DAFpay Network

DAFpay Network ("DPN") is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that facilitates safe, easy, and fast charitable donations between Donor Advised Funds ("DAFs") and the 1.5 million 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations in the United States. DAFpay Network is the payment facilitator for Chariot Giving, Inc. (”Chariot”), a technology provider of DAF fundraising solutions for nonprofits.

The DAFpay Network (DPN) is used to facilitate DAFpay donations for organizations that have not yet claimed their Chariot Deposit Account.

Why did I receive a check from DAFpay Network?

See Flow of Funds


✉️ Check Issuance Policy

If your organization chooses not to claim your Chariot Deposit Account within 60 days of a DAFpay donation being initiated, DPN (DAFpay Network) will issue and mail a check for any unclaimed funds to the IRS-registered address of your nonprofit. See Flow of Funds


💵 Fees for Check Issuance

Each issued check is subject to a surcharge of $25 or 10% of the check amount, whichever is lower. This fee helps cover administrative and processing costs associated with physical disbursements.


🕒 Check Validity and Void Policy

Issued checks are valid for 90 days. After this period, unclaimed funds will be voided.

While we take all reasonable steps to attempt to grant donated funds according to the donor's recommendation, DPN retains exclusive legal control over all donations. In the rare cases when a charity does not claim the donation, we will (whenever possible) ask the donor to recommend an enrolled charity from the DPN Directory to benefit from the donation.

If we are unable to reach the donor, or the donor chooses not to respond, DPN will try to grant the funds to a charity in the DPN Directory that operates in a similar cause area to the charity originally recommended by the donor.

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