Charityvest YC Application

Summer 2020Acquired

Charityvest went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2020 batch as a Fintech company. Below: what the company does, who founded it, and its application to YC, reconstructed question by question in the real YC form.

YC batch: Summer 2020
Industry: FintechPayments
Team size: 9
Status: Acquired
Launched: 2020

Founders

Stephen KumpFounder
Ashby FoltzFounder

What Charityvest does

Charityvest is the modern donor-advised fund, for individuals and corporations. - Make tax-smart contributions of cash, stock, crypto, equity and more to your DAF. - Invest your charitable balance for tax-free growth with low-cost ETFs. - Send grants to 1.4 million charities with a few clicks. - Receive one tax receipt for all of your giving.

Charityvest's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Charityvest, Summer 2020 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Charityvest

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

A premier charitable giving account, for everyone.

What is your company going to make? Please describe your product and what it does or will do.

We built Charityvest, which is a modern donor-advised fund for individuals and corporations. Our platform lets users make tax-smart contributions of cash, stock, crypto, equity, and more, invest their charitable balance in low-cost ETFs for tax-free growth, send grants to over 1.4 million charities with a few clicks, and receive one consolidated tax receipt for all giving.

Where do you live now, and where would the company be based after YC?

We currently live and operate in Atlanta, GA, USA. We would base the company here after YC as well.

Explain your decision regarding location.

We picked Atlanta because it's where we are based and where our team is located. We want to build a fintech product deeply integrated with the charitable giving space, and Atlanta offers a strong balance of fintech talent and cost of operations.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Charityvest YC application?

No. Y Combinator keeps submitted applications private. This is a reconstruction: the real YC form questions, answered from Charityvest's public data (launch notes, founder backgrounds, product description). It shows how a company like Charityvest would present itself to YC, not the text they submitted.