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Case Studies
How Endaoment's Modular API Opened New Possibilities for Decentralized Science
· Research Hub discovered Endaoment through organic conversations on social media. The team immediately recognized Endaoment as the missing piece of their infrastructure.
How Endaoment's DAF Program Helped an RIA Transform Client Relationships
· Justin Pullaro, of Core Planning, discovered Endaoment and immediately saw what traditional DAF providers were missing: a platform designed for collaboration, not just transactions.
Announcements
Advisor-Managed DAFs are now live on Altruist
· Advisors can now lead their clients' giving alongside everything else they manage, with the DAF as a fully managed investment sleeve.
Three Years of the Universal Impact Pool
· "The UIP is alone in being the only programmatic solution to idle donor-advised funds that we've seen in production happening at scale. It serves as an important community-powered grant-making vehicle that reflects our value of throughput."
Give From Your DAF, Right Inside ResearchHub
· Hold an Endaoment donor-advised fund? Back a ResearchHub proposal in checkout. The grant (like magic) goes to the eligible nonprofit behind it thanks to our newest API integration.
What Is Endaoment?
· A Look at Where We’ve Been—and Where We’re Going Last week, we launched a new campaign designed to help both longtime supporters and new audiences understand what Endaoment is, what it represents, and where we’re heading next. Since Endaoment began in 2019, we’ve crossed a major milestone: more than $124 million in donated funds distributed through our platform. With access to over 1.8 million registered nonprofits, we’ve facilitated donations to 1,245 organizations across 28 countries, suppo
Bringing Direct Donations to Coinbase and Robinhood
· We're excited to announce direct exchange donations—a new way to fund your Endaoment donor-advised fund directly from your Coinbase or Robinhood account. No wallet required. No copied addresses. No blockchain expertise needed. Three clicks that let you give anything, from anywhere, to any nonprofit. Meeting Donors Where They Are "Can I just give from my Coinbase account?" We heard this question hundreds of times, and often wondered it ourselves. Previously, crypto donors needed a certain le
Bringing Our Giving Tools to Legacy Providers
· We're excited to announce Endaoment for Institutions, our suite of tools & services for integrating our donor-advised fund infrastructure into financial platforms. Modern Infrastructure for Giving: Today's institutions are also tech companies, with
Hello Pectra: Updating our Validator Fleet
· Endaoment COO, Zach Bronstein, shares how Pectra, the latest Ethereum network upgrade, brings a new dimension to our validator operations. When we spun up our first five validators in mid-2023, we weren’t just securing Ethereum—we were building a self-funding engine for our nonprofit. Every gwei
Endaoment Partners with ResearchHub: Funding Institutional Research with Crypto
· Endaoment and ResearchHub have joined forces to create a powerful new avenue for tax-deductible crowdfunding of academic research. This partnership combines our composable, onchain protocol along with ResearchHub's science-focused fundraising platform. An Organic Partnership Born from Neces
2022 and 2023 Fiscal Audits Complete: Setting New Standards in Nonprofit Transparency
· We are thrilled to announce that Endaoment has successfully completed its fiscal audits for the years 2022 and 2023. This milestone builds upon our first nonprofit audit in 2021 and underscores our unwavering commitment to
Celebrating $100M in Donations
· Friends, maybe you saw already, but we have some incredible news to share. Thanks to your unwavering support and generosity, we've reached an awe-inspiring milestone at Endaoment.org – $100 million in donations! As we take a moment to let this sink in, we can't help but
The Universal Impact Pool: One Year of Democratizing Philanthropy
· Last June, we launched the Universal Impact Pool (UIP) in collaboration with Gitcoin, as part of our missi
Revolutionizing Onchain Charitable Giving for Web3 Finance Professionals with CryptoCFOs
· “This collaboration with Endaoment represents a significant step forward in providing our members with innovative tools to enhance their practice.” — Taylor Zork, CPA - CEO of CryptoCFOs _On June 29, 2023, Endaoment and CryptoCFOs released t
Expand Your Giving Circle with Fund Collaboration
· Fund Collaboration allows donor-advised fund (DAF) advisors to involve trusted collaborators, such as financial advisors, philanthropic consultants, or family members, in the management of charitable funds. Collaborative Giving, Simplified We're committed to making charitable givin
Pride is Personal: How a Web3 Artist-Donor Makes Heartfelt Impact
· _Mad from Art Blocks, a generative art platform, interviews generative artist-turned-donor Jeres, alongside Katie from Outright International, about
Introducing Target Allocations: Personalized Portfolio Management for Your DAF
· Target Allocations allow you to personalize your giving strategy by setting desired percentage distributions across Endaoment's diverse range of portfolio options. Tailored Investing Made Easy We're excited to announce a new feature that gives you more control over how your donated funds ar
Release Notes
Release Notes — September 9th, 2026
· Another week, another Endaoment release! Let's get to the goodies: 🎨 Giving experience * Gift donor form: When you start a gift, the form now fills in the fund's donor of record so you do not have to retype those details. * Donor-focused wording: Fund and gift messages now name the donor, not the advisor, so the copy matches the recipient of the gift. * Nouns funding card: We removed the Nouns-backed funding card following the passage of Nouns prop 991. 🔧 Reliability * Partner grant
Release Notes — August 19th, 2026
· Another week, another Endaoment release! Let's get to the goodies: 🎨 Donor experience Docs and fund pages A few polish items that make everyday use smoother: * Product documentation: Legal-document links now send donors and nonprofits to the right section of each policy page. * Fund pages: Private or missing funds no longer stall the page when someone is not signed in. ⚙️ Giving and grants Settling and funding grants This week's giving updates make it easier to bring money in and
Release Notes — June 26th, 2026
· Nouns-backed stream badge on the Universal Impact Pool, with live on-chain funding progress.
