DAFRC to Publish Annual DAF Report Beginning in 2025

The Annual DAF Report provides a comprehensive portrait of the US DAF landscape based on national data.

For nearly 20 years, the National Philanthropic Trust (NPT) collected data to expand public knowledge about DAFs and produced an annual report that served as a foundational source of data for the nonprofit sector. In 2025, NPT licensed its historic data to the DAFRC, and the DAFRC began independently producing the Annual DAF Report.

The DAFRC manages all aspects of the report, including design, sponsor vetting, data collection, analysis, and publication. The Annual DAF Report includes data about the number of DAF accounts, contributions received, grants made, total charitable assets, payout rates, and average account size. The report is provided free of cost as a public service to the sector in a way that supports broad understanding and practical application by a wide variety of philanthropic stakeholders.

As DAFs continue to play an increasingly central role in charitable giving, the need for accurate, neutral, and accessible information about DAFs is increasingly essential. The Annual DAF Report helps meet this need and represents a natural extension of the DAFRC’s work.