{"id":103417,"date":"2025-09-08T16:10:28","date_gmt":"2025-09-08T23:10:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sfspca.org\/?p=103417"},"modified":"2025-09-09T16:22:12","modified_gmt":"2025-09-09T23:22:12","slug":"donor-advised-funds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sfspca.org\/blog\/donor-advised-funds\/","title":{"rendered":"Unlock the Power of Your Donor-Advised Fund"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you already have a Donor-Advised Fund (DAF), you created it to support the causes you care about. Yet across the country, $230 billion is currently set aside in DAFs\u2014and 37% of those funds go unused each year. That means billions of charitable dollars sit in accounts instead of making the impact they were intended for.<\/span><\/p>\n

At the San Francisco SPCA, every dollar put into action helps provide lifesaving veterinary care, adoptions, and critical support for animals across San Francisco, the Central Valley, and throughout California.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

October 9 is DAF Day<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n

On October 9, nonprofits nationwide are rallying around DAF Day, a movement to encourage donors to unlock the funds they\u2019ve already set aside for charitable giving. By <\/span>recommending a grant from your DAF to the SF SPCA<\/span><\/a>, you can put your funds to work helping animals <\/span>today<\/span><\/i>.<\/span><\/p>\n

You don\u2019t need to wait until DAF Day to act. You can designate your DAF to the SF SPCA right now and know that your generosity is saving lives immediately.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Why your DAF gift matters<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n

When you release funds from your DAF to the SF SPCA, you are:<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n