Donor-Advised Funds

Simplify your giving, quadruple your impact!

Help build the future of science with a gift from your donor-advised fund. Right now, matching funds turn the first $10,000 in DAF gifts into $40,000 for human origins research, education, and conservation. After that, DAF gifts are still doubled.

Use the donation form below to simply and securely recommend a grant from your DAF. Click ‘More payment options’ at checkout and choose DAFpay.

Prefer to initiate a gift directly from your DAF sponsor? Here’s the information you need to recommend a grant to The Leakey Foundation

Tax ID: 95-2536475
Mailing address:
The Leakey Foundation
1003B O’Reilly Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94129

Quadruple your DAF gift

Jorge and Ann Leis and the Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation will match your DAF gift up to $10,000, quadrupling your support for human origins research and education.

Your DAF, your impact

Behind every Leakey Foundation discovery is a researcher in the field and a donor who made the work possible. When you give through your DAF, you’re driving discovery, investing in early career researchers, training the next generation of scientists, and bringing human origins science to the public.

Another DAF option

DAF Direct is a simple way to recommend a grant from Fidelity Charitable®, DAFgiving360®, and the BNY Mellon Charitable Gift Fund®. Once your DAF grant recommendation is approved, 100% of the funds will be transferred to the Leakey Foundation with no administration or transaction fees for using the DAF Direct service.

What is a donor-advised fund (DAF)?

A donor-advised fund (DAF) is a charitable giving account that gives you the flexibility to support The Leakey Foundation and other charities you care about. DAFs simplify your giving, offer tax advantages, and make it easy to give strategically to the work that matters most to you.

Thank you for supporting our mission

Some sponsoring organizations don’t share donor information, so your gift may arrive without your name attached. If you’ve made a DAF gift, please email Sharal Camisa Smith at sharal@leakeyfoundation.org so we can properly thank you and ensure your gift is designated as intended.