Product UpdateApril 8, 2026

Civic Organizing, Beyond the Spreadsheet

Dasig CRM & Marketing Beta is now live — a civic contact management and email marketing platform built for Philippine NGOs, LGUs, and volunteer networks to move from passive record-keeping to active stakeholder coordination.

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Donald Onde

Donald Onde

Founder, Dasig.org

April 8, 2026 · 8 min read

Dasig is a Philippine civic coordination platform that helps NGOs, LGUs, and volunteer networks manage campaigns, coordinate volunteers, collect donations, and now — engage their communities through integrated CRM and email marketing tools.


The Spreadsheet Tax

It's 2 AM before a medical mission in Tabogon, Cebu. The program officer is cross-referencing a donor spreadsheet, a volunteer sign-up form (Google Sheets), a Facebook comments thread, and a Messenger group chat — just to confirm who is coming. She's doing this for the fifth mission in a row.

This is the spreadsheet tax: the invisible overhead that every civic organizer pays. Not in money, but in time, energy, and sleep. It's what happens when the tools designed for sales teams get repurposed for community mobilization — they never quite fit.

We built Dasig CRM because the people organizing medical missions, typhoon relief drives, and environmental advocacy campaigns deserve a system built for their work — not adapted from it.

A System of Action, Not a System of Record

Most CRM tools are systems of record: they store your contacts. Full stop. You build the list, you export it, you upload it to Mailchimp, you write the email, you send it, then you manually update who attended or gave.

Dasig CRM is a system of action. When a donor gives through a campaign, they're added to your contacts automatically. When a volunteer checks in at a site, their hours are logged. When a beneficiary receives support, their record is updated. Then, behind the scenes, Dasig can send a thank-you, update their lifecycle stage, and add them to a future engagement flow — without anyone manually doing it.

“Your community members are not leads. They are participants with histories, motivations, and relationships. The tools should reflect that.”
— Dasig Product Team

From Launch to Retention — One System

Most organizations manage four separate tools for what should be one flow: they publish a campaign, collect donations somewhere else, send emails from a third platform, and track volunteers in a spreadsheet. Dasig ties these together. You launch a campaign, and the platform handles the rest — gathering participants, keeping them engaged, and surfacing the data you need to bring them back.

The four stages — Launch, Gather, Engage, Retain — aren't a framework we invented. They're the same loop every civic organizer already runs manually. We just made it automatic.

What's Live in Beta

This is the first public release. It's not everything we want it to be — but it's enough to replace the spreadsheet workflows that most Philippine civic organizations are still running. Here's what's live today:

Contact Management

Import from CSV or pull directly from your campaign history. Every donor, volunteer, and beneficiary who interacts with your campaigns is automatically added to your contact list. Segment by lifecycle stage, tag, behavior, or any custom filter.

Email Campaigns

A visual drag-and-drop email builder with civic-specific templates. Send a broadcast to your full list or a targeted segment. Open rates and click tracking are included from day one.

Automations (Early Access)

Set up workflows that trigger on real events: a new donation, a volunteer check-in, an email open, a tag added. A "First Donation Thank You" starter automation is ready to activate with one click.

Lifecycle Stages

Six stages map your community's journey — Prospect, First-Time Donor, Recurring Donor, Volunteer, Champion, Lapsed. Stages update manually or automatically based on participant behavior.

Lists & Segments

Create static lists for fixed groups (e.g., "Typhoon Rano Donors") and dynamic segments that update automatically as contacts match your criteria.

Three Things We Do Differently

Civic Network Effect — unified contact profiles across campaigns

Civic Network Effect

A donor who gives to Silab Foundation today shouldn't have to re-introduce themselves to Tabang Pilipino tomorrow. When participants join campaigns across Dasig-powered organizations, their history travels with them — building a single civic identity, not a scattered pile of sign-up forms.

Closed-Loop Automations

When a donor gives, a volunteer checks in, or a beneficiary receives aid — Dasig can automatically send a thank-you, update their lifecycle stage, and add them to a re-engagement flow. The follow-up happens. You just don't have to do it.

Closed-Loop Automations — stakeholder portal and lifecycle tracking
Recognition That Travels — email automation with civic triggers

Recognition That Travels

Participants build a public record of their civic contributions: volunteer hours, donations, earned certificates. It's not stored in a spreadsheet you own — it's theirs, verified, and visible.

Simple, Civic-First Pricing

Bayanihan

₱0

  • 500 contacts
  • 2,000 emails / month
  • Core campaign and CRM access
  • Free to start

High Activity

₱1,999

/month

  • 10,000 contacts
  • 20,000 emails / month
  • Unlimited campaigns
  • Automations + advanced segments

Donation processing fees are handled separately by Xendit and vary by payment method. See full pricing →

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Dasig CRM?

Dasig CRM is a civic contact management and email marketing platform built for Philippine NGOs, LGUs, and volunteer networks. It lets organizations manage their stakeholders (donors, volunteers, beneficiaries) in one place, send targeted email campaigns, and automate engagement workflows.

Is Dasig CRM free?

Yes. Bayanihan is free and includes up to 500 contacts and 2,000 emails per month. High Activity (₱1,999/month) includes up to 10,000 contacts and 20,000 emails per month, plus advanced automations.

Who is Dasig CRM built for?

Civic organizers in the Philippines: NGOs running programs and fundraisers, LGUs coordinating disaster response, volunteer networks managing rosters, and foundations stewarding donors.

How do I join the CRM Beta?

CRM Beta access is included in all Dasig accounts. Sign up at dasig.org, create an organization, and access CRM Contacts from your dashboard. No separate application required.

Now in Beta

The program officer in Tabogon shouldn't be awake at 2 AM.
Now she doesn't have to be.

Dasig CRM is free to start. Sign up, bring your organization, and replace the spreadsheet stack with a system that does the follow-up for you.