It’s also inconvenient for charities to have variable income streams instead of dependable donors (altho this is a risk you’ll be facing anyway if someone is frequently re-evaluating donation targets), but you can work around this by having a donor-advised fund. Donate to the fund in year 1, collect the deduction, and this disperse money from the fund at a constant pace each year (until you hit year N, at which point you donate again).
It’s also inconvenient for charities to have variable income streams instead of dependable donors (altho this is a risk you’ll be facing anyway if someone is frequently re-evaluating donation targets), but you can work around this by having a donor-advised fund. Donate to the fund in year 1, collect the deduction, and this disperse money from the fund at a constant pace each year (until you hit year N, at which point you donate again).
The charity could also do this itself, right? Take money, don’t some of it yet so it has something to spend tomorrow.