Adam Nash on building Daffy, the membership-based platform for charitable giving
- Former Wealthfront CEO Adam Nash explains why he left the robo-advisor to tackle charitable giving with Daffy, a membership-based platform that's making donor-advised funds accessible beyond wealthy clients.
- Nash discusses how Daffy's $3-per-month model disrupts traditional asset-based fees, incorporates AI features like Quick Donate, and enables family collaboration on giving goals.
Americans give nearly half a trillion dollars to charity each year—over 2% of GDP. Yet despite this massive scale, charitable giving remains stuck in the past, dominated by donor-advised funds marketed exclusively to the wealthy and clunky processes that make generosity harder than it should be.
Today I’m joined by Adam Nash, co-founder and CEO of Daffy, a modern platform that’s democratizing charitable giving through technology. Adam brings decades of experience building consumer fintech products as the former CEO of Wealthfront and in leadership roles at LinkedIn, Dropbox, and eBay. During the pandemic, he recognized that while fintech had revolutionized how we save and invest, charitable giving had been largely untouched by innovation.
We’ll explore why Adam left Wealthfront to tackle charitable giving, how Daffy’s membership-based model differs from traditional approaches, and why he believes donor-advised funds will soon be as common as 401ks. Adam will share insights on tax-advantaged giving as more people hold appreciated assets like stock and crypto, how Daffy is incorporating AI, and why they’ve opened their APIs to partners like Betterment and Robinhood.
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