Personalized Giving

Benefunder is the only personalized giving platform available to donors today that allows such access, accountability, and transparency. Donors can choose from over 700 researchers directly on our website from over 50 leading universities and institutions. Our resources provide an additional 12,000 available researchers for direct giving opportunities. Our powerful infrastructure allows for an individualized giving strategy that is customized, manageable, and flexible.

Access

Benefunder's platform provides that largest database of current, vetted programs in health, technology, environment, and arts/humanities hosted at major academic and research institutions.

Efficiency

Benefunder reduces overhead by as much as 90% compared with other giving vehicles. It also reduces the time required of researchers to apply for funding resulting in transformative approach to giving.

Engagement

Interact directly with researchers, stay in the loop with regards to milestones, and participate in the results of contributions.

Services included

  • Conducting in depth client needs analysis to determine the philanthropic goals and desired impact of the donor
  • Creating a personalised multi-year giving plan that matches the donor’s requirements with individual researchers 
  • Facilitation of ongoing donor engagement, providing periodic updates from researchers including results and impact achieved with a donor's philanthropic contributions
  • Coordination of annual research symposiums, private events and/or hosting of lab visits and personal meetings between the donor and researcher(s)

 

Impact Fund

Account Minimum: none
Impact Investing: yes
Reporting: Quarterly newsletter, Annual report
 
A Philanthropic Sector Specific ETF provides simple and cost-effective philanthropy. Donors get diversification across a broad range of vetted researchers, transparency regarding who is participating in the fund and what the overhead structure is. There is no minimum contribution and this fund can receive distributions from DAF account holders or from individual contributions from the public.

Charitable Innovation Fund

Account Minimum: $250k distributions
Impact Investing: Participation
Reporting: Ongoing research updates, Quarterly newsletter, Annual report
 
Benefunder supports advisors and donors through a needs assessment, proposal, implementation, and reporting. Giving is done via a donor advised fund (DAF) account managed by an existing wealth advisor. Donors can select individual researchers to support and can make changes at any time. Benefunder will provide all the matching, reporting, and ongoing compliance.

Private Philanthropic Fund

Account Minimum: $2.5M distributions
Impact Investing: Lead & Participate
Reporting: Annual Symposium, Ongoing research updates, Quarterly call, Quarterly newsletter, Annual report
 
This is a full service account with the benefits of an individual foundation without the audit risk, traditional expense ratio, or HR considerations. It can operate independently or in conjunction with a private foundation and offers a dedicated team to support marketing/PR efforts, researcher recruiting, and event support. Donors can select distributions to researchers at their discretion and can recommend private investments in commercialized opportunities that arise out of Benefunder research labs. It offers naming rights, a dedicated staff, scientific advisory board, quarterly calls with participating researchers, and an annual symposium. The virtual foundation also has the option of accepting contributions from multiple outside sources.

With Benefunder as your philanthropic specialist, you’ll be in a position to address all aspects of your clients philanthropic objectives. We provide all the necessary materials, proposals, and support along the way. Benefunder will even actively recruit new causes if we don’t have the right matches.