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About Aidfolio

In one sentence

Aidfolio makes free, private web tools that help local and national NGOs prepare for donor and UN partner assessments, work out a fair overhead, and plan risk sharing. Nothing users type is uploaded.

In one paragraph

Aidfolio (aidfolio.org) is a free, open-source toolkit for local and national humanitarian and development organisations. Its readiness check helps them prepare for partner capacity and due-diligence assessments such as UN HACT micro-assessments, the UN Implementing Partner PSEA assessment and the Charter for Change due-diligence passport. Its fair cost calculator shows an organisation’s true overhead rate and produces a brief to negotiate a fair overhead, and its risk-sharing plan prepares a dialogue with donors using the Risk Sharing Framework. The tools run entirely in the browser, with no account, and nothing users type is uploaded. Aidfolio is built and run independently by Richard Prouse in New Zealand, is free for every local organisation, and publishes every dollar in and out in a monthly ledger.

Facts

Key facts

Launched October 2026
Free for every local organisation, always; no account or sign-up
Runs in the browser, works on a phone and offline; nothing typed is uploaded
Readiness check: 9 areas, 32 questions, 41 standard documents, about 30 minutes
Fair cost calculator and risk-sharing plan, about 20 to 30 minutes each
Toolbox of 27 verified free resources and guides to HACT, UN PSEA and the C4C passport
English now; Sinhala, Tamil, French and Arabic planned
Open source: code under MIT, questions and templates under CC BY 4.0
Independent; not affiliated with the UN, Charter for Change, Humentum or any donor

Why it matters

The context

4.3% of international humanitarian funding went directly to local and national organisations in 2025, against a Grand Bargain commitment of at least 25% (2016). Global Humanitarian Assistance Report 2026, preliminary data.
Total humanitarian funding fell 20% in 2025, to its lowest level in a decade. Global Humanitarian Assistance Report 2026.
In a 2025 survey in Ukraine, only 38% of NGOs felt due diligence was proportionate to their size; one organisation with three staff wrote 21 policies to pass. Hagmann (2025), VOICE.

Full story and sources: Local organisations do the work. Aidfolio helps them prove it.

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