Canadian Family Offices: A tenth of donations in Canada now flow through DAFs. Should they be regulated?

Donor-advised funds now account for about 10% of all charitable donations in Canada, sparking growing debate over whether they should be more tightly regulated.

In this Canadian Family Offices piece, Charitable Impact, CEO & Founder, John Bromley, added his two cents on why Canada’s DAF ecosystem is fundamentally different from the U.S., and why importing American-style regulation risks missing the mark. The article highlighted that the existing charitable framework already included oversight mechanisms, and before rushing to regulation, we needed better data and a clearer understanding of how DAFs actually function here.

Read the full article here: A tenth of donations in Canada now flow through DAFs. Should they be regulated?