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How This Founder is Leveraging Donor-Advised Funds to Close the $4.4 Trillion Wealth Gap

2025-06-16 57 Dailymotion

In this Forbes Talks conversation, Ali Jackson-Jolley sits down with Project Wellspring founder Brooke Daniels to dissect the blind spots in traditional venture capital – and makes the case for using donor-advised funds (DAFs) as a tool for equity.<br /><br />Subscribe to FORBES: https://www.youtube.com/user/Forbes?sub_confirmation=1<br /><br />0:00 - Introduction to Brooke Daniels and Project Wellspring<br />2:40 - Transition from Institutional Finance to Project Wellspring, Daniels discusses her background at Salesforce Ventures, Techstars, and Black Ambition.<br />4:22 - Addressing the $4.4 Trillion Opportunity Gap<br />6:54 - Innovating Philanthropic and Private Capital<br />9:59 - Understanding Donor-Advised Funds (DAFs)<br />12:47 - Transparency, Reform, and Innovation in DAFs<br />20:41 - Optimism for Closing the Opportunity Gap<br /><br />Fuel your success with Forbes. Gain unlimited access to premium journalism, including breaking news, groundbreaking in-depth reported stories, daily digests and more. Plus, members get a front-row seat at members-only events with leading thinkers and doers, access to premium video that can help you get ahead, an ad-light experience, early access to select products including NFT drops and more:<br /><br />https://account.forbes.com/membership/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=display&utm_campaign=growth_non-sub_paid_subscribe_ytdescript<br /><br />Stay Connected<br />Forbes newsletters: https://newsletters.editorial.forbes.com<br />Forbes on Facebook: http://fb.com/forbes<br />Forbes Video on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/forbes<br />Forbes Video on Instagram: http://instagram.com/forbes<br />More From Forbes: http://forbes.com<br /><br />Forbes covers the intersection of entrepreneurship, wealth, technology, business and lifestyle with a focus on people and success.

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