Release Notes — May 27th, 2026
· Another week, another Endaoment release! Let's get to the goodies: ⚡ Performance Activity feeds just got a whole lot snappier: * Faster activity feeds: activity now loads in pages with a “load more” control, so feeds open quickly and stay responsive no matter how much history they hold. 🛡️ Security * Up-to-date and secure: we applied the latest security update to the technology that powers the app, keeping your experience safe and current. 🔧 Reliability * Sharper monitoring: we t
Release Notes — May 13th, 2026
· Another week, another Endaoment release! This one is mostly behind-the-scenes work to make the platform faster, partner-friendlier, and easier to reconcile. Let's get to the goodies: 🤝 Partnerships * Streamlined Partner User Provisioning: A new dedicated path for partner platforms to provision donors directly, with stronger guarantees that the right account information is captured up front. * Account-Number-Aware Fund Creation: Funds opened through partner platforms can now safely carry t
Release Notes — May 6th, 2026
· Another week, another Endaoment release! This week's update is a small but meaningful one — focused on quality-of-life fixes and behind-the-scenes improvements: 🔧 Polish & Reliability * Small fixes throughout: A handful of behind-the-scenes improvements to keep things humming. 🛡️ Security * Routine dependency upgrades: We pulled in the latest security patches across several internal libraries. 🚀 What's Next These improvements are live now. As always, your feedback helps us improve
Release Notes — April 29th, 2026
· Another week, another Endaoment release! Let's get to the goodies: 🤝 Partner Integrations * Partner access to public fund portfolio data: Partner platforms can now display the holdings of public Endaoment funds directly on their own surfaces, without requiring their users to sign in. This brings parity with what donors already see on the public fund page. * Expanded partner donation intake (cash-settled): A new path for partners that handle cash donations end-to-end — they can record an a
Release Notes — April 22nd, 2026
· Another week, another Endaoment release! Let's get to the goodies: 🔧 Bug Fixes Partner Integrations * Reliable search for integrator partners: Partners building on top of Endaoment can now search organizations and funds through their integration without unexpected access errors. The same anonymous search experience now works consistently whether a request comes from a logged-in donor, an unauthenticated visitor, or a partner integration. ⚡ Behind the Scenes Engineering Velocity * F
Release Notes — April 15th, 2026
· Another week, another Endaoment release! Let's get to the goodies: 🔧 Operations Global Giving Payouts * Streamlined Payouts: Organizations onboarded through Global Giving now receive funds via wire transfer, simplifying their payout process. 🛡️ Reliability Stability * Image Processing: Updated core image processing library for improved stability ⚡ Performance Build & Deploy * Faster Builds: CI pipeline rebuilt from the ground up for significantly faster build and test times
Release Notes — April 9th, 2026
· Another week, another Endaoment release! Let's get to the goodies: ⚡ Platform Improvements Pricing & Data * Upgraded Stock Pricing: We've moved to a faster, more reliable stock pricing provider with automatic fallback, ensuring you always see accurate market data for your portfolio. * Nonprofit Data Refresh: Our nonprofit directory now pulls from the latest data source, improving the accuracy and freshness of organization information across the platform. 🤖 AI & Discoverability * AI
Release Notes — March 5th, 2026
· Another week, another Endaoment release! Let's get to the goodies: 🔧 Bug Fixes Grant Wizard * Execute Suggestion Fix: Fund managers can now correctly execute pending grant suggestions on behalf of donors. Previously, clicking "Execute" on a suggestion would incorrectly show "No funds with grantable balance available" — even when the fund had balance. This is now resolved, and the correct fund loads automatically. General Reliability * Improved Stability: Several internal reliability
Release Notes — March 4th, 2026
