How it works
One project, one person responsible, every dollar reconciled.
Each project is a defined scope with an agreed budget, funded in full before procurement starts, and closed out with a reconciliation against receipts.
How a project runs
Identify and verify
I find a need that is real and unmet, and confirm it directly with the people who have it. Where the need is a unit, that is a conversation with its soldiers. Where it is a community, it is a visit before anything is bought.
Scope and fund
You see a total and the categories it breaks into before committing. The itemized budget is confirmed at commitment against current vendor pricing. The project is funded in full before procurement begins; a partial commitment means the raise continues.
Procure
Bought locally, close to where it is used. Quality over bulk. Where a community runs its own competitive bid process, it selects the vendors and I verify the process.
Deliver and verify
I am on the ground for delivery and confirm that what arrived matches what was quoted. On projects abroad, a verification trip precedes procurement.
Report and close out
Field updates with photos during execution, then a close-out report reconciling actual spend against the agreed budget, with receipts. Unused funds flow to additional verified needs for the same community or roll to the next cycle with no fees applied.
Structure and accountability
I do not have my own 501(c)(3). Each project runs under an established fiscal sponsor, a US public charity that receives the donations, holds the funds and provides tax-deductibility for US donors. The sponsor is matched per project and finalized during scoping.
Controls are set before the project and checked after it: an agreed budget before anything is bought, spending against that budget during, and a full reconciliation with receipts at close-out. Funds sit with the sponsor, and I spend against the agreed budget.
The fee
This is my full-time work. The fee covers the execution I take responsibility for: sourcing, verification, procurement oversight, on-site delivery and reporting, from commitment through close-out. It is a fixed fee for a defined scope, disclosed as its own line in every budget, and never a percentage of what is raised. If a project runs long, that is my risk. Program savings are never mine: surplus goes to additional aid or back to the donor.
On cost
I am not cheaper than a large organization, and I would not claim to be. On some line items my per-unit cost is higher, because they buy at a scale I do not have. What you get instead is specificity and traceability: a defined community, a verified need, and a line-by-line account of what your money bought.
What a donor gets back
A specific community rather than a pooled fund. Field updates with photos during execution. A close-out reconciliation against receipts. A direct line of communication: ask anything, anytime. Tax-deductible receipts for US donors through the fiscal sponsor.