The Gift Fund

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  Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund Reports Record Q1 Giving

  By Kathleen McBride, AdvisorOne  |  April 15, 2011

  Report attributes rise, in part, to stock market’s rebound and Japan disaster, and a more strategic view of giving.

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  Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund Set Record for Nonprofit Giving in 2010

  By Michael S. Fischer  |  January 11, 2011

  Donors to the Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund supported U.S. charities in record numbers in 2010, the Gift Fund reported Tuesday.

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  Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund Adds Alternatives to Advisor Program

  By Michael S. Fischer  |  December 1, 2010

  The Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund has expanded its Charitable Investment Advisor Program to enable financial advisors to invest a portion of the Gift Fund's charitable assets in alternative investments, the charity announced Tuesday.

• Fidelity Gift Fund Reports Surge in Grant Contributions

  By Willette Francis  |  August 13, 2010

  Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund's (Gift Fund) donors made more than 152,000 grants totaling $531 million to nonprofits nationwide during the first half of 2010.

• How Can Investment Advisors Retain Assets and Do Good Deeds?

  By Staff Writer  |  July 8, 2009

  Now investment advisors can retain control of the asset management function for client's gifts placed in a donor-advised fund (DAF), until the assets are granted out to charities (which can be years).

• Study: Women lead the way in charitable giving

  By Staff Writer  |  May 19, 2009

  More women are paving the way for philanthropic leadership in households, according to a new study released Tuesday by the Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund. "Women have...