GiveCampus is thrilled to announce that you can now accept Donor-Advised Fund (DAF) payments on GiveCampus. Learn more about the donor experience and how you can accept DAF gifts on GiveCampus.
Please note: you must be an Online Giving Super Administrator or Finance Administrator to enable DAFpay.
Check out these additional resources for more information about DAFs, onboarding, and reporting.
Donor Experience
Once you have created your Chariot account and enabled DAFpay, the DAFpay button will display on all of your forms and campaigns across GiveCampus like any other payment method*. Watch a demo of the donor experience.
- Step 1: Donors will select DAFpay as their payment method
- Step 2: Donors login to the DAF provider of their choice
- Step 3: Donors will review their DAF balance and can modify their payment amount. It is a common behavior that donors increase their grant at this time.
- Step 4: Donors are directed to the GiveCampus post-payment form like any other gift
*Donors cannot use DAFpay in the following circumstances:
- When setting up a recurring gift
- When accepting an incentive
- When establishing a match or challenge gift
Email Confirmation
DAF confirmation emails are different than regular donation emails because, importantly, they cannot include tax receipt language. Remember that donors receive these tax receipts from their Donor Advised Fund providers directly and do not need a tax receipt when issuing grants out of their DAFs.
A default DAF email will be enabled automatically.You can customize your DAF confirmation email for any DAF grant distribution made on any form or campaign on GiveCampus.
Customize DAF confirmation email:
- Visit School Level Settings >
- DAFpay >
- Email Confirmation
Receiving DAF Grants
Grants initiated via DAFpay will arrive via check or EFT directly from the DAF provider. Look for the "Tracking ID" and "Gift through DAFpay" message in the grant note, which will allow you match the DAF grant to the contribution you see in GiveCampus reporting.
Refunds and Reporting
- Refunds are not available for DAF gifs.
- You will receive reporting on DAFpay gifts via GiveCampus custom reporting and API including information about Grant Status, Donor Information, Designations, Tracking IDs, and more.
- Learn more about reporting.
Pricing & Fees
There is no additional cost to offer DAFpay. DAF gifts are treated like any other gift on GiveCampus.
- DAFpay is included in all GiveCampus Online Giving subscriptions (inclusive of Social Fundraising and Giving Forms).
- DAFpay gifts will count towards your subscription and pre-paid payment processing bundles like any other gift.
- If you have a pay-as-you-go subscription, DAFpay gifts will count like any other gift.
- DAFpay gifts are eligible for the major gift clause on Social Fundraising like any other gift
Frequently Asked Questions
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How does DAFpay work with Incentives?
DAFpay is not available to donors when an incentive is selected.
- Giving via a DAF cannot result in the donor receiving more than an incremental benefit.
- Because incentives often more than an incremental benefit, and a fair market value you cannot use DAFpay as a payment method while accepting an incentive.
- If an incentive is selected, DAFpay will disable automatically.
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Can a donor set up a recurring donation via DAFpay?
Not right now, but we're exploring ways to make this possible in the future.
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Can a donor use their DAF to create a match or challenge?
Not right now, but we're exploring ways to make this possible in the future.
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How does DAFpay work when a donor covers fees?
Donors can use DAFpay when they choose to cover fees, but there are a few parts of the experience that change:
- Donors covering fees and using DAFpay cannot scale up their donation amount within the DAFpay widget.
- If a donor's initial gift is less than the DAF's minimum required distribution, they will need to exit out of the Chariot widget and increase their amount on the GiveCampus form.
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How does DAFpay work with pledge payments?
DAFs cannot be used to fulfill a legally binding pledge. DAF donors cannot make any reference to the existence of a pledge when it makes the grant request. There is language confirming compliance within the DAFpay widget.
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How can we ensure donors select the right EIN?
The donor no longer needs to select an EIN! When you onboard DAFpay, you will enter the EIN for your organization. That attached your DAFpay experience to your organization's EIN, do all the donor needs to do is give through your form. Donors can select additional designations on your form like any other gift.
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What happens if a donor gives an amount with Decimal points on my form?
DAF providers only allow for whole dollar amounts to be distributed from DAFs. If a donor enters a more specific amount, GiveCampus will round up that amount within the DAFpay widget. Donors will then confirm (or adjust) the whole dollar amount in order to complete their initiation request.
Questions? Reach out to support@givecampus.com