Success Story

Industry

Nonprofit

How Life Education AU Increased Online Grant Applications By 35% 

35%

Increase in grant applications received.

$10,000

In grants awarded annually.

Life Education AU's online application form

Overview

How Life Education AU traded manual data tasks and disconnected data capture systems for an automated online grant application process and a single source of truth for data capture and visualization with FormAssembly.

Long Forms, High Bounce Rates

Challenge

Life Education AU (Life Ed) is a federated organization serving all Australian states and territories that empowers children to make safer and healthier choices through preventative health education. Each year, its Growing Good Gardens Grant program awards ten $1,000 scholarships to schools and communities to encourage people to garden, grow healthy habits, and improve physical and mental well-being with indoor and outdoor plants.Prior to FormAssembly, Life Ed juggled two different data capture services and struggled to effectively visualize and collate data after collection. The organization also dealt with limited functionality and customization with its form builder. Grant applicants found the 70+ question form process needed to be more manageable, leading to high drop and bounce rates.

”FormAssembly is quite simple and streamlined in regards to pulling reports and exporting CVSs but you can make it as sophisticated as you’d like. If you spend the time in it you can really find what it’s capable of.”

Damien Sebion

National Digital Marketing Manager, Life Education

Streamlined Processes

Solution

All Life Ed’s online grant applications undergo review and selection with a group of judges and an administrative panel, so merging and correlating data for these presentations was a critical requirement in a new form solution. A robust Salesforce integration was also a must. Life Ed turned to FormAssembly as a single source of truth for data capture and customization of exports, so application data could be moved safely and securely in preparation for review.

FormAssembly also provided improved customization and functionality for both internal and end users during the application process. Currently, the application form includes over 70 qualitative and quantitative questions as well as sensitive questions requiring the input of personal data. Life Ed was able to streamline the front-end process for these applications, minimize the time spent completing the form, improve security, and ultimately increase form completion rates.

Results

A streamlined grant application process has resulted in an increase in submissions, less time spent on each submission, and more grant money awarded.

35%

 Increase in grant applications received.

800+

Grant applications received in 2023.

$10,000

In grants awarded annually.

How Life Education uses FormAssembly

Salesforce connector

Using Salesforce-connected application forms, Life Ed can easily import and correlate data. Across multiple state affiliates involved in logistics and operations, they can now process, clean, and merge data regardless of where it is sourced from.

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Onboarding & training

Training and onboarding were crucial to Life Ed’s success. FormAssembly’s team was there from Day 1, helping staff wrap their hands around the platform.

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Support

Life Ed has made use of FormAssembly’s award-winning support to assist them in building more robust applications on the platform

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