Gift stacking or gift bunching is one way to maximize your charitable giving. This is a great giving strategy to utilize if you have had an unusually high-income year. With gift stacking, you can combine the next few years of charitable giving into the current year. This allows you to deduct more income at your highest tax bracket in the current year, rather than deducting from a lower bracket in subsequent years. You can make the entire stacked gift to a specific charity or give to a Donor Advised Fund so you can distribute the gift in smaller amounts over time. Donation bunching is a great way to maximize your charitable tax deduction if it fits your individual scenario.

