Easy DAF (e.g. Daffy.org) for Donation of Appreciated Stocks

Hello, Humble Dollar community!!  This is my first post, please excuse me in advance if not as articulate as so many of you who contribute to this site.

I am wondering if any of you have recommendations or thoughts on simple DAF platforms for contributions to non-profit organizations.

I have some highly appreciated stock (APPL at ~$250/share with my basis of about $15/share) and use this for most of my larger charitable gifts.  I am a devoted Vanguard customer and make direct donations to non-profits thru Vanguard but tend to find the process a bit tedious and tracking of donations nearly impossible.  Ugh, and tracking down DTC number, verification that stocks are transferred and notification to the non-profits has caused me many headaches over the years. I also make many smaller donations ($100 or less) throughout the year and using my AAPL shares is not ideal.  Yes, this is a bit of a champagne problem and feel fortunate I'm able generously support non-profits.

I am planning to set-up a DAF fund for my smaller donations, probably $2-3k or less a year, and have been researching Daffy.org which seems like a great platform for transfer of AAPL stock (and some crypto).  A DAFFY.org account is only $3/month if transferred securities stay under $25k.  I can transfer my AAPL and they liquidate and have options for me to invest and then make cash donations to any non-profit.  I can also set-up a charitable fundraising campaign for a non-profit, perhaps some of you would like to support my primary charity which plants trees in the Denver area for a health, resilient future :)!!  Haha, just a small pitch to help support the environment.

There are a few other DAF platforms with low annual fees and minimum account balance that seem like good options.  Of course, I could open a Vanguard DAF but this requires a $25k minimum transfer to open and donations of $500+/gift.

Any other recommendations?  Daffy.org is only ~4 years old, Charityvest.org look like another simple platform with a $100 minimum annual fee.  Thanks!!

 

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