Give through your DAF to families facing pediatric illness
A Donor-Advised Fund (DAF) gift is one of the simplest ways to stand with families at Children’s Health in Dallas, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston Children’s, Dana-Farber/Boston Children’s Cancer and Blood Disorders Center, and Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt.
A Donor-Advised Fund (DAF) is a charitable giving account that allows donors to contribute money or assets, receive an immediate tax deduction, and recommend gifts to qualified nonprofits over time. It provides a simple, flexible way to organize and manage charitable giving.
Use the following on your DAF form
Sponsors need the legal organization name and EIN exactly as they appear with the IRS.
Allen, TX 75013
Four steps from recommendation to prosthetics impact
You already have the tax deduction when you funded your DAF. Recommending a DAF to Big Z simply directs those dollars to families who need assistance with essential household needs, travel and hotel accommodations, medical claim cost assistance, and funeral assistance.
Log in to your DAF
Open Fidelity Charitable, Schwab Charitable, Vanguard Charitable, National Philanthropic Trust, or your community foundation portal.
Search for Big Z
Enter EIN 83-2778277 or “Big Z Foundation.” If the sponsor still lists the former name, search Zach Hoefler Memorial Trust.
Recommend the gift
Choose the amount and purpose. Unrestricted gifts fund monthly family gifts. You may also designate scholarships or a specific family-support need.
Tell us it is coming
DAFs often arrive without your name. Use the notification form so we can thank you, match the gift, and honor any designation.
Your recommendation becomes a lifeline
The Big Z Foundation was founded in memory of Zach Hoefler. We exist so no family has to choose between caring for a sick child and keeping the lights on.
Monthly family gifts
DAF dollars go straight to rent, utilities, groceries, gas, hotel stays near the hospital, medical co-pays, and funeral assistance for families in treatment.
Hospital social-work partners
We work with social workers at Children’s Health in Dallas, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston Children’s, Dana-Farber/Boston Children’s Cancer and Blood Disorders Center, and Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt so help reaches families when the crisis is most acute.
Give through your DAF from the portal you already use
These links open the sponsor’s gift-recommendation flow. Have EIN 83-2778277 ready.
If you give through a community foundation instead, use the form below.
Fidelity Charitable
Search EIN 83-2778277 and recommend a gift to Big Z Foundation.
Schwab Charitable
Log in, choose Recommend a Gift, and enter our EIN or legal name.
Vanguard Charitable
Give through your DAF online. Note any designation in the purpose field.
National Philanthropic Trust
NPT donors can recommend gifts to verified 501(c)(3) charities like Big Z.
Let us know it’s on the way.
This message goes to our DAF contact so we can match your recommendation when the sponsor disburses the gift.
Questions about DAF gifts
Kelly Hoefler is our contact for gift recommendations, acknowledgments, and community-foundation introductions.