BringLight

A spark of an idea ignited into Bring Light in the summer of 2006. Our experiences as donors and our work with numerous charities led us to believe that there had to be a better way.

A better way to make a bigger difference. To engage with friends and family who have a similar desire to give. To understand where our money was going and see the tangible difference it made. To help charities share their work with as many people as possible.

Bring Light is a place for you to find causes you care about, dialogue with charities and the community, and collaborate to fund a specific project. And we make it easy.

Create a Donor Account to set aside money today and make donations whenever you choose. Be assured that Bring Light provides a safe, secure and private way to give online. 100% of your donation goes to the project you select and our arrangement with AEF provides you with the maximum possible tax benefit.

No matter how small your donation, never doubt that it will make a difference. But you can also easily magnify the impact of your contribution by inviting friends and family to join you in reaching a fund raising goal.

Bring Light was created to inspire a new generation of philanthropy and to build a community of millions of people who care about giving to charity. We hope you’ll be a part of it!

Drew McManus (President/Co-Founder):
Throughout his career in the technology world, Drew has always been all about products. He has worked on fun consumer products, complex enterprise products, and lots of stuff in between. Prior to founding Bring Light, Drew spent 12 years at Adobe Systems, most recently as Director of Corporate Product Management, where he managed a bunch of cool technology that was ‘under the hood,’ including the stuff that makes Adobe's products accessible to people with disabilities.

Drew is known as the ‘greenest’ of his friends, always looking to reduce his family’s environmental footprint. He started by replacing light bulbs with compact fluorescents, and worked his way up to replacing the family cars with hybrids. Drew lives with his wife and two boys, as well as their two dogs, two horses, and an undetermined and growing number of adopted cats.

As a representative of many men and women who help make a difference in the world, Drew is featured in the book We Are The New Radicals: A Manifesto for Reinventing Yourself and Changing The World by Julia Moulden.