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Case study · Nonprofit M&E

Nuru

Donor reports from field data, without the spreadsheet in between.

Client
nuru
Services
Product design, Engineering
Platform
Web
Sector
Nonprofit / M&E
Programme overview, formula builder, data columns, report.

Every quarter, NGO teams rebuild the same donor report by hand — from a KoboToolbox export, a logframe in Word, and a formatting template no one owns. Nuru was built to close that gap.

Define indicators once. Bring in field data from KoboToolbox or a spreadsheet. Each quarter Nuru computes every figure and builds the report — as a PDF, a Word file, or a read-only link.

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Field data in.
Donor-ready report out.

Nuru programme overview for Q4 2026: stat tiles showing 4 of 6 indicators on track, 87% average progress, 2 needing attention; below, an indicators table with inline bar charts and status badges.
Programme overview — Q4 2026. Stat tiles, indicators table, quarter tabs.
Nuru indicators list grouped by logframe level: Goal, Outcome, Output — each with a status badge and progress figure.
Indicators grouped by logframe level.
Indicator detail for '1a % of households treating drinking water' showing results by county: Homa Bay 67.9%, Kisumu 65.3%, Siaya 73.3%.
County breakdown — every figure traces back to a data source.
The Nuru formula builder for '1a % of households treating drinking water': data source selector, Percentage of records calculation type, condition 'Does the household treat its drinking water? is Yes', breakdown by County and Respondent sex. Live preview shows 68.7%.
The indicator formula builder. No SQL. Conditions read in plain English. The right panel computes the result live.
Close-up of the formula configuration: data source set to 'Household WASH Survey (Sample)', calculation type 'Percentage of records', condition 'Does the household treat its drinking water? is Yes', breakdown by County. Live result: 68.7%.
One condition in plain English. One figure out. Personal data columns excluded automatically from breakdown options.
  1. Figures are computed, not typed

    Each indicator is defined once, as a calculation on the data. Every quarter’s figure follows from the records, and a manual override keeps its reason.

  2. AI is optional, and the key is theirs

    Nuru holds no AI key. An organisation that wants its narrative drafted adds its own, and one that doesn’t never has to think about it.

  3. Every visitor gets a fresh demo

    Opening the demo creates a sample organisation for that visitor alone and deletes it a day later, so no one sees a demo someone else has broken.

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Nuru programme overview for Q4 2026: 4 of 6 indicators on track, 87% average progress.

Programme dashboard — the first screen a field coordinator opens each quarter.

The columns tab of a household survey in Nuru: 19 columns listed, with Respondent name, Phone number, and GPS location flagged as personal data.
Personal data columns flagged on upload — excluded from breakdowns, previews, and AI drafts.

Privacy built in.

Respondent names, phone numbers and GPS coordinates are flagged the moment a file lands. Programme officers can flag any other column they recognise.

The Nuru report editor: section list on the left with include/exclude toggles and a pre-flight checklist; live report preview on the right.
Report editor — sections panel, pre-flight checklist, live preview.
Section 3 of a Nuru donor report — 'Progress against targets' — showing horizontal bar charts for goal and outcome indicators with trend lines and county breakdowns.
Progress against targets — bar charts, trend lines, county breakdowns.

App — Hanken Grotesk

Programme overview

Q1–Q4 2026 · 87% · 4 of 6 on track

Marketing — Instrument Serif

Donor-ready report out.

Field data in.

Programme overview dashboard — Q4 2026 stat tiles and indicators table.
Indicators grouped by logframe level: Goal, Outcome, Output.
County breakdown for a WASH indicator — Homa Bay, Kisumu, Siaya.
Formula builder — data source, calculation type, condition, breakdown.
Report editor — sections panel, pre-flight checklist, live preview.
Donor report — progress-against-targets section with horizontal bar charts.

Design and engineering by Asterisk.

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