Donors Trust is an American nonprofit donor-advised fund. It was founded in 1999 and its goal, according to its president Lawson Bader, is to "safeguard the intent of libertarian and conservative donors". Like all donor-advised funds, Donors Trust can offer anonymity to clients who do not wish to make their donations public. It makes grants to charities that are not dependent on government support and that promote limited government, personal responsibility and free enterprise. It is affiliated with Donors Capital Fund, another donor-advised fund. In September 2015, Lawson Bader was announced as the new president of both DonorsTrust and Donors Capital Fund. Bader was formerly president of the Competitive Enterprise Institute and Vice President at the Mercatus Center.