A Donor-Advised Fund (DAF) is a charitable trust that you can create and then contribute to. You can deduct the entire contribution to the trust in the first year, even though the funds will not be given to the charity until later and at your direction. It’s essentially a charitable fund where you can make significant contributions and hold these funds, then distribute them to your qualified charities over time.
Once the contribution has been made to the DAF, the funds no longer belong to you. The only thing you can do is direct when and to which charity the contribution goes.
To assess the tax implications of DAF contributions, enter them as Special Expenses and select "Tax deductible" in the Tax Treatment field.
MaxiFi does not track the assets and charitable giving from DAFs because that money is not available to your plan for spending and is not part of your estate like, for example, a reserve fund would be.