New: Donation Gift Vouchers (Spendengutscheine) by Effektiv Spenden

Hi Bella,
thank you!
No, after 12 months we forwards the donation to our global health and poverty fund (https://effektiv-spenden.org/spendenfonds-armut-bekaempfen/ , german only). So in any case 100% of the donation benefits effective charities :)

Could you say a bit more about why you're concerned this would make EVF a DAF operator?

Per EVF's Terms and Conditions at 1.3:

Donors to EVF may make recommendations to EVF, on how EVF should spend the funds. Recommendations may include: asking EVF to donate to the specific charities which it has listed on the EVF Sites ("Eligible Charities"), or asking EVF to use their donation for the specific pool of donations which will be used for charities working in a particular area ("Funds").

EVF will consider Supporters' preferred Eligible Charities or Funds when determining any grant to, or allocation of donations between, the Eligible Charities and Funds (as applicable), but each Supporter agrees that EVF's decision on the allocation or grant of all donations, including any associated Gift Aid, is final and may be made in EVF's sole discretion.

In other words, don't people who give on the GWWC website technically make a non-binding recommendation to EVF as to which charity it should regrant those funds? I believe GiveWell and TLYCS work on a similar paradigm. 

The only difference here seems to be that the donor-to-EVF is delegating the power to make the non-binding recommendation to a third party. I'm not sure why that would change EVF's status from not-running-a-DAF to running-a-DAF.

As Jason wrote, legally it's a non-binding recommendation by the person who receives the voucher + if we don't receive such a recommendation within 12 month after the code was created the money (donation) goes to GiveWells All Grants Fund. So it's not a DAF (which don't exist in Germany anyway). If you really want to donate now but decide where the money should go (much) later we have a different product: https://effektiv-spenden.org/blog/effektiv-spenden-depot/ (also not a real DAF though).