Prepared for United Religions Initiative
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May 2026 · Levity Leads Ltd
Understanding Your Mission
Twenty-five years of building bridges between faiths.
URI has spent a quarter century doing something most people consider impossible: bringing together people of different religions and spiritual traditions to work on shared concerns. Not debating theology, but building wells, resolving conflicts, educating communities.
As you enter your 2025-2030 Strategic Framework, the ambitions are bigger: deeper community impact, broader reach, stronger operational foundations. Your digital presence needs to match the scale of that vision. Right now, it doesn’t.
We’ve read the RFP carefully. What stands out is that you aren’t looking for a vendor. You want a creative thought partner who can think alongside your team, not just take tickets. That’s the kind of relationship we build.
25years
of interfaith cooperation
100+
cooperation circles worldwide
2025-2030
Strategic Framework
The Challenge
Complex needs,
simple experience.
One site, every stakeholder
Donors, members, staff, global community, learners, volunteers. Each with different needs, different journeys, different expectations.
7+ systems
Drupal, Salesforce, Constant Contact, payment processing, LMS, calendar, member portal. Currently disconnected.
Global reach
Visitors from every timezone, every device, every connection speed.
Drupal 8/9
Approaching end of life. Content updates are slow. Integrations are fragile.
Staff capacity
Small team, big ambitions. Every hour on website admin is an hour away from the mission.
Growing faster than your tools
The 2025-2030 Strategic Framework demands digital infrastructure that can keep pace with the organization's trajectory.
Our Recommendation
Two paths forward
We’re proposing two options. Option A delivers everything in your RFP with a modern technology stack. Option B does the same, then adds something we think will change how your team works: an AI operating system built specifically for URI.
Option A
Modern Website Redesign
Everything you asked for, built on a stack that will serve URI for the next decade. Next.js on the frontend. WordPress as a headless CMS. Vercel hosting for global performance, with pages loading in under a second from anywhere in the world.
Full Redesign
Responsive, accessible, fast on every device.
WordPress CMS
Familiar editing. Headless architecture.
Donations via Stripe
One-time and recurring. PCI compliant.
Blog & News
Rich media. Structured categories.
Online Store
Digital downloads, publications, merch.
Salesforce Integration
Bi-directional sync. Real-time.
Constant Contact
Automated lists. Event-triggered sends.
Events Calendar
Virtual and in-person gatherings.
Member Portal
Password-protected content areas.
Learning Platform
Courses, progress, certificates.
Staff Portal
Role-based permissions and tools.
20hrs/mo Maintenance
Security, backups, updates.
Global CDN Hosting
Vercel edge. 99.99% uptime.
Monthly Planning
Regular strategy sessions with your team.
Investment
$25,000 - $35,000
one-time build
$2,500 / month
20 hours maintenance + hosting + support
Option B
RecommendedMeet Grace.
Not a chatbot. An AI operating system, purpose-built for URI, that handles the repetitive digital work your staff shouldn’t be spending time on.
Grace connects your website, CRM, email platform, event system, and member portal into a single intelligent layer. She works around the clock, never misses a follow-up, and learns your organization’s patterns over time.
How it works in practice
One donation. Six actions. Zero staff time.
Here’s what happens when a donor gives $100, with Grace running.
$100 donation received
trigger
Personalized thank-you sent
2 minutes
Logged to Salesforce
instant
Added to Constant Contact segment
instant
Flagged for year-end impact report
instant
90-day re-engagement if no repeat gift
scheduled
The difference
Before Grace. After Grace.
Without Grace
Donor thank-you emails
Staff drafts and sends manually, often delayed by hours or days.
With Grace
Donor thank-you emails
Personalized email within minutes. Logged to Salesforce automatically.
Without Grace
Lapsed donor follow-up
Quarterly manual review of the donor list, if it happens at all.
With Grace
Lapsed donor follow-up
Automatic alerts at 60, 90, 120 days with tailored re-engagement.
Without Grace
Event reminders
Staff schedules each reminder manually in Constant Contact.
With Grace
Event reminders
Automated sequence: 7 days, 1 day, 1 hour before. Multi-channel.
Without Grace
New member onboarding
Welcome email template. Manual portal setup. Inconsistent experience.
With Grace
New member onboarding
Personalized welcome sequence, portal access, orientation scheduling.
Without Grace
Monthly analytics
Staff pulls reports from 4+ platforms. Assembled by hand.
With Grace
Monthly analytics
Unified dashboard. Auto-generated monthly report. Anomaly alerts.
Investment
$40,000 - $50,000
one-time build (website + BespokeOS setup)
$4,000 / month
AI operations + hosting + supervised maintenance
Return on Investment
Equivalent to a part-time digital coordinator at $25,000-$30,000/year. But Grace never sleeps, never forgets, and scales with you.
The gap narrows further when you factor in error reduction, faster response times, and the compounding value of consistent donor and member engagement.
Technical Approach
Built to last
CMS
WordPress headless, so your team edits in a familiar interface. We deliver content through a modern frontend. If you prefer something more current, Payload CMS offers built-in versioning and a cleaner editing experience.
Frontend
Next.js on Vercel. Pages render at the edge: sub-second loads for visitors in San Francisco, Nairobi, or Manila. Built-in accessibility, SEO optimization, automatic image optimization.
Payments
Stripe handles everything. One-time gifts, recurring donations, store purchases. PCI compliant. Donor portal for managing subscriptions and viewing giving history.
CRM
Salesforce connected via REST API. Contacts, donations, event registrations, and member data sync in real-time. No more manual exports or broken Zapier chains.
Constant Contact v3 API integration. Automated list segmentation, event-triggered sends, subscriber management. Grace handles this entirely in Option B.
LMS
Custom learning platform tailored to URI: course modules, progress tracking, completion certificates, cohort management. Integrated with the member portal. One set of credentials.
Hosting
Vercel for the frontend (global edge network, automatic scaling, 99.99% uptime SLA). WordPress on managed hosting with automated daily backups, staging environments, one-click rollbacks.
Security
Automated vulnerability scanning, dependency monitoring, patch management. SSL everywhere. Regular backup drills to verify disaster recovery actually works.
Timeline
From kickoff to launch
in 12 weeks
Discovery & Planning
Stakeholder interviews, content audit, technical requirements, information architecture.
Design & Prototyping
Visual design, interactive prototypes, design review with your team.
Core Development
CMS setup, frontend build, member portal, learning platform, staff portal.
Integrations
Salesforce, Constant Contact, Stripe, event calendar, store.
Testing, Training, Launch
QA, accessibility audit, staff training, staged rollout, go-live.
BespokeOS Onboarding
Grace configuration, workflow setup, team training, supervised ramp-up (Option B only).
Why Levity
We don’t just build websites.
We build the intelligence that runs them.
Levity Leads is a UK digital agency that builds AI-powered systems for organizations. Strategy, design, and engineering in one team. Fewer handoffs, faster delivery, no telephone-game miscommunications.
We’ve done this before. For CMS Surveyors, a UK renewables company, we built an AI operating system called Mack. He handles their CRM sync, customer communications, pipeline tracking, and content management.
Grace would be the same kind of system, tuned for URI’s specific needs: donor relations, member engagement, content operations, event management. Not generic AI. Purpose-built.
Case Study: CMS Surveyors
0+
hours/week automated
0
systems unified
24/7
automated operations
Next Steps
Let’s talk about
what’s possible.
We’d love to walk through this proposal, answer your questions, and hear more about what URI needs from a technology partner.
rees.calder@levityleads.comNo pressure. Just a conversation.