When and how does PayPal Giving Fund grant donations to charities?

PayPal Giving Fund distributes donated funds to enrolled charities at the end of each month, by depositing a single payment into each charity's PayPal account. A charity must be enrolled by the 15th to receive their first payment within the same month.

We distribute checks to unenrolled charities on a monthly basis, typically within 75 days after we receive a donation, and we have determined that an organization meets our requirements pursuant to our Nonprofit Certification Policy and Donation Delivery Policy. PayPal Giving Fund will make several attempts to contact charities via email and/or physical mail before we attempt to deliver the funds via check.

Donors can use our Donation Tracker to check when we grant their donations to charity. We link to the Donation Tracker from each donation receipt.