# Claiming Returns

Once projects mature and returns are obtained, they must be redestributed to DAO members. The method Aetos uses is a **Returns Vault.** This contract holds funds that have come back to the DAO from funding opportunities and can be redemeed by members based on their shares. The way funds flow through Aetos is as such:

Member > Capital Vault > Sub-Vault > *Project* > Sub-Vault > Returns Vault > Member

In order to send funds back to the retuns vault, managers of sub vaults can propose to "**Send Funds to Core"** as a sub-vault proposal.

Once the returns vault has funds avaliable in it, as shown in the **Vaults** section, users can head over to their own member page and claim returns using the button.

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