{
  "id": 12902698,
  "title": "It's DAF Day! Wait...What's a DAF?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/its-daf-day-wait-whats-a-daf",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-08T16:02:24.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "EFF Deeplinks",
    "slug": "eff-deeplinks",
    "url": "https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/10/its-daf-day-wait-whats-daf"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "On this DAF Day, it's important to understand what a DAF is and how it can support charitable organizations like the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF). A DAF stands for Donor-Advised Fund, a charitable account similar to a bank account, but with tax advantages. By setting up a DAF, you can make multiple charitable donations in a single year, receive an immediate tax deduction, and avoid capital gains tax on appreciated assets like stocks. Additionally, investing your DAF funds can boost your giving potential.\n\nFor organizations like EFF, DAFs serve a crucial role in supporting their mission. DAF grants enable EFF to defend essential digital rights, such as encryption, privacy, and security, which are vital for protecting users and developers. By challenging unlawful surveillance and censorship, EFF works to safeguard democracy and shape technology policy to ensure civil liberties are protected while fostering innovation.\n\nMoreover, EFF utilizes DAF funds to build free, privacy-preserving tools that enhance digital autonomy, protect the rights of creators, researchers, and builders in the digital ecosystem, and ensure that the next generation of technology continues to empower people rather than concentrate power in the hands of a few. By considering a DAF gift to EFF today, you can contribute to these vital efforts and help build a future where technology remains a force for freedom, innovation, and human rights.",
  "summary": "Today is DAF Day! This event highlights the millions of donor-advised funds (DAFs) people have set up to make charitable donations and change the world. If you have a DAF, consider supporting EFF today. Decisions about your privacy, encryption, artificial intelligence, online speech, and digital security will determine whether technology empowers people or concentrates power in the hands of a…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}