Localgiving.com

Localgiving.com is a UK-based online fundraising and grant-matching platform built for grassroots charities, community groups and CICs. Founded in 2010, it was created to give small local organisations access to digital donation services and an online presence at a time when those tools were out of reach for most of them. The platform lets charities create fundraising pages, collect donations through a single shareable link, and automatically claim Gift Aid — the UK tax relief that adds 25% to eligible donations from HMRC. It also operates a grant-matching service that tracks more than 2,500 live UK grants and uses AI to rank them by fit and help draft applications. Localgiving says it has helped raise over £70 million for local causes, distributed more than £7 million in grants since 2024, and hosted over 68,000 fundraising campaigns. It is owned by the charitable Localgiving Foundation, and although it runs as an enterprise, its profits fund the foundation's work. The organisation positions itself as a technology-led partner for the non-profit sector, combining a 15-year foundation of non-profit expertise with modern tools such as AI chat and bid-writing assistance. Its clients include UK charities and CICs, and it partners with major grant makers and corporate funders such as National Grid.

Localgiving was founded in 2010 to offer digital donation services and an online presence to UK charities at a time when both were out of reach for most organisations. Its aim was to reach local and community groups that would not have had the resources to benefit from emerging online fundraising. Since then it has built a nationwide community, helped thousands of charities raise hundreds of millions of pounds, and now partners with some of the UK's largest grant makers. The organisation has seen technology move on radically during this time, and it now describes itself as building future technology on a 15-year foundation of non-profit expertise. It is owned by the charitable Localgiving Foundation and, although it runs as an enterprise, its profits fund the foundation's good work. As of the mid-2020s, Localgiving reports having helped raise over £70 million for local causes, distributed more than £7 million in grants since 2024, and hosted over 68,000 fundraising campaigns. It continues to develop AI-powered tools for grant matching and application drafting, and runs community programmes and webinars for UK charities and CICs.

• 2026

  Community Matters Fund (Energy Affordability) 2026 open for applications; Localgiving Community Circle (November 2026).

• 2024

  More than £7 million in grants distributed since 2024.

• 2010

  Localgiving founded to offer digital donation services and online presence to UK charities.

Technology-led fundraising and grant platform for UK grassroots charities and CICs, combining non-profit expertise with AI tools.

• Grant Search

  Instantly see which grants you're most likely to win, matched and scored for your project.

• AI Chat

  Build your project from the ground up with AI, covering every detail funders expect to see.

• Bid Writer

  Turn application questions into strong, ready-to-submit answers powered by your project data.

• Fundraising pages

  Share one simple link for all your donations – share on social media, posters, email, WhatsApp and more.

• Gift Aid

  We add the extra 25% from HMRC to every eligible donation — automatically.

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