NGO Dost · Websites and donations for NGOs
A simpler digital home for social impact.
NGO Dost gives your NGO a modern website that shows your work as it happens, takes secure online donations with receipts, and is simple enough for anyone in your team to run.
Version 1.0 availableYearly subscription per organisation and website domain, with a licence key signed by PrajnaBytes.
How NGO Dost is sold
Show your work, not just words
Your newest videos, photos and stories come first, with live numbers taken from what you publish.
Donations that just work
UPI, cards and net banking through PayU, Razorpay or Instamojo, bank transfers too, with numbered receipts and thank-you emails.
Easy for your whole team
Plain-language screens, roles for every person, and a log of every important change.
Licensed for your organisation
A yearly subscription per organisation and website domain, with a licence key signed by PrajnaBytes.
Product overview
What NGO Dost does
NGO Dost is a website and donation platform for non-profit organisations: NGOs, charitable trusts and societies. It is developed by PrajnaBytes International Private Limited.
Version 1.0 is in use on the website of Blue Pen (bluepenindia.com), its first customer: a charitable trust in Delhi that teaches children in slums and under flyovers.
- Website
- Pages, news and stories, a homepage built from 15 ready-made section types, a mega menu, site search and four page templates.
- Photos and videos
- A media library that resizes large photos, photo albums with import from Flickr, and videos from your YouTube channel.
- Donations
- Campaigns with goals, online payments and bank transfers, numbered receipts, reports for each financial year and CSV export.
- Messages and email
- A contact form with spam protection, and email through your server, SMTP, Gmail or Outlook / Microsoft 365.
- People and safety
- Separate accounts with roles and permissions, an audit log, account lockout and strict browser security rules.
- Moving from WordPress
- Pages, posts, media and donation history are imported, and old addresses keep working.
See it in action
The real product, screen by screen
These are screenshots of NGO Dost 1.0, running the website of Blue Pen, its first customer, a charitable trust in Delhi. Select a screenshot to view it full size.
Features
Everything your NGO's website runs on
Grouped by what your team does, from publishing stories to receiving donations.
A website that tells your story
Build your homepage from ready-made sections, write pages and stories, and organise everything with a clear menu that works beautifully on phones.
Homepage builder
15 ready-made section types: showcase (live activity), fresh from the field, hero banner, page content, text block, image with text, mission and vision, impact numbers, photo gallery, videos, news and stories, donation campaigns, testimonials, contact and call to action.
Pages and stories
Pages and news or stories, with categories, featured images, tags and scheduled publishing.
Menus and search
A mega menu on desktop, a slide-in menu on phones, and site search.
Page templates
Standard, full width, contact (with form) and donation (with the donation form).
Search engine basics
Sitemap, RSS feed, clean addresses, social sharing previews and a manager for permanent redirects, so old addresses keep working.
Secure online donations and receipts
Run campaigns with goals and suggested amounts. Donors pay on the payment provider's secure page and get a receipt by email.
Campaigns
Donation campaigns with goals, progress and suggested amounts.
Payments
UPI, cards and net banking through PayU, Razorpay or Instamojo, plus bank transfer or cheque. Card and bank details are entered on the payment provider's page, never on the NGO's website.
Receipts
Numbered donation receipts for each financial year. The 80G statement appears on receipts once the NGO has entered and verified its 80G details.
Emails
A thank-you email to the donor with the receipt link, and a notice to the NGO's team.
Records and reports
Record bank transfers, refunds and cancellations, see reports with charts for each financial year, and export donations as CSV.
Photos and videos from the field
Keep photo albums, also from Flickr, and show your YouTube videos. New uploads can appear on your website automatically.
Media library
Large photos are resized automatically.
Photo albums
Albums of your work, including import from Flickr.
Videos
Videos from a YouTube channel or playlist, refreshed daily; new uploads can appear on the website automatically.
Simple for your team, safe for your data
Everyone gets their own account and only the access they need. Important actions are recorded, and strong security protects your website and your donors.
Accounts and roles
Separate accounts with roles (Administrator, Editor, Author, Finance manager) and adjustable permissions.
Audit log and status
A log of important actions, a system status page and password reset by email.
Security
Strong password storage, account lockout after repeated failed sign-ins, and strict browser security rules (Content Security Policy).
No tracking
No tracking or advertising scripts. The only outside scripts are the payment provider's checkout and the optional Cloudflare bot check, when switched on.
Contact form
Spam protection with a hidden trap field, rate limiting and optional Cloudflare Turnstile.
Your look, your way
Your logo, colours and footer. With the Advanced panel, designers can add their own HTML, CSS and JavaScript to any page.
Branding
Logo, colours, three themes (default, warm and high contrast), a footer with link columns and social media icons.
Advanced panel
With a valid licence: write a page or post in your own HTML, add CSS and JavaScript per page, and footer HTML plus site-wide CSS and JavaScript, in a built-in code editor with colour-coding and line numbers.
How it works
Three steps from a conversation to a website your team runs.
1. Talk to us
Tell us about your organisation and website.
2. We set it up
Your domain, branding and content, including moving from WordPress if needed.
3. You run it
Your team publishes and receives donations, with updates and support from PrajnaBytes as agreed in your licence.
Requirements
NGO Dost runs on ordinary shared hosting; no special server software is needed.
Server
PHP 8.5.12 or later, and MariaDB or MySQL.
Self-contained
The website's own scripts, styles and icons are served from the NGO's own server, with no outside CDNs.
Questions NGOs ask
Short answers to the questions we hear most.
Is NGO Dost free?
No. NGO Dost is licensed per organisation as a yearly subscription. Ask us for pricing.
Which payment providers can we use?
PayU, Razorpay or Instamojo for UPI, cards and net banking, plus bank transfer or cheque.
Do donors get receipts?
Yes. Receipts are numbered per financial year and emailed to the donor. The 80G statement appears once your organisation has entered and verified its 80G details.
Can we move our existing WordPress website?
Yes. Pages, stories, photos and donation history can be imported, and old addresses keep working.
Do we need technical staff?
No. The admin is written in plain language. Designers can use the Advanced panel if you want a fully custom look.
Where is our data?
On your own hosting. Your content and donor records belong to your organisation.
Moving from WordPress?
NGO Dost brings over your pages, stories, photos and donation history, keeps your old story addresses, and redirects the rest, so your visitors and search engines do not lose you.
What comes across
- Pages and posts
- Media
- Donation history
- Old post addresses kept
- Other old addresses redirected
Content can be imported from a WordPress export file or database, and a clean-up tool removes old plugin leftovers.
A yearly subscription for your organisation.
NGO Dost is licensed per organisation and website domain as a yearly subscription. Each licence comes with a key signed by PrajnaBytes. Ask for pricing to get a quote for your organisation.
Your website runs on your own hosting: PHP 8.5.12 or later, and MariaDB or MySQL.
- Licensed per organisation and website domain
- Yearly subscription
- Licence key signed by PrajnaBytes
- Set-up of your domain, branding and content
- Moving from WordPress if needed
- Updates and support as agreed in your licence
Pricing on enquiry
Ask for pricingA PrajnaBytes product, licensed to your organisation
NGO Dost is proprietary software developed by PrajnaBytes International Private Limited. It is licensed per organisation and website domain as a yearly subscription.
Your content and donor records are stored on your own hosting and belong to your organisation.
Give your NGO the website its work deserves.
Tell us about your organisation and website. We will show you NGO Dost and prepare pricing for your organisation.