Ron is joined by Karen Heath Wade, Chief Business Development Officer from AEF, to discuss Institutionally Empowered Tactics and Strategies.

Karen discusses not only how DAFs are transforming philanthropy, but how that philanthropic transformation is happening. As Karen puts it, “It's really advisor led, values aligned, and then technologically enabled and technologically adaptable.”

They cover everything from an advisor-led, value-aligned approach to how the industry is adapting to new technologies. The tactics are changing, the strategies are evolving, and Karen and Ron sit down to discuss it all.

Let’s talk institutionally empowered tactics and strategies. Let’s talk DAFs.

Ron Ransom sits down with Amanda Brown Lierman, Vice President of Policy, Engagement, and Impact at GoFundMe to discuss everyday generosity and GoFundMe’s real-time giving philosophy.

The two of them dive into what drives younger donors, how early giving behaviors that often evolve into long-term philanthropy, and why Millennials and Gen Z are shaping giving patterns. She also highlights GoFundMe’s Giving Funds.

GoFundMe is also offering listeners of Let’s Talk DAFs a chance to open their own Giving Fund. For the first 100 people who open a Giving Fund and add $25 or more to their Giving Fund, GoFundMe will add an additional $25 to that Giving Fund. If you have a Giving Fund but have never contributed into it, you can also participate. The deadline for this incentive is May 15, 2026. To get this incentive, go to this link to start your Giving Fund.

Plus, here's access to GoFundMe's Year In Help Report that Amanda mentions in the episode.

Let’s talk the innovation and the evolution of charitable impact. Let’s talk DAFs.

Episodes 12, 13, and 14 are available as one episode. Relisten or listen for the first time.

Ron Ransom is joined by Stephen Kump (Foundation Source) to discuss turnkey DAF options, Erinn Andrews (GiveTeam) to talk causes donors care about most, and Carlos Pena (Doctors Without Borders) reveals the global impact DAFs make.