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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: RequestsDescribe 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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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
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
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
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, 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.
Record pop-up & linked records
A shareable pop-up with a record's details and what's linked to it. Edit, change status, or add a linked record from there.
Notices & info pages
Check-in details, benefits, updates — a page for a role to read.
Counts, totals & averages
Live figures over the rows a viewer is allowed to read.
Control
Role & row access
Own, assigned, managed, and team rows; hidden fields per role. Generated from your description, not configured 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.
On purpose
Four things Pory won’t do
A portal runs a program, a service, or a process. These jobs belong to tools built for them, and Pory keeps the records around them instead.
Take payments
Pory tracks who owes what and who has paid. It doesn't collect the money — keep your payment tool for that.
Book time slots
Availability, capacity, time zones, and reschedules are a whole product. Pory holds what happens after the booking.
Host the conversation
No feeds, threads, likes, or polls. A note on a record, yes; a forum, no. Where members talk is another tool's job.
Plan routes
Pory keeps the service record, not the map.
Frequently asked questions
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Your mutual-aid fund portal, live today.
Describe it in a sentence and send the invite. Unlimited neighbours, flat price.