ACH stands for Automated Clearing House, a U.S. electronic network for financial transactions that facilitates bank-to-bank money transfers. It’s a system that allows for the secure and cost-effective transfer of funds electronically between different financial institutions, typically used for direct deposits, direct payments, and other forms of electronic funds transfer (EFT).

Donations via ACH payment are available as a payment option on our donation form. ACH payments through our donation form are only available to donors utilizing a US-based bank — if you do not have a US-based bank account, please email us to request instructions to provide to your bank to make a foreign wire transfer to AF-PCFF.

To select ACH, please complete the form, filling out your intended donation amount and the other required fields, and then click the “enter payment information” button to proceed to the payment screen:

On the payment screen, select “US bank account”:

Then complete the remaining required fields. You will then be able to search for your banking institution. Please then proceed to follow any remaining instructions on screen.

Donations via ACH transfer can be made through your banking institution as well. This option is preferred if you cannot make an ACH donation through our online donation form — typically because your US-based bank is not in our payment processor’s database, or because your banking institution is located outside of the US.

To do so, please contact your banking institution. Our wire transfer details — including bank name, SWIFT/BIC Code, routing/account numbers, and more — are available upon request.

For any questions, please email [email protected].