OIAS works with NGOs the way we work with any serious organization: you bring the problem eating your week, we turn it into a system you can inspect, run, and own. The difference is we understand your constraints — small teams, tight budgets, volunteers who rotate out, funders who want numbers in their format, and compliance that never sleeps.
What we build.
- 01Donor management — one place for every donor, donation, and 80G receipt. Grant utilization reports that take minutes, not weeks. Built on tools your team can actually run.
- 02Program & volunteer tracking — who is in the field, what happened, what it cost. Data your annual report and your funders both need, captured once.
- 03Websites that work — fast, honest, findable. Built so donors and partners trust what they see, and so search engines send the right people to you.
- 04WhatsApp & automation — field updates, donor thank-yous, event reminders. The repetitive work runs itself; your team does the mission.
- 05Google Ad Grants — up to $10,000/month in free Google search ads for eligible nonprofits. Most Indian NGOs never claim it. We handle eligibility, setup, and the campaigns. Read the Ad Grants guide →
How we're different.
- AYou own the outcome. Every line of code, every account, every asset — yours. No hostage licensing, no lock-in.
- BWe run our own company on this stack. Our outreach, CRM, and operations run on AI agents we built. We sell what we use. Read how →
- CHonest scope. If a ₹0 spreadsheet solves it, we'll say so. If you should buy instead of build, we'll say that too. Our buy-vs-build guide →
Spreadsheet, buy, or build.
Most NGO software decisions go wrong before the build starts. There are only three honest answers, and two of them don't involve hiring us.
- 01A spreadsheet is enough. A few hundred donors, one person entering data, no funder demanding a specific format. Don't buy software. Tidy the sheet, add validation, move on.
- 02Buy something off the shelf. Your process looks like everyone else's and you can live with theirs. Cheapest path when it fits. It stops fitting the day a funder wants a report the product can't produce.
- 03Build it. Your programme model, reporting, or compliance load matches no product on the market. Worth it when the workaround is eating a person for a week every month.
We tell you which one you're in before you spend anything. When we do quote, it's a fixed total for the project, agreed in writing — not an hourly meter that grows. The full buy-vs-build guide →
Compliance is part of the build.
Indian nonprofits carry a compliance load most software pretends doesn't exist. We build it in from the start, because retrofitting it after an audit request is where teams lose weeks.
- 0112A & 80G. Receipts numbered, dated, and matched to the donation that produced them — with the donor data your annual statement of donations needs, exportable rather than rebuilt by hand each year.
- 02CSR-1. Corporate donors ask for it before they release funds. Your records need to survive their due diligence, not just your own.
- 03FCRA. Foreign contributions stay segregated in the designated account and are never mixed with domestic funds — in the system, not just in policy.
- 04Section 8, Trust, or Society. Different filing calendars, same requirement: an audit trail you can produce on request instead of reconstruct under pressure.
We are not your auditor and we don't file on your behalf. We build the system so the numbers your auditor asks for already exist.
Who owns what.
Everything. The code, the repository, the domain, the hosting account, the database, the analytics — all registered to you, not to us. If you stop working with OIAS tomorrow, nothing switches off and nothing needs buying back.
This matters more for nonprofits than anyone tells you. Agencies routinely hold the hosting login, the domain registration, or the source code, and a small team discovers it at the worst moment — mid-campaign, or when the person who knew the password left. We hand over credentials as we go, not at the end.
What we've shipped.
- 01iPledge — a pledge and certificate platform with corporate sponsor dashboards, running live at ipledge.co.in.
- 02Support a Cause — a donation portal on Indian payment rails, live at supportacause.co.in.
- 03Art for Awareness — a national student art competition platform handling submissions, jury rounds, and certificates at artforawareness.art.
Questions NGOs ask.
- 01What software does OIAS build for NGOs? Donor management, volunteer and programme tracking, NGO websites, WhatsApp automation for field teams, and reporting that produces what funders actually ask for.
- 02Do we own what you build? Yes — every line of code, every account, every asset. No lock-in, no hostage licensing, no buy-back.
- 03What is the Google Ad Grant, and can you set it up? Google gives eligible nonprofits up to $10,000 a month in free search ads. Most Indian NGOs never claim it. We handle eligibility, application, and campaigns.
- 04We're small. Are we too small for this? Often, yes — and we'll say so. If a spreadsheet solves your problem, that's the advice you'll get, free.
- 05How do you charge? A fixed total for the project, agreed in writing before work starts. Not hourly, and not a per-user subscription that grows with your team.
- 06How long does it take? It depends entirely on scope, and anyone who quotes you a timeline before understanding your programme is guessing. You get a real estimate after the first conversation.
- 07Can you work with the systems we already have? Usually. Replacing a working system is rarely the cheapest answer — connecting it to the one thing it can't do often is.
- 08Do you handle FCRA and 80G requirements? We build the system so the records and reports exist. Filing and audit remain with your auditor — we don't pretend otherwise.
- 09Where are you based? Bengaluru. We work with NGOs across India, and remotely is fine — most of this work does not need us in the room.
Where to start.
Tell us the one workflow that hurts the most — donor reports, volunteer chaos, a website nobody finds. First conversation is free and specific: you leave with a plan whether you hire us or not.
"Underpromise and over-deliver. No inflated metrics, no vague claims."