An ultra-simple headless CMS with roles, approvals, and content scheduling tailored for volunteer-run orgs/clubs, prioritizing non-technical admins and low churn onboarding.
1. Problem & Audience
Volunteer-run associations (PTAs, sports/support clubs, student groups, community choirs, etc.) need to publish news, minutes and event pages. Their reality:
- Officers change every 6-12 months – high churn.
- Incoming admins are often non-technical retirees, parents or students.
- They need very small-scale workflow: “Jane drafts → Bob approves → publish next Monday at 09:00.” Typical open-source CMSs (WordPress, Drupal) can do this but are intimidating; Google-Sites / Wix lack granular roles & approval flows.
- Evidence in the HN thread (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45081752 – 70+ comments) shows multiple volunteers complaining about "WordPress is overkill and breaks when I hand it over" and "we just use Google Docs and copy-paste".
2. Search-demand & keyword data
Key phrases around the pain were checked:
| Keyword |
Search volume |
Difficulty |
| nonprofit website builder |
1 000 |
2 |
| volunteer management software |
3 600 |
34 |
| club management software |
480 |
31 |
| salesforce for nonprofits |
1 000 |
8 |
| crm for nonprofits free |
720 |
26 |
Only “nonprofit website builder” (...