ACF leaders forum 2024
Sponsors

Cazenove Charities is one of the largest charity investment manager in the UK and is delighted to partner with ACF. The team has a track record of generating strong risk adjusted returns supported by the investment resource at Schroders. A dedicated team of charity specialists work with each of our clients to meet their financial and social objectives.

We are confident that we have the capabilities and resource to meet your foundation’s investment requirements, whatever your size and purpose.

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Mercer has over 40 years’ experience of delivering investment outcomes for charities, endowments and foundations globally.

Mercer’s focus is on providing advice, investment solutions and portfolio implementation that deliver on objectives such as strong performance, capital preservation, income generation, cost management, responsible investment policy alignment and best practice governance structures. Mercer is uniquely placed to help meet these goals, integrating their heritage in advisory services, investment management and market leading ESG research. Mercer’s portfolio solutions use highly rated managers across asset classes to help clients meet their investment objectives and allow foundations to focus on the impact of their philanthropic mission.

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Bates Wells is a purpose-driven law firm with the largest dedicated charity and social enterprise team in the UK. Making a positive impact is at the heart of our work and we were the first UK law firm to achieve B Corp certification, awarded to businesses that balance purpose and profit. We continue to lead the markets we have helped to shape, from acting on the landmark Butler-Sloss judgment which has helped embed a sustainability focus into charity trustee investment duties to advising on the new Charity Investment Governance Principles.

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Software Excellence. Unrivalled Support.
Why choose BenefactorCloud for your grant management software?

1. At Gallery Partnership, we know the UK grant management market inside out.
   We’re a UK company specialising in charity clients; UK based and trusted by 80+ UK grants organisations
   
   
2. Clients Report 90% reduction in time processing applications
   "We have been analysing our statistics and we have already taken more applications to committee in seven months than we did in the entire year last year. The system has allowed is to do this. It is much easier to submit applications so consequently, these have increased.” Danielle Trevers, CEO, Professionals Aid Guild
   
   
3. Most cost-effective grant management solutions provider
   “Choosing a grant system can be overwhelming … BenefactorCloud strikes the perfect balance between functionality and affordability, avoiding the extremes of basic, low-cost solutions and high-end, expensive software.” Louise Parkin, head of grants, The Seafarers’ Charity. Click here for more from The Seafarers' Charity.
   
   
4. “Customer needs first” and exceptional customer support
   “With Gallery, it was much more of a sense of working to together to find the right solution, rather than just providing a generic product.” Sally Burtles, director, The Lister Institute of Preventative Medicine

How to choose the right grant management software for your organisation
Click here for some key factors to consider.

BenefactorCloud by Gallery Partnership is the trusted grant management software choice for UK grant organisations, with a proven track record of over 25 years in delivering robust and cost-effective solutions.

Read how BenefactorCloud is revolutionising the grant-making landscape and empowering charities to drive meaningful change, particularly in critical areas like climate action: Empowering Grant Charities for Efficient Philanthropy and Climate Action

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Submit.com, a leading provider of enterprise software solutions, is proud to sponsor the ACF leaders forum 2024. As an exhibitor, Submit.com will showcase its innovative grant management software designed to streamline the entire grants lifecycle for organisations.

Submit.com's secure cloud platform facilitates the collection and management of online submissions, making it easier for charities and foundations to manage their grant application processes. With a focus on flexibility, ease-of-use, and data analytics, Submit.com's solutions help drive efficiency and compliance in the grants management sector. Click here for a features overview.

By sponsoring the ACF leaders forum 2024, Submit.com demonstrates its commitment to supporting the charitable foundation community and providing cutting-edge technology solutions to help them achieve their goals.

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Blume connects experienced freelancers with charities needing flexible, high-quality, experienced support. Put simply, we sell resilience.

For charities: Blume gives charities access to a vast array of talented, vetted freelancers who understand the sector, all via a platform that enables them to hire and pay freelance workers professionally and seamlessly. We relieve charity workloads and increase productivity in a low-risk, flexible way.

For freelancers: Blume provides an opportunity to use their skills and experience in a way that suits them. Freelancers, known as Blumers, can choose when they work, how much they charge, and who they work with. Through Blume’s networks and partnerships, we bring customers to Blumers, all via a platform that handles payments, communications and disputes. We work with only the very best freelancers in the sector.

To arrange a time to talk to Alexander during the forum, please email [email protected]. To connect afterwards, please click here.

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CCLA is the UK’s largest charity fund manager*. Founded in 1958, CCLA is independently owned by its clients and staff with £14.3 billion of assets under management as at 31 December 2023.

CCLA strives to support the shared life of a society in which everyone can flourish.  We believe investment markets can only be as healthy as the communities and environment that support them.  We are working with our clients and the investment industry towards a new era of promoting the common good through our distinctive approach to sustainable investment - pushing for change on climate, addressing modern day slavery and other human rights injustices, and engaging with companies regarding the mental health of their workforces.

We are therefore proud to be a long-standing partner to ACF, supporting their range of programmes to strengthen the vital work of trusts and foundations.

*The Charity Finance surveys 2021, 2022 and 2023 named CCLA as the number one asset manager for charities in the UK. 

At Ruffer, we have a distinctive approach to investing which we believe is well suited to the needs and goals of charities and their trustees.

We focus on delivering ‘all weather’ investment returns and protecting and growing the value of our client’s assets throughout the market cycle. Instead of following benchmarks, we aim not to lose money in any single year and to deliver a return significantly greater than the risk free alternative of cash on deposit.

By aiming to avoid the cyclical gyrations of the market, we aspire to provide a less volatile experience for our charity clients. 

If you would like to arrange a time to talk to Ruffer during the exhibition please email Ajay Johal at [email protected].

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Blackbaud is the leading provider of software for powering social impact. Blackbaud serves the entire social good community from grant management with Blackbaud Grantmaking, peer to peer fundraising with JustGiving, right through to corporate impact with YourCause and Everfi.

Visit their stand at ACF Leaders Forum to find out about their purpose-built grant management software, Blackbaud Grantmaking™. Discover how it delivers time-saving capabilities and enables you to efficiently manage your entire grant cycle - from accepting online applications to assessing and communicating outcomes - all in one tool. 

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SmartyGrants is a hosted end-to-end grants management solution that facilitates streamlined modern grant-making practices through an intuitive, affordable platform. 

Funders and their grantees love using SmartyGrants because it simplifies their work and improves their outcomes.

More than 700 funders use SmartyGrants to manage their grants. 

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