Pump.fun and donate.gg Ship Charity Coins, Raise $640K for Nonprofits in 48 Hours

Pump.fun and donate.gg launched Charity Coins on April 29 routing creator fees to verified nonprofits, raising $640,783 in under 48 hours.

Pump.fun and donate.gg Ship Charity Coins, Raise $640K for Nonprofits in 48 Hours Pump.fun and donate.gg launched Charity Coins on April 29 routing creator fees to verified nonprofits, raising $640,783 in under 48 hours. Aaron Rafferty April 30, 2026 Key Takeaways: Pump.fun and donate.gg launched Charity Coins on April 29, 2026, routing memecoin creator fees to a directory of more than 10,000 verified charities, with $640,783 raised across the system in under 48 hours. The leaderboard at launch was led by $WISH at $115,000, $STJUDE at $102,000, and $PUP at $40,000, with charities verified through donate.gg's existing nonprofit database. The launch lands the same week BitMart named "cause coin" as a category in its $EAT listing announcement, and Dogecoin Foundation donated 1 million DOGE (~$95,000) to the AKC Humane Fund. Pump.fun, the Solana-based memecoin launchpad, and donate.gg, a crypto-to-fiat charity routing service, jointly launched Charity Coins on April 29, 2026. The mechanism routes a portion of memecoin creator fees from the issuing token to a verified charity selected by the creator, with donate.gg handling the conversion and distribution. The directory at launch covered more than 10,000 verified nonprofits. The first 48 hours produced $640,783 in charitable raises across the system, according to the live leaderboard. Top tokens at launch included $WISH ($115,000 to Make-A-Wish), $STJUDE ($102,000 to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital), and $PUP ($40,000 to a animal welfare partner). Pump.fun called the launch "a huge step in legitimizing memecoins" and "democratizing creator fee donations" with "less griefing, less vamps, and less tax implications" than traditional models. The structural detail worth noting is the consent layer. Donate.gg routes