Fulfil your commitment

Fulfilment done right.

Community giving such as grant administration is complex. Applications pile up, due diligence takes time, stakeholders need input. Here’s how ActionFunder can help.

Fulfil commitments faster

Automated due diligence and AI scoring cut review time. Apply filters, get instant insight, make decisions faster.
Risk-free

Every organisation passes due diligence checks and FCA regulated payment verification. You fund with confidence.
Better decisions

AI scoring brings consistency. Community voting brings real insight. Back your decisions with data.
Stay connected

Message grantees directly, celebrate wins, arrange visits. See your impact unfold beyond the grant award.

AI Scoring and Shortlisting

Define your criteria and let the AI read applications, score them, and create a structured first-pass assessment with written rationale. You shortlist based on clear scores, cutting review time and reducing bias.

All final decisions stay with you.

Flexible Fund Design

ActionFunder supports three fund types so you can choose the right approach. Classic for broad reach through auto-matching. Active Apply for intentional applications from organisations who choose to apply. Private for targeted, invite-only programmes. Full control, every time.

Fund design determines application quality and whether you hit your social value goals.

Stakeholder Voting

Colleagues, community members, or local decision-makers vote via a simple mobile link and you track results in real-time. Turn community input from a tick-box exercise into genuine decision-making power, with all final decisions staying with you.

Engage your stakeholders in the funding process by sharing your shortlist.

Automated Due Diligence

Streamline essential checks and paperwork with automated due diligence workflows. You reduce admin and risk while supporting organisations through the process, not gatekeeping them.

Verify organisations meet governance and financial standards before funding is committed.

FCA-Regulated Payments

All payments go through Stripe, FCA regulated. Stripe verifies bank details and runs compliance checks before any grant moves. You don’t handle payment due diligence. Money reaches verified organisations securely, with full control.

In-Platform Messaging

Message non-profits directly to share resources, celebrate wins, or arrange site visits. Group or individual conversations, all in one place.

Build stronger relationships and see your impact unfold beyond the grant award.

Who we help

Businesses

You're already giving. Let's do it faster.

Streamline funding with AI scoring and automated due diligence.

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Local authorities

Deploy S106, CIL and community grants faster.

Fund transparently with built-in due diligence and stakeholder engagement tools that earn residents’ trust.

For local authorities

Foundations

Scale your community grant giving while proving impact to trustees.

Every commitment managed in one place. Smart AI matching and built-in due diligence handle the complexity so your team focuses on relationships.

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FAQs

What are the platform’s key features?

Our grant management software hosts a variety of useful features, including:

A customisable fund design tool for you to select areas of focus to align with your ESG strategy
Local needs analysis tool to identify where your organisation can deliver the most impact
Match making technology that instantly provides you with projects that match your criteria
Shortlisting and scoring functionality so you can aggregate your favourite matched projects, using AI to sift and shortlist in seconds
A sharable online voting tool with live updates to engage stakeholders in the selection process
In-app messaging which allows you to foster relationships with groups you’ve funded
A guaranteed minimum of 2 photos, video or text updates from each project – with all permissions included
A consolidated and filterable view of your organisation’s impact across all your funds

For the full list you can request a demo here.

How does your Due Diligence process work?

Due diligence is an objective and systematic process that verifies an applicant organisation is setup, governed, and run in a way that ensures grant awards are used effectively and for their intended purposes. This process should be risk-appropriate (i.e. tailored to the funder’s risk appetite) and proportionate (i.e. to the size of the grant).

Our Due Diligence process considers:

Eligibility: Verifying applicant’s mission, vision and services align with the grant’s purpose.
Compliance: Ensuring applicant adheres to relevant legal and regulatory standards, including the Charities SORP (FRS 102) and other financial reporting requirements.
Delivery: Confirm applicant is set-up to successfully deliver services to beneficiaries consistent with funders expectations

ActionFunder takes a ‘positive & proactive’ approach to Due Diligence, supporting applicants through the process, rather than a more ‘stand-back’ manner, identifying reasons for potential rejection. Learn more here.

What types of funds are available on ActionFunder?

Your fund design shapes everything: who applies, what quality applications you get, whether you hit your social value goals. At ActionFunder, we believe your funding strategy shouldn’t be squeezed into one shape. That’s why we’ve built ActionFunder so you can flex your fund type to your funding needs:
Classic Funds
ActionFunder’s smart matching technology works behind the scenes. You set the criteria and matched projects appear in your fund list automatically. Minimal admin, broad reach.
Active Apply
Funds Nonprofits actively choose to apply. Listed in their dashboards, they self-select based on your fund criteria. This typically means fewer applications, but more intentional ones.
Private Funds
Invitation only. No public listing, no dashboard visibility. You control the entire applicant pool. Best for pre-selected cohorts, closed programmes, or relationships where eligibility is tightly defined.

What is the voting tool?

The voting tool lets you invite colleagues, community members, or local decision-makers to review and vote on a shortlist of matched projects. Each voter accesses the same clean, mobile-friendly interface via a shared link, no account needed.

As votes come in, you can follow along in real-time from your dashboard. The results view is clean and distraction-free, designed for sharing on a screen during a meeting or community event.

When you’re ready to close voting and make your decisions, download a full export of the results from your dashboard.

Use it to bring transparency and confidence to your funding decisions, backed by real stakeholder input.