# Disbursements

> Send faster, easier, and safer disbursements to eligible nonprofits on Chariot’s platform with built-in nonprofit verification and smart check fallback.

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**Disbursements**

### Grow your grantmaking. Not your team’s workload.

Reduce the time and operational complexity of grant payments.

### Disbursements Demo

Talk to our team

View the API Docs

### Trusted by |leading grantmakers| who send over $500 million annually

sending checks?

emailing nonprofits?

paying churches?

### Send digital payments and checks in one place.

With Chariot Disbursements\*, grantmakers can send full grant  
details and funds to all eligible 1.4M\+ domestic nonprofits

Since launch, 89.16% of grant payments made through Chariot are sent electronically

> “Chariot helps us deliver a best-in-market experience to our donors by making our grant payments faster, safer, and far less repetitive for the nonprofits we support.”

Travis Oliver

Head of Philanthropic Services

grant payments sent electronically

> “With Daffy’s rapid growth, finding a donation payment solution that could truly scale with us was critical. Chariot has delivered, and we’re thrilled to expand disbursements to more charities in 2026.”

Adam Nash

CEO

growth in 2025 grant volume

> “This is a game changer for community foundations wanting to keep our DAF offerings competitive and cost-effective.”

Megan Hyman

CEO

manual, in-house check payments

> “What used to take up to 7 hours, now takes less than 30 minutes, and I know it'll only get faster from here.

Rolls Wolfe

Head of Operations

reduction in time spent on grant payment operations

**Step 1**

### Submit grant details

### Upload a CSV or use the API

All that's required is EINs and grant amounts.

### Sit back and track progress

Track every grant in real-time — electronic transfers, checks — and their status.

**Step 2**

### We handle the rest

### Electronic account transfers

We enable quick electronic payments to nonprofits, once their account is verified.

### Mailed Checks

If nonprofits don’t verify with Chariot, we’ll facilitate check delivery and handle returns.

### How we securely deliver every grant

### Eligibility

- Validate good standing with the IRS 
- Screen OFAC / AML lists 
- Surface state\-level requirements 

### Bank Account Verification

- Verify identity of the account owner 
- Confirm account owner is a valid Control Person
- Monitor and revalidate on a recurring basis

### Check Protection

- Diligence mailing addresses 
- Stop Pay and Positive Pay protections standard  
- Transparent, real\-time tracking en route 

### Support

- Rapid response to grantee questions
- Handling returned or voided checks 
- On\-demand technical support for grantmakers

### Chariot Compliance Explained

### Donors

Chariot

**Security First**

### Chariot's compliance program sets a new industry standard

### Home

Get the overview

### More features grantmakers love

### Custom Grant Letters

Manage in the dashboard for different grant types

### Check Returns

Resolve voided and returned checks automatically

### Nonprofit Database

Search constantly updated details for nonprofits & churches

### Approvals Workflow

Set up multi-layer approvals in the dashboard

### Grant Notifications

Notify grantees automatically for every payment

### Church Payments

Verified church payments, handled end to end

### Don't just take our word for it

> “It was really valuable for us to find a partner that could own both our electronic fund transfers as well as our check writing—and have those two seamlessly integrated.”

Jake Wood

Founder & CEO

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grants paid in 6 weeks following onboarding

### Built to work the way you do

Dashboard

### Dashboard

Fits with your existing systems. No integration required to get started.

### Disbursements Demo

Talk to our team

> "The Chariot team has been so great - incredibly responsive to us and our grantees."

Susan Adams

Finance & Operations Officer

API

### API

Custom\-built to plug right into your stack.

Docs

> "This has been one of the smoothest integrations I've worked on... y'all have crushed it."

Dick Fickling

CTO