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Volunteer Hours Tracking

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Volunteer Hours Tracking

NationForge Pro's volunteer hours tracker lets you accurately log and monitor how much time your organization's volunteers spend on volunteer work. Administrators can approve or reject submitted hours, and export all data to CSV.

Pro Feature — Volunteer hours tracking is exclusively available in NationForge Pro.


Logging Hours

  1. Click Volunteer Hours in the left sidebar.
  2. Click + Log hours.
  3. Fill in the fields:
    • Volunteer — which contact the work belongs to
    • Activity — short description (e.g. "Event organizing", "Office assistance")
    • Project — optionally link to a project
    • Hours — time spent (0.25–24 hours, in 15-minute increments)
    • Date — when the work was done
    • Notes — internal note (optional)
  4. The newly logged entry gets "Pending" status.

Statuses

Status Meaning
🟡 Pending Logged but not yet verified
🟢 Approved Verified by an administrator
🔴 Rejected Rejected by an administrator

Use the button at the end of a row to approve, and to reject. These buttons only appear for pending entries.


Filtering

Use the filter bar at the top to filter by:

  • Volunteer — entries for a specific person
  • Project — hours linked to a specific project
  • Status — pending / approved / rejected only
  • From / To date — date range filter

Filters can be combined. Click to clear all filters.


Statistics

Three summary cards appear at the top of the page:

  • Total logged — sum of all entries
  • Approved hours — sum of verified entries only
  • Pending — sum of hours awaiting approval

CSV Export

Click Export CSV to download the currently filtered data as a spreadsheet. The export includes:

  • Volunteer name and email
  • Activity description
  • Project name
  • Hours, date, status
  • Notes
  • Logged by

The file is UTF-8 BOM encoded — opens directly in Excel or Google Sheets.


Volunteer Profile Summary

On every contact's detail page, a Volunteer Hours card appears at the bottom showing:

  • Total approved hours for that person (green badge)
  • Last 8 entries with activity, project, hours, and status
  • Link to all their entries on the Volunteer Hours page

Tips

  • Use the Project field when logging hours tied to an event or campaign — this makes it filterable by project.
  • Quarter-hour precision (0.25 h = 15 min) allows accurate logging of short activities.
  • To prepare an annual volunteer summary, filter by date range and status (Approved), then export to CSV.