Mutual-aid fund portal

A mutual-aid fund portal is where neighbours request support privately, a committee approves or declines each request with a reason, and the treasurer records every disbursement against the request it answers.

Pattern: Requests

Describe it to Pory

“We run a neighbourhood mutual-aid fund. People request support, our committee reviews and decides, and the treasurer records each disbursement.”

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My requests

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In plain English

What is a mutual-aid fund portal?

A mutual-aid fund portal is where neighbours request support privately, a committee approves or declines each request with a reason, and the treasurer records every disbursement against the request it answers. It follows the Requests pattern: someone submits, someone decides, it moves through statuses. Pory generates it from a plain-English description, with a login for each role (neighbour, committee and treasurer) that shows only what that role should see, and flat pricing with unlimited neighbours.

What it does

01

Neighbours ask for help privately, not in a neighbourhood group chat

Asking for help meant posting in a group chat half the neighbourhood could read, or catching an organiser at the food share. In Pory a neighbour files a request with what it's for, how much and by when, then sees it move from Submitted to a decision. Nobody has to explain their rent to three different volunteers.

Forms to submit a recordDone by: Neighbour
02

The committee approves or declines each request with the reason written down

Decisions happened in late-night voice notes, and the person asking heard back whenever someone remembered to tell them. In Pory the committee opens each request, reads the need, amount and date, and approves or declines it with a short note kept on the record. Nobody has to reconstruct from memory why the car repair was turned down.

Approve / reject with a reasonDone by: Committee
03

The treasurer sees at a glance how many disbursements have gone out

Knowing what had actually gone out meant checking a banking app against a notebook the treasurer kept in her bag. In Pory each disbursement is its own record, linked to the request it answers, and the Home page counts how many are scheduled and how many are sent. Committee meetings start from the count, not a search through old messages.

Counts, totals & averagesDone by: Treasurer

The parts every portal is built from

Pory generates a portal from these pieces and wires the permissions between them. The same parts run a grant round, a help desk, and a tenant portal — only the names on the pages change.

Collect

Forms

Signed-in or public, with typed fields and file uploads. A form files a record; it doesn't start an email thread.

Public pages

An application page, a notice board, an open directory — pages and forms anyone can use without signing in, on your domain.

Self sign-up

People create their own account and land in the role you chose for them.

File attachments

Upload and view files on the record they belong to — not in a folder named FINAL v2.

Decide

Approve / reject with a reason

Decision buttons for whoever may edit the status. Who decided, when, and why stays on the record.

Status tracker

“Where's my request?” answered as a progress bar on the submitter's own page.

Board by status

Cards in columns. Drag a record to move it along.

Checklists

Task lists ticked off per record, in its detail view, with progress — onboarding runs, inspections, opening duties.

Assign to a person

Name who a record is for and it lands on their list, and nobody else's.

Notes & scores

A reviewer's score, a coach's feedback, a clinician's note — kept on the record it belongs to, never lost in a thread.

Reminders by date

Renewals, expiries and overdue work, in an in-app inbox and by email.

Share

Tables

Search, filters, sorting, inline add and edit — the spreadsheet, minus the sharing accident.

People directory

Portraits, names, and roles from a table, shown only to the roles allowed to see them.

Calendar

Records on a month or week view, by date.

Gallery & image grid

Records as cards or photos.

Detail view with related items

Open a unit, a pet or a listing to see its details and everything tied to it — requests, visits, offers. Share it by link; edit, change the status or add a related item from there.

Notices & info pages

Check-in details, benefits, updates — a page for a role to read.

Counts, totals & averages

Live figures over the records a viewer is allowed to see.

Control

Who sees which records

Each person sees their own records, the ones assigned to them, their team's or the ones they manage. Fields can be hidden per role. Generated from your description, not set up field by field.

No-Password Doors

A sign-in link by email, by default. Password sign-in if you'd rather.

Your brand

Your domain, your colours, your logo. Members see you.

Frequently asked questions

Your mutual-aid fund portal, live today.

Describe it in a sentence and send the invite. Unlimited neighbours, flat price.