We think your donated assets should make their way to organizations, rather than sitting in a DAF racking up fees.
Endaoment has a unique fee structure designed to maximize the impact of your giving. We charge a one-time fee at donation (0.50% or 50 basis points, reduced for larger gifts) and a one-time fee at grantmaking (1.0% or 100 basis points).
This creates bigger savings over time for most donors: On a $100 million gift over 10 years, Endaoment’s fees are just 0.65%, compared to 1.06% at NPT and 2.47% at Goldman Sachs.
If you’re looking for information on investment portfolio fees, check out the investment portfolios page.
No Minimums
Major providers often require a minimum fee of $500, plus a minimum donation of $5,000 or even $25,000 to open a DAF. At Endaoment, there is no required DAF initial donation size, and no charge for opening a DAF!
There is no minimum donation size or grant size.
Tiered Inbound Fee
When you initially make a donation of any asset into your DAF, you’ll pay a one-time fee of 0.50% (50 basis points) based on the total amount of the donation. This fee is tiered and reduces based on the size of the gift:
| Balance Range | Donation Fee |
|---|
| $0 - $250,000 | 0.50% |
| $250,000 - $500,000 | 0.40% |
| $500,000 - $1,000,000 | 0.30% |
| $1,000,000 - $10,000,000 | 0.20% |
| $10,000,000 - $100,000,000 | 0.10% |
| $100,000,000+ | 0.05% |
For alternative assets or private assets handled on a case-by-case basis, please reach out to discuss your specific needs. 1.0% Outbound Fee
Once a grant recommendation is approved by Endaoment, there is a one-time 1.0% fee (100 basis points) at the time of grantmaking. This amount is used to support our work before funds are sent to the nonprofit.
If you make a direct donation on an organization’s page, you are making both a donation and a grant recommendation simultaneously; a 1.5% fee is applied.
Strategic Partners & Custom Arrangements
We are happy to discuss bespoke fee structures with strategic partners. If you’re considering a significant philanthropic relationship with Endaoment, please schedule a conversation to explore custom arrangements that align with your giving goals.
Why Endaoment is the Better Choice
- Lower Fees: Across all gift sizes and timeframes, Endaoment keeps fees low, meaning more money stays in your DAF for giving.
- Bigger Savings Over Time: On a $100 million gift over 10 years, Endaoment’s fees are just 0.65%, compared to 1.06% at NPT and 2.47% at Goldman Sachs.
- Simple, One-Time Fees: No ongoing asset management fees that chip away at your idle balance—just a straightforward, one-time fee when you donate.
In short, with Endaoment, your donations go further.
We think the current industry standard goes against the original spirit of DAFs by keeping money in the fund instead of granting directly to nonprofits in need. That’s why we chose to earn the majority of our fee-based revenue when you deploy your DAF capital into the organizations & communities you care about.
Partner Fees
We work with a number of partners to expand our services. Some charge additional fees.
GlobalGiving enables us to add over 3,500 international organizations to our list of charitable endpoints. GlobalGiving retains 5% of donations raised by their partner organizations through Endaoment in order to sustain their own operations and provide services like fundraising workshops, community building, and disaster response.
The Giving Block (TGB) enables nonprofits on TGB’s platform to receive donations made via Endaoment’s platform to their existing wallet set up. TGB has independent agreements with each of their supported organizations, and each is associated with its own fee level.
While all pricing information is available in-app as donations are made, please see here for specifics of the many ways you can give using Stripe.
All GlobalGiving and The Giving Block supported organizations within our application are marked for transparency purposes.
We offer traditional non-blockchain assets in Portfolios. These portfolios are subject to additional fees charged by our brokerage partners and displayed on each portfolio’s page and inside transaction summaries to provide you transparency and assistance when making decisions about new allocations. These fees are presented as an all-in expense ratio, with no hidden fees.
For Advisor-Managed Portfolios, we work closely with advisors following their Investment Policy Statement (IPS) and our own Investment Policy. Please see our Advisor-Managed Portfolios documentation for more information. 
