Annual joint conference with Charitable Gift Planners Indiana
In the past few years, the use of DAFs has exploded and many fundraisers are finding themselves stuck with the rules and the rumors that DAF donors aren't actually giving. Dan Heist will share his research about how donors with DAFs are actually funding their accounts and their paths for making grants from them, and how this research can help fundraisers talks more confidently to their donors with DAFs to raise more.
Speaker: Dan Heist, PhD, Brigham Young University
Dr. H. Daniel Heist is an Assistant Professor of Public Administration and Nonprofit Management in the Romney Institute of Public Service and Ethics at Brigham Young University. Dr. Heist earned a BA from Pennsylvania State University, a Master’s degree in Philanthropic Studies from the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy at Indiana University, and a PhD in Social Welfare from the University of Pennsylvania. His research focuses on charitable giving, philanthropy, and volunteering. His nine years of professional fundraising experience inform his research and teaching. Dr. Heist is a leading expert on donor-advised fund research and co-founder of the Donor-Advised Fund Research Collaborative. Dan and his wife Katie have five children.