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General Information

Product Name: Bright Funds – Employee Giving / Volunteering Zengine – Grants / Scholarship Management

Description: BrightFunds, a nonprofit organization, is a secure global platform designed for employees and CSR leaders that provides functionality enabling giving, volunteer management, grants management and other administrative needs. Administrative functionality includes payroll, HRIS, SSO integration, reporting tools, platform trainings, payment distribution and comprehensive program management. The fund model is most unique to BrightFunds as users can create funds and either give to one organization or distribute among multiple – this also extends to sharing for peer to peer fundraising opportunities. BrightFunds also curates specific cause related funds to provide suggestions.

Headquarters: Conshohocken, United States

Number of Employees: 51 to 250

Size of Client Base: 1,001 to 10,000

Size of Organization: Large, Medium, Small

Year Founded: 2011

R&D Investment: 1M to 4.9M USD

Fee Structure: Annual payment, Custom services and Add-Ons, One-time fee, Subscription, Volume or usage

Volunteering TECHNOLOGY Reviews

Propietary Database Of Volunteer Opportunities:

1

Real-Time Database:

1

Nonprofit Access:

0.5

Opportunity Database Integration:

1

Volunteer Opportunity & Event Search:

1

Nonprofit Partner Request:

0

Volunteer Event Creation:

1

Volunteer Event Types:

1

Volunteer Event Sign Up:

1

Native Volunteering:

1

Work Products:

0.5

Automatic Time Tracking:

1

Self-Reporting Volunteer Hours:

1

Log Hours by Proxy:

1

NPO Validation:

0

PTO Tracking (Individual):

0.25

PTO Tracking (Team):

0.25

Dollars for Doers Bank:

1

System Recommendations:

1

Competitions:

0.75

Volunteer Communities:

0.75

Volunteer Profile:

1

Recognition & Reward:

1

Content:

1

Hours Logged:

1

Post-Event Surveys:

0.25

Dashboards:

1

Data & Exports:

1

Real-Time Reporting:

1

Mapping to UN SDGs:

0.25

Workflows:

1

Giving & Matching TECHNOLOGY Reviews

Nonprofit Database:

1

Nonprofit Profile Overview:

1

Nonprofit Partner Request:

1

Nonprofit Search:

1

Nonprofit Access:

0

Company Foundation:

1

In-Kind Donations:

1

Gift Cards:

1

Payroll Deductions:

1

International Giving & Matching:

1

Disaster Response – External:

1

Disaster Response – Internal:

1

Automatic Matches:

1

Match Optimization:

1

Thresholds:

1

Processing & Distribution:

0.75

Vetting:

1

Fundraising Pages:

1

Funding Status Notifications:

1

Giving Profile:

1

Recognition and Reward:

1

Checks and EFT Deposits:

1

Direct Payment:

1

Fees:

1

Disbursement Cadence:

0.5

Payment Options:

1

Admin Self-Service:

1

Crypto:

0

Dashboards:

1

Data & Exports:

1

Future Forecasting:

0.25

Real-Time Reporting:

1

Tax Information:

1

Mapping to UN SDGs:

0.25

Workflows:

0

Grants Management TECHNOLOGY Reviews

Applicant Database:

1

Grant Eligibility:

1

Forms:

1

Metadata:

0.75

Grant Application Templates:

1

Collaboration:

0

Grant Evaluation:

1

Applicant Vetting:

1

Applicant De-Duplication:

0

Review and Approval Workflow:

1

Approval Thresholds:

0.75

Grants Agreement Templates:

1

Grants Disbursement:

0

Volunteer Grants:

1

Status Notifications:

1

Email Records:

1

Nonprofit Access:

1

Recognition and Reward:

1

Direct Payment:

0

Checks and EFT Deposits:

0.75

Dashboards:

1

Data & Exports:

1

Real-Time Reporting:

1

Workflows:

1

Technology Specifications

Comms (Internal): One-Way, Two-Way

Comms (External): One-Way, Two-Way

Sharing (Internal): Available

Sharing (External): Available

Access: Mobile-Friendly, SSO, URL, Username & Password

Automation: Form Auto-Population, Notifications, Workflows

Error Identification: Native Error Support, Rules & Alerts, Submission Warnings & Blocks

Look & Feel: Colors, Layout, Localizations, Logo, Social Media Tags, White Label

Search: Event/Opportunity, Keyword, Nonprofit/Association

Compatibility: Linux, macOS, Windows

Deployment: Cloud (SaaS), Multi-Tenant

Global Configuration: Global, Multi-Country, Multi-Site, Single Entity

Global Localization: Capitalization, Language or Locale-Specific Characters, National Conventions, Pluralization, Punctuation, Text Layout, Text Sorting

Global Languages: Arabic, Chinese, Dutch, English, French, German, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Other, Portuguese, Spanish

Integration: Custom Integration, Out-of-the-box APIs

Admin Levels: Global Admin, Volunteer Event Organizer, End User

GDPR: Compliant

CPPA (Consumer Privacy Protection Act): Compliant

Privacy – Other: SOC 2 Type II

Vendor Support

Number of Support Centres: (1)

Support Centre Locations: United States

Server Locations: United States

Support Levels: Client Admin, External, User

Support Languages: English

SLA: Within 1 Business Day

Administrator Support Methods: Online (Email), Online (Live Chat)

Customer Service Support Methods: Online (Email), Online (Live Chat)

Training Methods: Classroom (Offsite), Online (Self-paced), Online (Synchronous)

Value-Add Services: Program consultation support; communications support; cause area recommendations; disaster response support

Implementation Time: 1-3 months

Evaluation Key for Technology Reviews

☆☆☆☆ Not available: The solution provider does not offer this feature or functionality within the featured platform.
★☆☆☆ Partially available: The feature or functionality is not available in the platform but can be made partially or wholly available through customization.
★★☆☆ Basic functionality available: The feature or functionality is available at a basic level relative to what is available in the market.* The capability is available out-of-the-box and/or with configuration only (i.e. no customization required).
★★★☆ Advanced functionality available (customization): The feature or functionality is available at an advanced level relative to what is available in the market.* The capability is available at a basic level out-of-the-box and/or with configuration only and requires some customization to enhance.
★★★★ Advanced functionality available (configuration): The feature or functionality is available at an advanced level relative to what is available in the market.* The capability is available out-of-the-box and/or with configuration only (i.e. no customization required).

*RWI analyst discretion.

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