Grant half your DAF. Unlock matching Funds.

What to do as a donor:

1. Start by making a donation.

  • You can make grants to any nonprofit! (NOTE: We won’t match funds granted to organizations that promote hate speech, hate crimes, gun violence, or restrictions on reproductive health.) 

  • You’re free to list all grants, but unfortunately due to administrative costs we’ll only be able to match grants greater than $250. 

2. Commit to spend down half the money in your DAF.

  • When you have your grant confirmation (usually downloadable from your fund sponsor’s website, or you can take a screenshot), complete this #HalfMyDAF commitment form and attach the DAF grant confirmation(s). 

3. Increase your chances of getting a match.

  • Submit grants to as many nonprofits as you’d like. The more submissions you make, the higher your chances of receiving a match. 

  • Please attach DAF confirmations for each grant.  

4. Check back to see if you’ve won! 

  • The deadlines for nominations are June 18, 2026 for the spring drawing and October 8, 2026 for the fall drawing, with grant recipients announced the following week.

  • This year’s overall matching pool will be at least $2 million, including $1M in a general matching fund for all nonprofits. 

5. Spread the word.

  • Please let friends, family, and peers know about #HalfMyDAF. The more DAF holders who accept the challenge, the more money is put to work.  

6.  Have questions? Here’s our FAQ

What to expect from #HalfMyDAF:

  1. We will regularly post the names of new DAF donors and the nonprofits they’re supporting. We won’t connect donors’ names with the amounts given. Donors can always choose to remain anonymous. 

  1. We will award matching grants a few days after our spring and fall deadlines. All grants made by  our spring deadline will be eligible for our first round of matching grants. All grants that weren’t matched in the first round plus new grants made by our fall deadline, will be eligible for our second round of matching grants. We will award dollar-for-dollar matches up to $5,000 with two lucky nonprofits receiving matches of $25,000 at each drawing. 

  1. Grants not matched in our spring cycle will be eligible for matches in our fall cycle. 

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