Giving with your DAF not only increases your giving capacity and streamlines your philanthropy, it also benefits nonprofits like DMAX by providing a critical source of financial stability. In turn, DMAX Foundation can use your funds to increase our number of DMAX Clubs, support the sustainability of our existing Clubs, and connect with young people about the importance of having conversations about their emotional mental health and well-being.

DAF Day is a new kind of giving day that reframes how donor advised funds are used: and who uses them. A collaborative group of leading nonprofits, fundraising platforms and DAF providers are coming together to activate their collective audience of millions of donors for a single day of unprecedented generosity with DAFs on October 9th, 2025.

Chariot is the payments company dedicated to Donor Advised Fund (DAF) giving. DAFpay, Chariot’s 3-click DAF payment option, allows donors to give with their DAF anywhere they are inspired to give online. This enables donors to use their DAF in more places, more often, and unlocks more DAF gifts with better information for nonprofits. Chariot powers direct DAF payments for many of the largest nonprofits in the country, such as the American Cancer Society, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, and the Michael J. Fox Foundation.

A donor-advised fund, or DAF, is a giving account established at a public charity. The 501(c)(3) public charity serves as a “sponsoring organization,” which manages and administers individual DAF accounts.

DAF accounts allow donors to make a charitable contribution, receive an immediate tax deduction and then recommend grants from the fund over time.  Donors can contribute to the fund as frequently as they like, and then recommend grants to their favorite charitable organizations whenever it makes sense for them. This allows donors to give when they can, then grant when it’s needed.

(from National Philanthropic Trust)