Case Study: James S. Kemper Foundation achieves streamlined scholarship management and smoother operations with Foundant Technologies' Scholarship Lifecycle Manager (SLM)

Kemper Foundation - Customer Case Study

Kemper Foundation, a national scholarship program run by a two-person team, faced a back-office bottleneck: their previous digital system was clunky and hard for applicants and administrators to use, generating confusion, high support needs, and reliance on Outlook calendars and Excel. To improve efficiency and keep up to 50 students engaged across recruitment and follow‑up activities, they chose Foundant Technologies’ Scholarship Lifecycle Manager (SLM).

Foundant Technologies implemented SLM with customizable portals, tutorial videos, written resources, and hands‑on CSM support to onboard staff, campus coordinators, scholars, and applicants. The centralized SLM hub streamlined reminders, goals, and to‑dos, reduced administrative overhead for the two‑person team, kept students accountable to deadlines, and replaced chaotic spreadsheets and calendars—delivering smoother daily operations and more responsive program management.

Kemper Foundation

Jenn Merriman

Treasurer & Program Manager