Mitch Stein
Introducing the DAF Day Donate Page
You can now look up participating nonprofits and how to most easily support them with your DAF directly on the DAF Day website!
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🌅 ANNOUNCING DAF DAY - A DAY OF GIVING FROM DONOR ADVISED FUNDS - OCTOBER 10TH, 2024
Chariot Blog
Grow your nonprofit with the fastest growing vehicle in philanthropy
Market
$229B USD
Total Donor Advised Fund assets, earmarked for nonprofit organizations
Audience
3M+ Donors
There are over 1.3M individual DAF accounts, each with multiple account holders
Trajectory
>500%
Since 2016, the number of Donor Advised Fund households has quintupled
Mitch Stein
- Aug 30
- 8 min
The Future of Fundraising: 10 Ways DAFs Are Taking Individual Giving to New Heights
As DAFs gain popularity, nonprofit organizations of all sizes are looking for direction on the best way to engage with this fast growing too
Mitch Stein
- Aug 23
- 9 min
The DAF Day marketing playbook for nonprofits
As DAFs (donor advised funds) grow in popularity, more and more organizations like yours are seeking fresh ways to activate existing DAF...
Mitch Stein
- Aug 12
- 8 min
Donor Advised Funds 101: Donor Benefits, DAF Myths & How Nonprofits can Spark DAF Giving
While donor advised funds (DAFs) have long been a mystery to the public, their impact is just too powerful to ignore. Research from The...
Drew Schneider
- Aug 9
- 4 min
Chariot Announces $11 Million Series A Investment Round, Led by Maveron
The new capital and partnership will accelerate Chariot’s build out of critical giving infrastructure that will expand philanthropy and...
Mitch Stein
- Aug 6
- 6 min
10 Reasons your Nonprofit Should Join DAF Day Today
Let’s face it—fundraising is anything but easy. And just because donor participation is decreasing and your resources are stretched thin...
Drew Schneider
- Aug 1
- 3 min
Nonprofits Unite For DAF Day: Boosting Philanthropy Nationwide
Top Charities, including Central Park Conservancy, Michael J. Fox Foundation and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, partner with...
Drew Schneider
- Jul 30
- 2 min
Introducing DAF Day: The Story Behind the New Giving Day on 10/10
Today, Chariot announced the launch of the first-ever DAF Day on October 10th, 2024, alongside dozens of nonprofit, DAF and fundraising...
Drew Schneider
- Jul 26
- 3 min
Donor Advised Funds Increase Annual Giving by 96%, Reveals New Chariot/K2D Strategies Five-Year Study With 20 Leading Nonprofits
As reported on Yahoo Finance on July 25, 2024 NEW YORK CITY, July 25, 2024 -- Chariot, the payments company dedicated to Donor Advised...
Drew Schneider
- Jul 25
- 3 min
Chariot’s new partnership with Pledge puts easy DAF giving in front of millions more donors
DAFpay goes live as a core payment option across all Pledge donation forms, that millions of people use to support thousands of...
Mitch Stein
- Jul 8
- 3 min
CrowdChange and Chariot Supercharge Donations to Nonprofits with DAFpay
New online option will make it faster and more convenient to donate via donor-advised funds to 501(c)3 groups, which will increase...
Drew Schneider
- Jul 1
- 3 min
Creating climate crisis readiness with GoFundMe.org this summer
As extreme weather takes a greater toll on our country, we’re supporting GoFundMe.org’s work to strengthen vulnerable communities as our...
Mitch Stein
- Jun 4
- 4 min
How an historic LGBT organization is evolving their mission - and their fundraising
The Center is the heart of the LGBTQ+ community in NYC, an innovator in digital DAF fundraising and Chariot’s Cause of The Month for...
Mitch Stein
- May 28
- 3 min
GoFundMe Launches DAFpay Across All Charity Fundraising Pages
The new integration enables easy, real-time Donor Advised Fund giving for crisis response and time-sensitive campaigns for over 1 million...
Drew Schneider
- May 12
- 4 min
Marching for healthy moms and babies this May
In support of all the moms who mean so much to us here at Chariot, we’re excited to spotlight the work of March of Dimes as our May Cause...
Mitch Stein
- May 7
- 8 min
Highlights from the Public Hearings on Proposed DAF Regulations
34 Community Foundation leaders and other industry representatives shared why new proposed regulations would be “detrimental” to the...
Drew Schneider
- May 2
- 4 min
Resources to Maximize DAFpay in Peer-to-Peer Fundraising
In order to get the most out of DAFpay in your Peer-to-Peer Fundraising, it’s critical to educate your fundraisers on Donor Advised Funds...
Mitch Stein
- Apr 22
- 3 min
The First-Ever Nonprofit DAF Benchmark Study is almost here!
We are excited to announce the final participants and the groundbreaking data that will be a part of this landmark piece of research -...
Drew Schneider
- Apr 18
- 4 min
Why Nonprofit Fundraisers Should Get Their Own Donor Advised Fund (DAF)
It’s easier than you might think to set up your own DAF to better understand what a rapidly growing segment of your donors use for their...
Drew Schneider
- Apr 11
- 5 min
AFP Icon Conference Recap - is 2024 the year of DAFs?
The Association of Fundraising Professionals ICON conference is the largest nonprofit gathering in the world and this year there were 3...
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