Giving With Your Donor-Advised Fund
A donor-advised fund offers a simple and flexible way to support the people, programs, and ideas that mean the most to you at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
If you already have a donor-advised fund, you can recommend a grant to the UT Foundation online and put your generosity to work for Volunteers.
An Easy Way to Make a Meaningful Impact
A donor-advised fund, or DAF, is a charitable giving account established through a sponsoring organization. After contributing assets to your DAF, you can recommend grants over time to eligible nonprofit organizations, including the University of Tennessee Foundation.
Giving through your DAF makes it easy to support the areas of UT you care about most while managing your charitable giving in one place.
Simple
Recommend a grant from your existing DAF through our online giving form.
Flexible
Choose when you give and direct your support to the area of UT that matters most to you.
Impactful
Your grant can support students, faculty, research, academic programs, and other priorities across Rocky Top.
Make Your DAF Grant in Three Steps
Choose Your Impact
Visit our online giving form and select the college, program, scholarship, fund, or area you would like to support.
Select DAFpay
Choose DAFpay as your payment method. Search for your DAF provider and securely sign in using your existing account credentials.
Recommend Your Grant
Enter UT Foundation’s EIN [62-1844686], grant amount, and purpose, then confirm and submit your recommendation.
Make a DAFpay GrantFrequently Asked Questions
Over 1,000 DAF providers are searchable in the DAFpay directory, including the top 15 most popular DAF providers for UT donors.
The minimum DAF donation varies by DAF provider—this can range from $20–$250+. If a donor-advisor enters an amount less than the minimum and then selects DAFpay, their donation amount will be increased to the minimum and they will be notified of the required increase before they confirm their donation.
DAFpay is built and operated with comprehensive security tools and compliance protocols in accordance with all applicable regulations related to data privacy and protection. None of your DAF account information is recorded by DAFpay or shared with any parties.
Because your transaction is processed by DAFpay Network and sent electronically to the UT Foundation, your gift is more secure than when sent via checks in the mail, which is prone to loss, theft, fraud and human entry errors. Learn more »
There is no cost for a donor to use DAFpay.
Donors cannot use DAFpay in the following circumstances:
- When setting up a recurring gift
- When accepting an incentive for making a gift
- When establishing a match or challenge gift
Initiating your grant through DAFpay is the fastest and easiest way for you to give via your donor-advised fund.
Other benefits:
- Helps avoid lost checks, mailing delays, or gifts accidentally being submitted to the wrong organization or campaign.
- Shortens gift processing time so your gift goes to work as quickly as possible.
- Allows us to acknowledge your gift more quickly.
If your DAF provider is missing or listed incorrectly, please email dsi@utfi.org and we will request to have your provider added to the database.
Contact your fund manager or financial institution to recommend a grant to the UT Foundation.
Please use our legal name and federal tax ID:
Legal name: University of Tennessee Foundation, Inc.
Address: 1525 University Avenue, Knoxville, TN 37921
Federal tax ID number: 62-1844686
For more information or to speak with us about creating a legacy of support with a planned gift, please visit our Planned Giving webpage.
Yes! To set up a recurring grant recommendation, enter UT Foundation’s EIN [62-1844686], select recurring grant instead of immediate or future grant, and set your preferred frequency and schedule.
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