Social Impact Platform for Volunteering, Community Programs & Alliances

Results points:
7,500+ Organizations Connected
179,590 Volunteer Hours Mobilized
30+ Active Initiatives
Industry
Social Impact / Nonprofit Tech
Tech Stack:
PHP, Laravel, Vue.js, MySQL, Redis, Bootstrap 4
Integrations
AWS (S3, SES), Google Drive, Google Sheets, Stripe, Twilio, Mailgun, Sparkpost, Sentry, Algolia, SAML2 SSO (Globant)
Client
Fonselp

Summary

Fonselp is a non-profit technology platform that connects companies, social organizations, universities, and governments to generate positive impact in Latin America. The platform was designed and iterated through an agentic, AI-first development process with no-code prototyping, enabling delivery in months rather than the years a custom build would typically require. The platform supports volunteering management, inclusive purchasing, in-kind donations, recycling, community programs, and impact tracking.

As the ecosystem grew, the team needed a central operating layer that could keep multi-stakeholder processes transparent, measurable, and easy to manage. Central Hub was designed to unify those workflows into one role-based system with clearer control, better traceability, and less manual coordination.

About

The main issue was not demand. It was operational fragmentation. Coordination across companies, organizations, and volunteers required too many manual handoffs, and process data lived across spreadsheets, documents, chats, and separate forms instead of one system.

  • Partnerships and activity opportunities were difficult to coordinate consistently across teams.
  • Volunteer signups, agreements, and follow-up needed more structure and less manual chasing.
  • Activity tracking and traceability required a more reliable operational layer.
  • Multiple stakeholder types needed different views of the same program and the same operational source of truth.
  • Scaling the network required the platform to stay simple, safe, and easy to use.

Why Implementation Was Complex

Despite the complexity, an agentic and no-code-first workflow made it possible to validate structures, workflows, and UX quickly, without the slow build cycles of traditional custom development. Central Hub for Fonselp had to support a broad set of workflows without turning into a generic portal. The system needed to reflect how each stakeholder type actually works, while preserving permissions, transparency, and consistent operational tracking.

Different user groups needed different access levels and workflows.

  • Agreement automation had to reduce manual follow-up without removing control.
  • Operational tracking needed to stay connected to real activities and traceable records.
  • The community platform had to support activities, training, surveys, and feedback in one place.
  • WhatsApp, APIs, and AI integration had to fit into the flow without making the experience heavy.

Solution we built

We built a Central Hub that brings FONSELP's most important social impact workflows into one connected system. The platform helps the team coordinate programs, connect stakeholders, and measure results with less manual effort. We extended the existing chat notification flow by adding WhatsApp as an additional delivery channel alongside email, making activity updates faster, more direct, and easier to act on. The system keeps the same smart scheduling and aggregation logic, sends only one notification per user per cycle, and automatically falls back to email when WhatsApp credits are unavailable. With channel-based delivery and direct links to the relevant chat, teams stay informed without adding noise.

Alliances platform

Connects companies with social organizations for donations, pro bono, volunteering, and responsible purchasing.

Community platform

Manages activities, courses, applications, surveys, and feedback in a branded environment.

Volunteering

Coordinates signups, agreements, hours, and participation results.

Impact measurement

Tracks activity, satisfaction, and program outcomes with certificates and traceable records.

Circularity / Scrap

Routes surplus materials and discarded assets toward reuse and impact.

Notifications & integrations

Supports WhatsApp, APIs, and AI-assisted workflows for faster coordination.
Keeps chat notifications scheduled and aggregated while delivering updates through email or WhatsApp with automatic fallback logic.

Representative Process Views

These interface views show how Central Hub looks in daily use, but they are only a slice of the larger operating system. Each screen is one step inside a connected workflow that spans alliances, community, volunteering, activity requests, and operational tracking.

Figure 1. Platform overview
A high-level view of the ecosystem and its main operational entry points inside Central Hub.
Figure 2. Create a new activity
A structured view for opportunities, collaborations, and responsible purchasing.
Figure 3. Community / volunteering
A management view for signups, activities, and participant coordination inside Central Hub.
Figure 4. Volunteer request / activity submission
A request flow that shows how volunteers or participants submit activity requests inside Central Hub.
Matias Laurenz
Founder, Fonselp

Results

Metrics

Operational snapshot from the current Fonselp platform and public site statistics.

7,500+ organizations registered
Shows platform reach across the network.

179,590 hours mobilized
Shows volunteer activation and engagement.

808,786 in-kind resources mobilized
Quantifies real-world resource flow.

30+ trusted initiatives
Signals adoption across organizations and programs.

5 core solution areas
Alliances, community, volunteering, circularity, impact measurement.

Results

  • Centralized collaboration across companies, social organizations, universities, and governments inside one Central Hub.
  • Faster coordination for volunteering, donations, circularity, and community programs through one Central Hub.
  • Better traceability from action to outcome, with one system for operational follow-up.
  • A scalable foundation used by 7,500+ registered organizations and 30+ initiatives.
  • A free platform that supports growth without turning the experience into manual admin work.

Final Impact

Central Hub moved Fonselp from fragmented coordination to a scalable social impact operating model. Instead of managing alliances, volunteering, and operational tracking across disconnected tools, the team now works from one system with clearer ownership, higher visibility, and faster execution.

Before Solution
After Solution Launch
Coordination lived across emails, spreadsheets, and separate forms.
One connected system now manages alliances, community, volunteering, and operational tracking.
Agreements and approvals required manual follow-up.
Automated workflows and permissions reduce repetitive coordination.
Impact and traceability were hard to review in one place.
Activity records and operational history are centralized and easier to audit.
Each program needed custom coordination from scratch.
Reusable workflow logic supports multiple programs without added overhead.
Impact
Organizations Registered
7,500+
Hours Mobilized
179,590
In-Kind Resources Mobilized
808,786
Trusted Initiatives
30+

Client’s testimonial

Our mission is social impact, not manual admin. Central Hub helped us get back to what matters: connecting organizations, mobilizing volunteers, and tracking real results.
Matias Laurenz
Founder, Fonselp