· Another week, another Endaoment release! Let's get to the goodies: ⚡ Workflow Improvements Faster Grant Processing * Streamlined Transfer Approvals: Transfers created during distribution rounds are now automatically approved, reducing processing time. Grants with special instructions continue to receive careful manual review before approval. 🚀 What's Next These improvements are now available in production. We're continuing to streamline operations behind the scenes so your grants and
Release Notes for v2.19.7 — February 4th, 2026
· Another week, another Endaoment release! Let's get to the goodies: ⚙️ Platform Improvements Performance & Reliability * Optimized Session Replays: We've fine-tuned our error monitoring to be more efficient, ensuring we capture the important moments while staying within resource limits. Security Enhancements * Enhanced Frame Protection: Added additional security headers across our platform to protect against clickjacking and other frame-based attacks. 🔧 Bug Fixes * Gift Wizard S
Release Notes for v2.19.6 — January 28th, 2026
· Here's what's new across the Endaoment platform this week — covering both frontend and backend updates. Let's get to the goodies: 🤝 Partner Integration Support Platform partners can now perform actions on behalf of their managed users, enabling seamless integration for DAF-as-a-Service offerings. This opens the door for partners to build directly on the Endaoment platform without requiring manual user authentication flows. 📊 Overview Page: Date Range Filtering The Overview page now incl
Release Notes for v2.19.0 — December 17th, 2025
· Another week, another Endaoment release! Let's get to the goodies: 🎨 UI Enhancements Gift Wizard & Dashboard Improvements We've made several enhancements to improve your experience when using the Gift Wizard and Dashboard: * Improved Visual Design: Refined fonts, spacing, and button styles throughout the dashboard for better readability and visual appeal * Streamlined Gift Flow: Reordered steps in the gift wizard to make the process more intuitive * Enhanced Tooltips: Updated toolt
Knowledge Base
Giving Belongs in the Meetings You Already Have
· Clients already talk with their advisor about taxes, estate plans, and family, and charitable giving should come up in the same conversation.
Good Financial Plans Should Make Room for Giving
· Advisors can bring up giving, help clients plan their gifts, and take care of the ongoing work. A DAF can make that part of the service.
Building on Public Infrastructure
· A charitable institution should make it possible to follow the money entrusted to it. We built that expectation into how Endaoment operates.
Turning Gifts Into Grants
· Charitable giving should work with the assets people own, the advisors they trust, and the causes they want to support.
Donor-Advised Funds: A Strategic Approach for CPAs and Clients This Giving Season
· By: Nik Fahrer, Forvis Mazars and Endaoment As we approach year-end tax planning, CPAs are seeking effective strategies to help clients reach their philanthropic and financial goals. One powerf
Our First Nonprofit Audit: Testing Onchain Integrity
· Written by Zach Bronstein. Edited by Bruxa.
Navigating your Crypto Taxes: Key Advice from a Top CPA
· Endaoment’s Head of Partnerships, Alexis Miller, asked some tax season questions to leading crypto CPA, Patrick Camuso of Camuso CPA. We hope this short but rich article enriches your tax season preparation, much like our financial tools can ease your tax worries. Alexis: Taxes are complicated
Philanthropy's $12 Trillion Shift: Navigating the Wealth Transfer from Boomers to Millennials
· By Alexis Miller. Edited by Bruxa. An unprecedented shift in wealth is grabbing the attention of the philanthropic sector, sparking discussions and making us brace for a transformative change. This development, known as the "great wealth trans
Welcome to Giving Season!
· This article was originally published on Medium by Robbie Heeger on Nov 4, 2021. !Image(./images/P2Xflt-ZGPk_xor0IcMWl-1-2-3-4-5-6-7.png) A Most Magical Time of Year November is here, the seasons are shifting, the pandem
Our Path to Community-Powered Institutions
· This article was originally published on Medium by Robbie Heeger on Jun 2, 2021. > With $2.5m in new fundraising led by Framework Ventures, Endaoment is building the software and organizations necessary to offe
Answering Your Crypto Donation Tax Questions with TokenTax
· This article was researched and written by Zac McClure, CEO, and Barrett Strickland, Head of Research at TokenTax, and originally published on Medium on Dec 17, 2020. !Image > With year-end 2020 fa