platform until the person who donated them is ready for them to be given out as grants.
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Info-graphics: A stock certificate moves from a corporate building to a block of letters - CGF. The CGF letters move up along a line graph, indicating an increase in their value. The CGF becomes a wrapped gift, with a bow, labeled "Grant."
Narrator: Abia donated 5% of her interests in her firm to the Charitable Giving Fund. She immediately received a tax deduction based on the full fair market of those interests when they were donated, which was 12 million dollars. Although her tax deduction was immediate, Abia gained time for her firm and her gifting. The interests in her firm did not have to be sold until she was ready. Grants from the liquid assets in her Charitable Giving Fund did not have to be made until she had found the right recipients.
Two years later, Abia’s CGF had $1 million dollars in liquid assets. Abia wanted to make grants to improve the environment, but she didn’t know which groups to support. Advisors at the National Philanthropic Trust helped her identify a number of potential recipients. Abia chose to support two of them.
She advised NPT to grant $250,000 to a clean water group helping Chicago-area residents replace lead pipes. Abia also asked NPT to give $250,000 to an organization working on clean-air efforts in Calcutta, India. A year later, reports on these organizations’ progress were so favorable that Abia felt comfortable recommending additional donations to these same organizations from her Charitable Giving Fund. This is the story of how one woman is making a difference across the globe.
Imagine what you could do. Visit jpmorgan.com/CGF to learn more.
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The J.P. Morgan Charitable Giving Fund is subject to National Philanthropic Trust’s articles of incorporation and by-laws. All contributions to National Philanthropic Trust are irrevocable and unconditional when received and accepted by National Philanthropic Trust, which retains exclusive legal control over contributed assets.
National Philanthropic Trust, the administrator of the J.P. Morgan Charitable Giving Fund, has the right to decide whether to accept an asset. All decisions and any additional fees are fully discussed with donors before these gifts are accepted and action is taken to process them. Additional fees may be incurred due to illiquid assets’ potential complexities, legal fees and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) requirements. For example, IRS regulations make it the responsibility of donors to determine the valuation date and fair market value of securities gifts.
The tax deduction that donors may claim is subject to certain income limitations. As J.P. Morgan and National Philanthropic Trust do not provide tax or legal advice, donors should consult their tax or legal advisors to determine the deductibility of gifts to a donor-advised fund account.
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J.P. Morgan and its affiliates and employees do not provide tax, legal or accounting advice. You should consult your own tax, legal and accounting advisors before engaging in any financial transactions. Such advice should be obtained from your independent advisors. Prior to making a donation to the Fund you should contact your tax or legal advisor. Specific tax information contained within these materials is believed to be accurate and correct, but in all cases should be discussed with your tax or legal advisors.
Accordingly, any discussion of U.S. tax matters contained herein (including any attachments) is not intended or written to be used, and cannot be used, in connection with the promotion, marketing or recommendation by anyone unaffiliated with JPMorgan Chase & Co. of any of the matters addressed herein or for the purpose of avoiding U.S. tax-related penalties.
The J.P. Morgan Charitable Giving Fund (the “Fund”) is offered under an agreement between J.P. Morgan and National Philanthropic Trust (“NPT”), a public charity incorporated in Pennsylvania.
For additional processing and technology information, please contact your J.P. Morgan team. This document is not intended as an offer or solicitation for the purchase or sale of any financial instrument. Specifically, this is not an offer or solicitation to purchase any investment solution discussed herein. All investments will be made by NPT through J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and will remain the property of NPT. Under the terms of the Fund, the policies of NPT and applicable law, the account assets are the property of NPT, and NPT has the final approval over asset allocation and grant recommendations.
Other restrictions may exist. For a more complete understanding, please review the Charitable Giving Fund Reference Guide, which governs this program, as well as the terms and conditions which govern your J.P. Morgan accounts.
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GIFTING AND REINVESTING IN ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENTS
There are key conditions that must be met in order for NPT to make an investment in an alternative asset class when the donor is a principal of the asset management fund or its parent entity. These conditions, outlined below, have been determined in accordance with IRS regulations and protect both the donor and NPT.
Investment Policy Due Diligence: The alternative investment must be permissible under NPT’s Investment Policy Guidelines. NPT will employ an independent portfolio advisory firm to review the proposed investment. This review may take up to four weeks.
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