DAFpay Overview

DAFpay makes it easy for donors to give from their Donor Advised Funds directly from any nonprofit donation form.

Instead of leaving your site, logging into a DAF portal, and navigating a separate process, donors can complete a DAF gift in just a few clicks — right where they are inspired to give.

DAFpay is embedded directly into donation forms through our Fundraising Platforms integrations, giving nonprofits access to a wide network of DAF providers without needing separate relationships or workflows.

For Donors

1

Select

Choose from +1,000 unique Donor Advised Fund providers

2

Login

Securely authenticate into your Donor Advised Fund account

3

Submit

Submit your grant request

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DAFpay & Your Chariot Account

Having a Chariot account is not the same as DAFpay — DAFpay is one of Chariot’s product offerings.

To enable DAFpay on your donation form, your Fundraising Platforms may require you to claim a Chariot account. Once your account is set up, you can enable DAFpay across supported platforms.

Additional features — such as expanded DAFpay access or APIs are only available on an upgraded plan. See Enterprise Features.

Delivery Of Funds

DAFpay handles donation initiation, not payment delivery. When a donor submits a gift through DAFpay:

• Donor and gift data are shared with your organization in real time

• The Donation Payment Statuses will show as 'Incoming' in your Chariot dashboard

At this stage, the donor has recommended the gift — but the DAF provider is responsible for the flow of funds, not Chariot or DAFpay.

DAF Provider (Used By DAFpay Donor)	Payment Source	Delivery Of Funds
Dallas Jewish Community Foundation	Connected	In Chariot
BNY Mellon Charitable	Not Connected	Outside Chariot

Whether DAFpay funds arrive electronically in your Chariot account depends on the DAF provider and your Connected Sources:

• If the DAF provider on DAFpay is one of your connected sources, the funds will be delivered into your Chariot account

• If the DAF provider on DAFpay is not a connected source, the funds will be delivered outside of Chariot. See Received Outside Of Chariot

The DAFpay Network is only used when a donation is initiated through DAFpay and the nonprofit has not yet claimed their Chariot Deposit Account. See DAFpay Network