Fifteen years of expertise in impact strategy
Since its first project with the Brussels Region, Optimy has built deep, hands-on experience helping organizations design, launch, and scale their impact strategy — not just digitize it. That experience now spans corporations, private and corporate foundations, universities, public foundations, and NPOs, each guided through the same challenge: moving from fragmented, manual processes to a structured, auditable, board-ready impact program.
Over 4,000 users worldwide rely on Optimy's expertise to collect applications, evaluate and select the right initiatives, manage projects and budgets, measure ROI, and report on outcomes — all from one integrated hub.
"We built Optimy because we believed organizations deserve tools as ambitious as their social goals. Fifteen years ago, that meant helping a handful of teams move off spreadsheets. Today, it means giving global corporations, foundations, and public institutions one single source of truth to run their entire social impact strategy — and to prove its value."
Kenneth Bérard, CEO & Founder of Optimy
One platform, every impact program
What started as a sponsorship management tool has grown into a full suite covering every major form of corporate and philanthropic giving:
- Grant management — from application intake to impact reporting
- Sponsorship management — tracking and optimizing partnerships end-to-end
- Corporate & employee volunteering — engaging teams and measuring participation
- Community investment — proving the ROI of local and regional programs
- Research grant management — streamlining academic and scientific funding
Rather than juggling separate tools for each program, organizations run grants, sponsorships, and volunteering side by side, on one shared platform, with one measurement framework applied across every region and every team.
Trusted by leading organizations, worldwide
Optimy's 15-year track record is reflected in the breadth of organizations that have chosen the platform, including AXA, Air Liquide, Bridgestone, Veolia, L'Oréal Foundation, Roche, Saint-Gobain, TotalEnergies Foundation, ABN AMRO Foundation, Loterie Nationale, Française des Jeux, UEFA, and the OneSight EssilorLuxottica Foundation, among hundreds of others across Europe, North America, and beyond.
Customers consistently point to the same outcomes: Veolia Environmental Trust's Executive Director notes the platform has made the team "more personable" by freeing up time otherwise lost to admin; the Hatt-Bucher Foundation reports a 40% reduction in workload; and Française des Jeux says the platform has helped them handle a much higher volume of requests while cutting processing time in half. AXA has centralized grant applications across 12 markets and cut reporting time by 40%, while Air Liquide and Bridgestone have unified sponsorship and volunteering programs across continents on a single back-end.
Built to be modular — pay only for what you need
A defining feature of the Optimy model is its flexibility. Organizations don't buy a rigid, one-size-fits-all suite — they choose the modules and license tier (Start, Smart, or Pro) that match where they are today, and scale up as their programs grow. Add-on service plans give every customer access to a dedicated advisor and support team, regardless of license level.
That configurability sits on top of what Optimy calls its "one source of truth" architecture: grants, sponsorships, and volunteering data live in a single, secure, GDPR-compliant hub, shared across teams and leadership, with automated workflows, real-time dashboards, and audit-ready reporting built in from day one — all backed by ISO certification and AWS infrastructure in the EU and US.
What's next: AI, a new interface, and deeper advisory support
Fifteen years in, Optimy is investing in the next phase of the platform. Trained on 15 years of grantmaking data and 1.5 million analyzed projects, the company's new AI layer — OptAI — is designed to help teams rank incoming applications against their own scoring criteria, draft reviewer briefs, propose task plans, and surface insights and charts on demand, so teams spend less time on busywork and more time on decisions that move the mission forward.
Alongside AI, Optimy continues to invest in a redesigned interface built for ease of adoption by foundation and CSR teams — not IT departments — with typical go-live times of 6 to 8 weeks.
The company is also expanding its advisory and consulting capacity, reflecting a broader industry trend: as ESG and CSR regulation accelerates in Europe (CSRD, SFDR) and North America, organizations increasingly need not just software, but expert guidance to structure their impact strategy, align it with reporting obligations, and demonstrate its value to boards and stakeholders.
"The next fifteen years of Optimy are about going further in the same direction. More automation where it saves time, more expertise where organizations need a partner, and always one platform that gives every team — from the field to the boardroom — the same clear view of the impact they're creating."
Kenneth Bérard, CEO & Founder of Optimy
