Unlocking seamless digital DAF giving is within reach for everyone - here’s how.
With the recent exponential growth in DAF giving, organizations everywhere are seeking more ways to find more DAF donors and increase their DAF fundraising.
The best way to achieve these goals is to remind your donors about DAF giving at the moment they are inspired to give, and make it as easy as possible. DAFpay by Chariot is the 3-click DAF payment option that can be embedded into any form or website, providing the most effective way to spur more DAF support.
Especially with DAF Day around the corner on 10/10/2024, giving your supporters the easiest way to pay with their DAF is your best chance to maximize DAF giving. Another perk of tapping into DAFpay for DAF Day is that DAF support can appear on the DAF Day Donate Page leaderboards immediately. For most DAF Donors, it will be the first time they will see their DAF gift’s impact on a time-based fundraising campaign in real time!
If you’re worried that upfront costs or contracts will prevent you from using DAFpay in this year’s DAF Day, you’ll be surprised to know that DAFpay is more accessible than you might think!
Here are 6 ways you can leverage DAFpay in your DAF Day campaign - and beyond.
1. Check your current Fundraising Platform provider(s)
DAFpay is already natively integrated with dozens of fundraising technology providers as a core payment option. The first thing you should do is check if a fundraising tool that you already use is included on our list of live integrations, and make sure you have DAFpay activated.
If you have questions about the steps for activation, please consult our knowledge hub where we have detailed directions for each integration.
2. Ask your Fundraising Platform provider(s) for DAFpay
The Chariot team is working diligently to add DAFpay as a native payment option in any place where someone can donate online. But, the companies that provide donation forms need to hear the need for DAFpay from their customers in order to prioritize the work to build the integration with us. Make sure they know it is a big priority for your organization!
3. Claim your Chariot Account
Regardless of whether your current fundraising platform provider has DAFpay or not, the simple step of claiming your organization’s Chariot account will open up more avenues for DAF giving. Claiming your account will let your organization:
Appear on public DAF giving pages like the DAF Day Donate page
Note: For the DAF Day Donate page specifically, you need to populate your logo & preferred DAF giving URL in your Chariot account - more detailed directions here.
Receive DAF gifts faster from crowdfunding sites (e.g. GoFundMe).
Because anyone can fundraise for you on a 3rd party site where DAFpay is enabled, people could start making DAFpay gifts to support you at any time. Once you’ve claimed your Chariot account, any DAFpay gifts made in any 3rd party fundraisers can be sent directly to your organization instead of going through a 3rd party.
See DAFpay gifts in one central dashboard.
No matter where a DAFpay gift was made or by whom, you’ll be able to review all the details in your Chariot dashboard.
Actively use a fundraising tool that has integrated DAFpay for a DAF specific campaign… like DAF Day!
The following are partners of Chariot that offer self-serve fundraising pages with no set up costs, that you can start using in minutes - perfect for a standalone campaign page for DAF Day.
4. Use a Givebutter Form
Givebutter offers extremely flexible fundraising forms that you can use as a standalone webpage to link to, or even embed into your website. There is no cost to start using Givebutter and you can toggle DAFpay on in one click (full directions here).
Check out how Community Rowing maximized DAF giving with the DAFpay x Givebutter integration for a Giving Day campaign.
5. Create a GoFundMe page
Any fundraising page for a DAF-eligible organization on GoFundMe automatically has DAFpay enabled. You can either create a campaign benefitting your organization through Charity Fundraisers, or sign up for GoFundMe as a charity to have full visibility into all fundraising on GoFundMe for your organization.
You can link supporters to this specific page any time you want to highlight DAF giving. See the full details on DAF giving through GoFundMe here.
6. Try a Pledge campaign or donation form
Pledge campaigns and forms automatically have DAFpay enabled and are highly flexible - they can be hosted by Pledge or embedded into your own webpages. Campaign features, like the live fundraising thermometer, help motivate your DAF donors!
For more details on the DAFpay x Pledge integration, and how to get started visit this guide.
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