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What is a Donor-Advised Fund?

A Donor-Advised Fund (DAF) is a personalized charitable account that allows you to make donations to Endaoment and recommend grants to other organizations. This guide will help you create a new DAF using your connected account.

Learn more about DAFs and how they operate: About Donor-Advised Funds

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Creating a Fund

  1. Ensure you are connected by verifying your connected account.

  2. Navigate to the Endaoment landing page and click on New Fund.

  3. You’ll be prompted to enter a name and purpose for your fund (visible only to you), along with some contact information.

  4. Choose the network on which you’d like to create your fund. Typically, this would be the network where your assets are held.

  5. Once completed, click Create Fund.

Learn about our data handling practices: Personal Data Usage & Storage

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Adjust Fund Settings

After creating your fund, you can adjust the fund’s name, description, or visibility at any time. Simply click the gear icon next to your fund’s name - you can adjust things as needed, and then click save to preserve your changes.

You can learn more about private and transparent funds here and community funds here.

If you click Community, you’ll be redirected to a community fund application form so we can review for compliance with community fund policies and get in touch with you.

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