Chariot LinkedIn · Jul 2026
Chariot announced Custom Payment Sources for paid plans, letting nonprofits create dedicated routing and account numbers to receive gifts from ACH-enabled funding sources.
A payment network connecting nonprofits to the $250B in DAFs
Company research
Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Overview
Chariot is a New York-based fintech infrastructure company for donor-advised fund (DAF) giving. It offers DAFpay for donor checkout, AI-powered gift processing for nonprofits, and disbursements for grantmakers to make charitable payments and reconciliation faster and less manual.
Primary product
DAFpay plus AI-powered gift processing for DAF donations
Founded
2022
Headquarters
575 8th Ave, Floor 20, New York, NY 10018
Team size
30-40 employees
Work style
Flexible
Industry
Software Development
Sub-industry
Fintech / donor-advised fund payments / nonprofit gift processing
Offices
575 8th Ave, Floor 20, New York, NY 10018 (HQ)
850 7th Ave Suite 600, New York, NY
450 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA 94105
Business model
B2B SaaS
payments infrastructure
transaction processing
API platform software
Funding
Stage
Series A
Total raised
$15.1M
Latest round
Series A · Aug 2024
Latest amount
$11M
People & investors
Leadership
Co-Founder & CEO
Co-Founder & COO
Co-Founder & CPO
Head of Strategy
Head of Partnerships
Work & culture
Mission-driven and builder-heavy, with a lean team, strong emphasis on ownership, and values centered on Protection, Passion, and Performance. Careers messaging stresses empowerment, experimentation, and shipping products that matter to nonprofits.
Work style
Flexible
Compensation
No public salary bands were found on the official careers pages. Public compensation signals are mostly indirect: strong benefits, mission-driven positioning, and role-based hiring rather than disclosed pay ranges.
Benefits
100% employer-paid medical benefits
18 days PTO plus 13 holidays
100% paid parental leave
12 weeks paid leave for primary caregivers
401(k) plans
quarterly nonprofit volunteering
up to $2,400 annual DAF matching / contribution
paid annual offsites
hackathons
covered dinners after 8 PM
Product & market
Pricing
Publicly described as a 2.9% processing fee, with a subscription option that can waive processing costs; some offerings are sold through demo / plan-based access.
Differentiators
- —Only integrated DAF payment option (DAFpay)
- —3-click DAF checkout from nonprofit donation forms
- —AI-powered gift processing and auto-coding
- —Single secure portal for sending, receiving, and enriching grant payments
- —Built for nonprofit, platform, and grantmaker workflows
- —Automated identity verification and data reconciliation
- —Supports fast disbursements and custom exports
- —Bank-partner-backed money movement through Column N.A.
Technology
Next.js
React
Google Analytics 4
LinkedIn Insight Tag
Amazon CloudFront
Chariot Connect web component
APIs
customizable LLMs
Salesforce integrations
Blackbaud integrations
Column N.A. banking partner
Customers
American Cancer Society
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Michael J. Fox Foundation
Central Park Conservancy
ACLU
March of Dimes
Dallas Jewish Community Foundation
American Friends of Magen David Adom
Blood Cancer United
Community Rowing, Inc.
TIFIN Give
No Kid Hungry
Founders Pledge
The B+ Foundation
Daffy
Competitors
Daffy
Change
Givebutter
GoFundMe
Every.org
Scale & contact
Estimated revenue
$1M-$10M
Estimated monthly visits
103.5K
Traffic estimate as of Jul 2026
Latest news
Business Wire · Jan 2026
Chariot announced its gift processing platform for nonprofits and grantmakers, highlighting customizable LLMs, unified payment rails, and integrations that automate coding and exports.
TIME · Oct 2025
TIME recognized DAFpay as one of the Best Inventions of 2025, noting its three-click DAF donation flow and adoption by more than 100,000 nonprofits.
Chariot · Mar 2025
Chariot said Fast Company recognized it in the Social Good category for innovation in nonprofit fundraising and DAF payments.
Chariot blog · Jan 2025
A Chariot webinar post on why DAF gift processing matters, how to improve nonprofit workflows, and how DAFpay captures donor details and improves stewardship.
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