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Announcing the 2025 DAF Day Award Winners!
Not only did thousands of organizations join the DAF Day movement this year, there were also hundreds that shared their promotional activity for consideration in the first-ever DAF Day Awards. Below you’ll find a summary of the award winners across all 5 nonprofit categories and the full list of finalists’ promotional assets that is avalable to review.
Mitch Stein
4 min read
DAF Day Sees Exponential Growth in Year Two, Moving Millions in DAF Dollars to Nonprofits
DAF Day 2025 saw 4x the nonprofit participation and 6x the DAF participation from DAF Day 2024!
Mitch Stein
4 min read
DAFpay Named to TIME’s Best Inventions of 2025
We’re honored to share that DAFpay has been recognized by TIME as one of the year’s best inventions.
Mitch Stein
2 min read
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 30, 20242 min read
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...
Drew Schneider
Jul 26, 20243 min read
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...
Drew Schneider
Jul 25, 20243 min read
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...
Mitch Stein
Jul 8, 20243 min read
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...
Drew Schneider
Jul 1, 20243 min read
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
Jun 4, 20244 min read
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...
Mitch Stein
May 28, 20243 min read
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...
Drew Schneider
May 12, 20244 min read
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...
Mitch Stein
May 7, 20248 min read
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...
Drew Schneider
May 2, 20244 min read
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 -...
Mitch Stein
Apr 22, 20243 min read
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 18, 20244 min read
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...
Drew Schneider
Apr 11, 20245 min read
1% - and $1 Billion - for the Planet: Chariot’s April Cause of the Month
Matt Magaldi, Chariot’s Head of Engineering, chose a cause important to him and our whole planet as we gear up for Earth Day this month...
Drew Schneider
Apr 2, 20243 min read
Who uses a DAF?
This article answers key questions on DAF donor behavior, demographics and trends based on the latest industry research. As of the end of...
Drew Schneider
Mar 21, 20245 min read
So… What is a DAF? Donor Advised Funds 101 for Fundraisers
This DAF 101 breaks down the key details on what a DAF is, how a DAF works and where DAFs come from. This article covers: DAF definitions...
Mitch Stein
Mar 13, 20245 min read
The Pan-Mass Challenge & A Billion Dollar Milestone: Chariot’s March Cause of the Month
Salo Serfati, Chariot’s CEO, chose a very special partner this month who has played a pivotal role in the growth of DAF fundraising and...
Drew Schneider
Mar 4, 20243 min read
Peer to Peer Forum 2024: The Top 5 Highlights From The Chariot Team
Chariot’s team attended their first Peer to Peer Forum this year and walked away with tremendous insights that every Chariot customer can...
Drew Schneider
Feb 27, 20244 min read
Top 9 Takeaways for Nonprofits from the 2024 National Study on Donor Advised Funds
The DAF Research Collaborative just released its debut report, the most extensive independent study on DAFs to date, and we’ve recapped...
Drew Schneider
Feb 23, 20246 min read
The 15 top takeaways from Fidelity Charitable’s 2024 DAF report
This in-depth breakdown analyzes the key 2023 statistics just released by Fidelity Charitable, the largest DAF in the world Fidelity...
Drew Schneider
Feb 14, 20246 min read
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