Make an Impact Through Your Donor-Advised Fund
Fuel advances in innovative research and compassionate care with your donor-advised fund (DAF). Many Fred Hutch supporters use DAFs to maximize their tax benefits as well as their impact on our mission. We’ve compiled all the information you’ll need to easily make a grant through your DAF.
What is a DAF?
A DAF is a charitable giving account that lets donors make a tax-deductible contribution that can be donated to nonprofit organizations over time through grants. The funds can be invested and grow tax-free, offering flexibility in when and how donations are made. It’s a simple, cost-effective alternative to setting up a private foundation. DAFs are managed by sponsoring organizations, such as community foundations or financial institutions.
Three Powerful Ways to Use Your DAF
Support science that transforms cancer care
Use your DAF to help address our most urgent priorities or direct your support to the area that is most meaningful to you.
Encourage philanthropy in your family
Help your loved ones understand why the work of Fred Hutch means so much to you and involve them in your giving process.
Create your legacy
Make Fred Hutch the final beneficiary of your DAF to help advance cancer prevention, detection, treatment and cures for generations to come.
Ways to Give Through Your DAF
Give Now
Make a grant to Fred Hutch through your DAF in minutes.
Give Later
Create your legacy by making Fred Hutch an ultimate beneficiary of your DAF.
Contact Us
Meet with our team to learn more about making an impact with your DAF.
How Will You Be Remembered?
The vital work of Fred Hutch is made possible by the dedication of scientists and clinicians, the courage of patients, and the generosity of donors like you. When you include Fred Hutch in your estate plan, you take your place at the forefront of research with luminaries like Dr. E. Donnall Thomas and Dottie Thomas, who led the development of bone marrow transplantation as a cure for blood cancers. Join other visionary donors as a member of the Thomas Legacy Society, and ending cancer will become a part of your life’s legacy, too.
“The pain and uncertainty of cancer touch many families, including our own. We donate to Fred Hutch because we believe its groundbreaking research is vitally important in discovering effective treatments and improving patient outcomes. Using a DAF allows us to ... use appreciated assets to fund our annual giving plan in a very tax efficient way ... [and] establish our legacy gifting plans in advance."
—Kelly and Linda Cole
Ready to Give Through Your DAF?
Use our donation form to make a grant through your DAF or speak to a member of our Planned Giving team to learn more. You can reach us at 206.667.3396 or plannedgiving@fredhutch.org.