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Donors : Advice for Giving

At AEF, our donors want to make the greatest impact they can for the charitable causes that are important to them. The country's leading philanthropic thought leaders have provided some of the following articles for AEF to help donors:

   The Keys to Effective Partnerships Between Donors and Grantees
   Strategic Philanthropy: 6 Steps to Get the Most Bang from your Philanthropic Buck
   Engaging the Next Generation in Building Your Family Legacy
   How to Determine the Best Charities
   8 Tools Grantmakers Frequently Forget to Use

AEF continues to provide additional content for our donors:

   Helpful Planning Tips After Creating a Donor Advised Fund
   Why Donors Work with Philanthropic Advisory Firms
   Criteria to Use When Evaluating a Charity
   Generosity Doesn't Stop at a Border
   The Importance of the Right Paperwork at the Right Time: The Contemporaneous Written Acknowledgement

Should our donors need additional assistance, AEF offers an innovative    Philanthropic Advisory Firm Referral Program

through which AEF can introduce them to the leading firms in the industry.

Other additional guidance that can be of value to donors include:

   A Pledge vs. a Grant: What's the Difference?

   Understanding How (and How Not) Your Donor Advised Fund Can Be Used

Contact us or call at 1-888-966-8170 with any further questions.

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