Humanitarian and social organisations
Beneficiaries, aid distributed, recurring giving and impact reports for funders and for the board.
Donor details sit in one spreadsheet, campaign dates in an inbox and volunteer hours in a notebook. When the board or a funder asks a simple question, someone spends days reconciling three sources. 4ong.net brings donors, campaigns, volunteers, grants and membership fees into one register, so each answer comes from the same record.
Affiliate programme for charity networks and federations
“Every dollar received, all the way to the final report.”
Less time in spreadsheets, more time for your cause.
The platform where your association or foundation keeps everything that today sits in five spreadsheets. Donor records with a full history per supporter, one-off and recurring gifts tracked automatically. Fundraising campaigns with a target, a deadline and a result report; corporate sponsorship and member dues. A volunteer base with hours logged per activity and volunteer certificates. Grant-funded projects with a budget per eligible expense line, reporting deadlines, and narrative and financial reports built from that same data. A member register with dues and arrears tracked automatically. Less time on reporting, more time for your cause.
Start with a basic plan and scale as your organisation, donor base and number of projects grow. No hidden costs, no long-term contracts — change your plan anytime.
4ong is a web application for charities, not-for-profit organisations, associations and foundations. It keeps donor records and recurring gifts, fundraising campaigns, volunteer hours, grant-funded projects, the member register and membership dues in one place. It is built for the staff and board who run these programmes day to day.
The platform lets you:
Create one record per donor, member or volunteer, and add their giving history, membership status and logged hours.
Add each fundraising campaign with its target and deadline, and each grant-funded project with its budget by expense line and its reporting deadlines.
Build board and funder reports from the data already entered, and export the data to the accounting software your organisation uses.
The table compares the platform with the two methods most small organisations use today.
| Criterion | 4ongSide by side | Spreadsheets | Paper registers |
|---|---|---|---|
| One record per donor or member | Yes, with the full giving history on one record | Possible, if the sheet is kept tidy | Possible, if the register is kept up to date |
| Recurring gifts and next expected date | Tracked with amount, frequency and next expected date, with interruptions flagged | Kept with manual formulas for each row | Written by hand and updated by hand |
| Volunteer hours and certificates | Hours logged per activity and per volunteer, with certificates issued from them | Hours totalled by hand from separate sheets | Hours written in a book and totalled by hand |
| Grant budget against expense lines | Budget per expense line, with expenses recorded against it | Possible with formulas, which are easy to break | Hard to follow line by line |
| Board and funder reports | Built from the data already entered | Rebuilt by hand for each reporting period | Rebuilt by hand for each reporting period |
| Membership fees and arrears | Member register with fees and arrears in one place | Possible on a separate sheet | Kept in a separate ledger book |
| Double-entry accounting books | Not kept. Data is exported to the accounting software | Not kept | Not kept |
The same modules — donors, campaigns, volunteers, projects and members — configured differently depending on how your organisation works.
Beneficiaries, aid distributed, recurring giving and impact reports for funders and for the board.
Field activities with volunteers, hours logged per activity, and grant-funded projects with a budget per line.
Scholarships and programmes per beneficiary, corporate sponsorship, and annual donor reporting.
Member register, annual dues with arrears tracked automatically, and notices for the General Assembly.
Members by category, tiered dues, a record of affiliated organisations and consolidated federation reports.
Donations and recurring contributions, receipts issued from the donor record, and a log of charitable activities.
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