PayPal Giving Fund

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Donation Delivery Policy

(Last updated on January 1, 2025)

Donations Made to PayPal Giving Fund

• Enrolled Charities
• Unenrolled Charities
• Expediting payments in response to disasters
• Grants from cancelled donations
• Reassignment of Certain Donations

Donations Made to PayPal Giving Fund

All donations made through PayPal Giving Fund programs are made to PayPal Giving Fund, a Donor Advised Fund ('DAF') recognized by the Internal Revenue Service ('IRS') under Section 501( c )(3) of the Code as a tax-exempt public charity (Federal Tax ID: 45-0931286), with each donor recommending a charity to which the donor wishes the funds to be granted. PayPal Giving Fund reviews all such recommendations under the terms set forth in the Donor Terms of Service. By using PayPal Giving Fund, Donors acknowledge that their donations will be granted to recommended charities pursuant to such Donor Terms of Service. Donors will receive a date-stamped receipt of donation from PayPal Giving Fund marking the date the donation was made to PayPal Giving Fund. All grants made by PayPal Giving Fund are effected in a manner that is consistent with our policies and applicable laws and regulations.

The PayPal Giving Fund enrollment status of a charity will determine the method and speed at which we grant funds to that charity. As described below, PayPal Giving Fund pursues multiple specified steps to grant donations it receives to its donors' recommended charities. Pending distribution of grants, PayPal Giving Fund holds all donations in a secure, dedicated bank account or PayPal account.

Enrolled Charities

PayPal Giving Fund grants donated funds to charities enrolled with PayPal Giving Fund ('Participating Nonprofits' pursuant to the PayPal Giving Fund Nonprofit User Agreement) on a monthly basis around the end of each month, in nearly all cases within 15 to 45 days after PayPal Giving Fund's receipt of funds. This schedule enables us to streamline processing by providing a lump sum payment to the charity, making it simpler for the charity to identify our payments and account for the funds we have raised. We distribute grants to enrolled charities via PayPal as we have determined this to be a fast, efficient, secure, and cost-effective way to do so. Donors can be confident their donations will reach their chosen charities securely, and the charities receive the payments into their PayPal accounts quickly and free of charge. Enrolled charities can also review the donations granted to them by PayPal Giving Fund, including donor details (except when donors choose to give anonymously), on their PayPal Giving Fund dashboard, accessible via their PayPal account. Please see our Nonprofit Certification Policy for more information about enrollment.

Unenrolled Charities

Through certain partner programs, donors may have the option to recommend that we grant the funds they donate to charities that have not yet enrolled with PayPal Giving Fund. PayPal Giving Fund attempts to grant donations made to benefit charities that have not enrolled with PayPal Giving Fund after making reasonable attempts to contact them and invite their enrollment in PayPal Giving Fund. We receive information about these charities from our partnership with Candid. We will grant funds to an unenrolled charity provided that (1) we have been able to confirm that the charity complies with the requirements of our Nonprofit Certification Policy, and (2) we have verified the charity's identity and conducted an appropriate level of due diligence into the charity, its officers and directors to confirm that it does not promote hate, violence, or racial intolerance, and does not engage in money laundering or other illegal activities.