Shared platforms that put professional methodology in your team's hands.
NASAQ builds digital platforms for Saudi Arabia's non-profit sector and runs them in partnership with the organizations that use them, so knowledge and data stay inside the organization after any project ends.
The sector is growing, and its requirements with it.
- non-profit organizations
- 7,200+
- by the end of 2025
- Source: National Center for Non-Profit Sector, Annual Report 2025
- of GDP contributed by the sector
- 1.4%
- in 2025, up from 0.99% in 2024
- Source: National Center for Non-Profit Sector, Annual Report 2025
- volunteers
- 1.7 million
- in 2025, compared with one million in 2024
- Source: National Center for Non-Profit Sector, Annual Report 2025
- target share of GDP for the sector
- 5%
- by 2030
- Source: Saudi Vision 2030; National Center for Non-Profit Sector strategy
Platforms
A platform enters development once the needs test is complete, its methodology is settled, and the sector has taken part in its design.
Development project management
An interactive platform in project management development
The tools portfolio platform: participants in the Project DPro development project management course applied the course tools to their own projects, and the supervisor followed their progress on a participant tracking dashboard.
- 26
- participants
- 14
- tools each
- Stage:
- Used in a Project DPro course
The course's entities
Princess Alanood Foundation
ShadanPlatform screenshotImpact
Social impact measurement and management platform
The organization builds a measurement framework for its programs, collects beneficiary data, and issues its impact report every cycle with its own team.
- Outcome chains for building the measurement framework.
- Social Return on Investment (SROI) methodology.
- Reference indicators for each field, chosen by the organization.
- Stage:
- In development · co-design with launch partners
Measurement framework
The program's outcome chain, indicators for every level, and their targets.
Data collection
Forms and surveys for beneficiaries and field teams, kept in the organization's own record.
Analysis and follow-up
A dashboard that tracks indicators across periods and compares program results.
Reports
A draft impact report in Arabic with indicator tables and their data sources.
Impact platform
- Inputs
- Activities
- Outputs
- Outcomes
- Impact
Social return on investment
4.71 : 1
Value by year
386,325195,367Activity year's share of value
Impact report
Social return on investment
4.71 : 1
Activity year's share of value
- Total investment
- 123,605
- Total social value
- 581,692
Illustrative screens of the social impact measurement and management platform. Illustrative example with fictional data
Figures come from a training value map for a training-and-employment program, not a real organization's results. Values are not discounted.
Four challenges that recur in daily work.
Observed through professional practice and needs analysis with organizations.
Knowledge walks out
Effect on the organizationSpecialized knowledge ends with the consulting contract, so the organization hires it again every cycle.
Methodology that stays in-house
In NASAQ platformsTools that keep the methodology and the working framework inside the organization after the project ends.
Scattered data
Effect on the organizationBeneficiary and program data live in files and spreadsheets spread across staff.
One record for every program
In NASAQ platformsOne record of programs and beneficiaries that reports are built on directly.
The cost of custom systems
Effect on the organizationThe organization carries the full cost of building a system that ages as soon as it is delivered.
Cost shared across members
In NASAQ platformsA sector platform whose build and update cost is shared across its members.
Uneven output quality
Effect on the organizationThe quality of projects and reports changes with the experience of whoever prepared them.
A common quality floor
In NASAQ platformsOne workflow inside the platform that sets a floor for the quality of every output.
The three tracks
Our platforms are organized in three tracks that cover an organization's core needs.
Institutional building
Governance, organization and compliance on record
Raising the organization's readiness in governance, internal organization and compliance, so its performance rests on documented, auditable procedures.
- Platforms in this track
- The governance and compliance platform, and the operational performance platform.
- What the organization gets
- The organization works by documented procedures and is ready for supervisory reviews without exceptional effort.
Impact
Programs designed on outcomes, and measured
Designing programs around outcomes, measuring the change they make in beneficiaries' lives, and managing them by what the measurement data shows.
- Platforms in this track
- The social impact measurement and management platform, and the development project design platform.
- What the organization gets
- A standing measurement framework inside the organization, and an impact report issued every cycle from its own data.
Sustainability and resource development
Diverse income, well managed
Diversifying the organization's income and organizing how it is managed: income-generating social ventures, social investment opportunities, endowments and their yields and products, grants and partnerships.
- Platforms in this track
- The social entrepreneurship platform, the social investment opportunities platform, the endowments and product marketing platform, and the grants and partnerships platform.
- What the organization gets
- The organization manages its income sources in one place and tracks their returns and impact in its financial plan.
Partnership models
We work with organizations and supporting entities in four forms that differ in the partner's role.
Launch partner
For: Organizations and supporting entities in phase one
Takes part in designing the first platform and testing it on its programs, with priority in shaping its features and preferential access terms.
Platform development partner
For: A supporting entity or a group of organizations
Co-funds and co-designs a platform for a defined sector need; the platform is then made available to the sector.
Sponsoring entity
For: Donors and grant-making foundations
Funds platform access for a group of organizations and follows the impact of its support on one aggregated dashboard.
Member organization
For: Non-profit organizations
Subscribes to the available platforms according to its size and number of users, and receives updates and support within the subscription.
How to join
Four steps from the first meeting to go-live, in about four weeks.
Intro meeting
45 minutes
A walkthrough of the platform and its development stage, and the track that fits your need.
Needs analysis
One week
A working session to define the scope of use and its outputs.
Agreement
Two weeks
Both parties' commitments and the length of phase one.
Setup and go-live
One week
Setting up the organization's account and data, and training its team.
Request to join phase one
We are looking for partners with running programs the platform can be tested on, and the ability to give their team's time during development.