What 65+ NGO conversations revealed to me:

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Dear Ally,

It’s been about three months since I launched Field2Donor publicly.

I’ve been sitting with that a lot lately, not just the product itself, but what it has taken to build it alongside everything else. There have been a few honest challenges along the way.

Balancing a full-time job with building something on the side has meant working in very fragmented time; early mornings, late nights, weekends. There are days where things move quickly and feel clear, and others where progress feels much slower than I’d like.

And then there’s the harder part: getting real users.

Not sign-ups. Not curiosity. But organisations willing to actually try a new way of working while still managing real projects, real budgets, and real pressure. That part has taken time.

In the last three months, I’ve spoken to 65+ organisations from mid-sized NGOs to grassroots teams and programme managers working across different contexts. And one thing has come up again and again:

Most teams are not struggling because they lack systems. They are struggling because their systems are disconnected from how work actually happens in the field.

Activities live in documents. Expenses live in Excel. Evidence sits in WhatsApp or Drive folders.

So even simple questions like “Where are we on budget right now?” require pulling information from multiple places often manually, and often too late, with real consequences for funders.

What V1 taught me

​Field2Donor originally launched as a broader reporting and project tracking tool.

But early usage showed something important: the most valuable part wasn’t reporting.

It was the day-to-day workflow linking activities and expenses in real time as work happens.

That feedback has shaped everything that is now in V2.

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​What has changed in Field2Donor (V2)

​Field2Donor is still an activity and expense management tool for NGOs, but Version 2 now focuses much more intentionally on the core workflows teams actually use every day.

Key improvements:

• AI onboarding support: you can now set up a full project in ~15 minutes using your proposal and budget
• A simplified workflow that lets teams log activities and expenses in one flow or step-by-step
• Real-time budget visibility at the point of expense request (before spending happens, not after reporting)
• Smarter dashboards that show project health, risks, and delays earlier
• Stronger support for multi-activity, recurring, and multi-donor projects

An invitation

If you work in an NGO or closely with one, I’d genuinely love for you to try it. You can sign up here or simply reply to this email and I’ll get back to you.

And if it’s not directly relevant to you, I’d really appreciate you following the journey and updates on LinkedIn as I continue building and learning in public.

If someone comes to mind, an organisation managing multiple active projects and still relying on Excel or Docs for tracking, I’d be grateful for a warm introduction.

Even a small share helps me reach the right people at this stage.

Thank you for being part of this journey with me so far. It truly means a lot.

Yours in solidarity,
Wevyn

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