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Civic Dialog
🎉 Free for nonprofits · Pending 501(c)(3)

Get a custom automation built for your nonprofit — free.

Volunteer software developers design and build custom automations for nonprofits at no cost. Describe what's taking too long. We match you with someone who can fix it.

2projects in progress
1Kstaff hours recovered
$0cost to nonprofits
🎯2 automation projects in progress
$45K in verified savings delivered
1K hours freed for mission work

How it works

Nonprofits describe a manual process. Volunteer developers build something to fix it. The platform handles the matching, the project structure, and the impact tracking.

  1. 1Post a need

    Describe a manual process through the Discovery Wizard. No technical knowledge required.

  2. 2Automators propose

    Volunteer developers browse open needs and submit proposals that match their skills.

  3. 3Match is made

    The platform facilitates the introduction. Both sides confirm scope before work begins.

  4. 4Project is built

    An eight-phase structured workbench keeps both sides aligned from kickoff through handoff.

  5. 5Impact is tracked

    Hours saved, runs logged, and dollar value returned to mission work — tracked automatically.

For nonprofits

If your team is doing the same manual task over and over — pulling reports, sending acknowledgment emails, formatting data — there's a good chance it can be automated. You don't need to know how. You just need to describe it.

  • No technical knowledge required
  • Free — no fees, no subscriptions
  • Structured project with clear handoff
  • You own what gets built

For automators

If you're a developer looking for a project that's real, scoped, and won't take over your life — browse what nonprofits have posted. Pick one that matches what you already know. Build something that actually gets used.

  • Needs are pre-scoped by the Discovery Wizard
  • Structured 8-phase project workbench
  • Measured impact added to your profile
  • Async-friendly, part-time schedule

Real results

Verified savings delivered to nonprofits through the matching program

community development

Volunteer coordinator spent 20 hours per week on scheduling, reminders, and reporting — leaving no time for recruitment or retention.

We went from tracking 40 volunteers in a spreadsheet to a fully automated system. Our coordinator finally has time to build relationships with volunteers instead of chasing timesheets.

Delivered

$32K

Projected

$32K/yr

Runs

312

community development

Development director spent 15+ hours per month manually searching grant databases — missing deadlines and viable opportunities.

Our development director now gets a curated weekly email with matched grants instead of digging through databases. We applied to 3 new funders we never would have found.

Delivered

$12K

Projected

$12K/yr

Runs

48

What's your team doing manually that it shouldn't be?

Post your first need in fifteen minutes. The Discovery Wizard walks you through it. No technical knowledge required.