found: Work cat.: U.S. Government Accountability Office. Tax-exempt organizations : collecting more data on donor-advised funds ... 2006:p. 58 (Glossary: Charitable giving accounts that are held by a public charity. A donor contributes to an individual account within a charity's donor-advised fund, and maintains an advisory role on distribution of the funds. No statutory or regulatory definition currently exists.)
found: National Philanthropic Trust WWW site, Sept. 13, 2006:Philanthropy dict. (A donor advised fund is a charitable investment account administered by a public charity. Donors can open a fund in a donor advised program by making a contribution and receiving an immediate tax deduction. The contribution is irrevocable and becomes controlled by the public charity, which invests the funds in competitive investment vehicles. Although the donor no longer controls the funds once contributed, they can recommend grants to other charitable organizations)
found: Foord, E. "Philanthropy 101" on: Journal of financial planning WWW site, Sept. 13, 2006:Nov. 2003 [issue] (donor-advised funds may be endowed or non-endowed)
found: WilsonWeb thesaurus search, Sept. 12, 2006(Donor-advised funds (39 records); [no reference structure given])