Manage grant applications from one place
Review, assess and progress applications through a single secure portal. Collaborate with colleagues, communicate with applicants and make faster funding decisions with less administration.
Spend less time managing applications
Reviewing grant applications is often one of the most time-consuming parts of delivering financial support.
Teams spend valuable time requesting missing information, coordinating reviews, tracking application progress and managing documents across multiple systems, while applicants wait longer for decisions.
Lightning Reach brings the entire application management process into one secure portal. Organisations can review applications, communicate with applicants, progress cases through customised workflows and make faster, more consistent funding decisions - all from one place.
Benefits of Application Manager
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Receive complete applications
Applications arrive with all the information and supporting evidence you need, reducing time spent chasing missing documents and helping teams begin assessments immediately.
One place for every application
Review responses, upload notes, communicate with applicants, assign reviewers and progress applications through every stage of your organisation's approval process from a single portal.
Make decisions faster
Bulk actions, configurable workflows and integrated award delivery help reduce manual administration, allowing your team to process more applications and deliver support sooner.
Built for efficient application management
Lightning Reach is designed to fit the way your organisation works. Every portal can be configured to reflect your internal review processes, approval stages and decision-making workflows, allowing applications to move seamlessly from submission through to final outcome.
Every action is recorded within a comprehensive notes and activity log, creating a complete audit trail of application reviews, communications and decisions. This improves collaboration across teams, supports governance requirements and gives funders confidence that every decision is transparent and accountable.
What our partners say
What we normally do takes around 4 weeks; now we can pick up an email and get a grant decision within 2-3 days.
Edd, Royal British Legion
By managing applications through Lightning Reach, the Royal British Legion streamlined application processing, reduced manual administration and enabled teams to make faster, more consistent decisions while improving the experience for applicants.
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What is Application Manager?
Application Manager is Lightning Reach's partner portal for reviewing, managing and progressing applications. It gives organisations one place to assess eligibility, collaborate with colleagues, communicate with applicants and record funding decisions.
How does Application Manager work?
Applications are submitted through Lightning Reach and appear in your secure portal with responses and supporting documents attached. Teams can review evidence, request additional information, assign reviewers, record decisions and progress applications through each stage of their workflow.
Can the application workflow be customised?
Yes. Application Manager can be configured to reflect your organisation's existing review and approval processes, ensuring applications move through the stages that work best for your team.
Can we communicate with applicants?
Yes. Teams can request additional information, provide updates and communicate decisions directly from within the portal, giving applicants clear next steps throughout the process.
Can multiple applications be managed at once?
Yes. Bulk Actions allow teams to approve, decline or update multiple applications simultaneously, helping reduce repetitive administrative work and speed up decision-making.
Does Application Manager support audit and reporting?
Yes. Every application includes a full notes and activity log that records actions, communications and decisions, including who reviewed information and when. This provides a complete audit trail for governance and reporting.
Can Application Manager connect with other Lightning Reach features?
Yes. Organisations can send awards directly through Lightning Deliver and refer applicants to other support organisations through Lightning Hub, creating a seamless end-to-end support journey.
