Fund that specific thing they need.
Directed giving · no cash · receipt-verifiedPerchLight lets you cover an exact item — at an exact store — for a real person. No cash changes hands. A one-time credit card, targeted to that specific item, and they send back a receipt. Help that's personal and accountable.
One platform, many neighbors
Anyone can ask for specific things that they need. Anyone can fund them — and know exactly where the money went.
School Teacher
Stock a classroom. A teacher lists needed supplies from a specific store; parents fund the cart.
Sub for Santa
Help provide Christmas for someone in need this year. Charity organizations request the specific items needed; sponsors fund the purchase.
College Student
Cover the essentials. Textbooks, groceries, a winter coat to keep them going.
Neighbor in Need
Help people in your own neighborhood who need it. A neighbor can post a specific need — diapers, groceries, etc. Your help can stay anonymous.
How it works
Someone posts a request
Specific items from a specific store — a cart with a clear price.
Sponsors fund it
The exact amount is covered. PerchLight creates a one-time Temporary Credit Card, locked to that store.
Items are purchased and verified
They purchase the item and upload a receipt. The card expires. No cash ever changes hands.
Why people trust PerchLight
Directed, not cash
Funds can only be used at the chosen vendor for the amount funded.
Locked & temporary
The card works once, for about a week, then expires.
Receipt-verified
A receipt confirms the purchase actually happened.
Private & dignified
Recipients can stay anonymous to sponsors. No one is a "charity case."
Why we built it
PerchLight began with a hard problem: how do you help someone in real need get real help — without just handing over cash? The tools that solve that turn out to serve everyone — teachers, students, families, neighbors. Same rails, one purpose: true support that provides exactly what is needed, where it is needed, with some accountability.
Help one real person, right now.
Browse a need near you, or post one of your own.
Be there when we launch
We’re getting ready to open PerchLight to our first communities. Leave your email and we’ll let you know the moment it’s live — no spam, just the launch.