Trusts and foundations

Building a better world with those supporting change

We know that trusts and foundations need to give their grantees the best support possible, and that technology has a huge role to play in amplifying the impact of their grants

Trusts and foundations

Delivering technology and building capacity

From the largest foundations to smaller private trusts, our products, skills and services are tailored to your needs. We’ll give your grant-making body the tools and support you need to help your grantees thrive, with our hands-on knowledge and extensive experience allowing us to develop meaningful and tailored technology solutions. We will harness your organisation’s passions and help deliver impact you can be proud of.

Our services for trusts and foundations include

A digital capacity building programme for your grantees and partners
Scoping and solution design services that help clearly define a problem and provide an actionable plan to solve it
Bespoke technology solutions to solve specific challenges

Capacity building

Lightful Learning case study

Jessie Ball du Pont Fund

In September 2020, the Jessie Ball du Pont Fund funded 90 charities and nonprofits to take part in a six month digital fundraising focused BRIDGE programme

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Learning

Through the BRIDGE programme, participants gained key skills in storytelling and online fundraising which allowed them to raise over $5 million

Mari Kuraishi
President, Jessie Ball duPont Fund
Our grantees have seen amazing results using Lightful's digital tools and training, which is especially important during a time when expanding their digital storytelling and online donor engagement is critical to their survival. Thanks to the BRIDGE program, our grantees are better positioned to achieve the exceptional results that help them better serve their clients now and into the future.

Building solutions

Lightful Solutions case study

The Rhodes Trust

Lightful's online portal for the University Of Oxford’s Rhodes Scholars programme changed the way fellowships were delivered

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Solutions

The Rhodes Trust now has a scalable, flexible and world-class portal supporting their mission to build a better world through their global fellowship programmes

Ben Pinches
Project Manager, Rhodes Trust
Lightful are Salesforce implementation consultants with a deep understanding of nonprofits and real empathy for affected staff. Their flexible approach will suit small to medium-sized organisations who are fully committed to digital transformation. We have benefited from their agility, patience and positive approach that has remained constant throughout a difficult working period heavily impacted by COVID-19.