# Chariot

> Chariot is a New York fintech building the payment infrastructure for charitable giving. Its flagship product, DAFpay, is the first donation option that lets people give directly from a donor-advised fund in a few clicks, and it now appears on the donation forms of more than 100,000 nonprofits. Chariot also helps charities receive, code, and reconcile grant payments through a single portal, tapping into the roughly $326 billion sitting in donor-advised fund accounts.

- **Founded:** 2022
- **Headquarters:** New York, United States
- **Founders:** Salo Serfati (Co-Founder & CEO), Aaron Kahane (Co-Founder & COO), Drew Schneider (Co-Founder & CPO)
- **Team size:** ~44 employees (LinkedIn); ~9+ named core team members on company site
- **Products:** DAFpay, Gift Processing, Disbursements
- **Notable:** DAFpay named to TIME's Best Inventions of 2025, First DAF-specific payment option for online donation forms, Adopted on 100,000+ nonprofit donation forms

## Products & services

- **DAFpay** — The first DAF-specific payment option for online donation forms. It sits alongside Venmo, Apple Pay, and card payments, turning a multi-redirect process into a roughly three-click donation directly from a donor-advised fund. Now on 100,000+ nonprofit donation forms and named to TIME's Best Inventions of 2025.
- **Gift Processing** — A platform that helps nonprofits receive, code, and reconcile incoming gifts. Customizable LLMs automatically categorize donations and format exports that sync with a nonprofit's existing CRM and accounting systems, cutting manual data entry.
- **Disbursements** — Tools for grantmakers and community foundations to send, enrich, and track grant payments through a single secure portal, with built-in verification and real-time tracking.

## Achievements

- DAFpay named to TIME's Best Inventions of 2025
- First DAF-specific payment option for online donation forms
- Adopted on 100,000+ nonprofit donation forms
- Raised $11M Series A led by Maveron (August 2024)
- Y Combinator Summer 2022 cohort
- DAFpay volume grew 46% in 2025
- Added $200M+ to nonprofit fundraising

## Latest updates

- **2026-01** — Launched a dedicated Gift Processing platform for nonprofits, using customizable LLMs to auto-code and reconcile donations.
- **2025-10** — DAFpay named to TIME's Best Inventions of 2025.
- **2024-08** — Closed $11M Series A led by Maveron, with Spark Capital, SV Angel, Y Combinator, and angel investors including Adam Grant and Angela Duckworth.

## Links

- Website: https://www.givechariot.com
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/givechariot
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/ChariotGiving

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Last updated: 2026-06-15