Building the infrastructure your frontline deserves
Putting the 'O' into NGO. AidWorks helps Hong Kong social impact organisations improve their systems, functions, and management processes, so they operate at a level as professional as they are passionate.
Why AidWorks
Most small NGOs, social enterprises, and schools are led by people who are exceptional at the mission and overwhelmed by the machinery. The result is capable teams working hard in ways that don't compound.
Grant applications written in a panic, donor relationships that depend on one person's memory, and revenue that lurches between feast and famine.
Critical governance, HR, and safeguarding policies either absent or outdated, creating risk and blocking access to funders who require them.
No shared templates, no onboarding playbooks, no institutional memory. Every new staff member starts from scratch and every departure takes knowledge with them.
What I do
I work with non-profits, social enterprises, and purpose-driven institutions. Engagements are tailored, not templated, and scaled to what you actually need.
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Compelling, compliant grant applications written to funders' exact requirements. From identifying the right opportunities to submitting a polished proposal, the process is structured so your team can own it long after I leave.
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Building the PMER frameworks that funders require and programmes need. Logical frameworks, indicator tracking, data collection systems, and donor reports that accurately reflect the work you are actually doing.
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Drafting and reviewing the foundational policies organisations need to operate safely and access funding, including safeguarding, HR, data protection, and governance. Practical documents built for real use, not just compliance boxes.
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Connecting organisations to the people, funders, and partners they need but haven't found yet. Built on years of genuine relationships across the Hong Kong social impact sector and beyond.
Note
Most engagements begin with a short diagnostic conversation. No agenda, no obligation. Just an honest look at where the gaps are.
Who I've worked with
Every engagement is different. What stays the same is the starting point: a passionate team doing important work, held back by systems that haven't kept pace.
Hong Kong
Hong Kong
About
I'm Jennifer Moberg Pforte, founder of AidWorks. My career has taken an unconventional path through music education, post-conflict cultural development, and forced migration work across Afghanistan, Thailand, Pakistan, and Hong Kong, before arriving at the conviction that drives this consultancy: good organisations are undermined every day not by a lack of passion, but by a lack of infrastructure.
I've worked with the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, with refugee and trafficking communities at Branches of Hope and Christian Action's Centre for Refugees, and currently serve as Executive Director of the Hong Kong Dignity Institute. Across all of it, I kept encountering the same gap: talented teams doing important work without the systems to sustain it.
AidWorks exists to close that gap. I hold a BA in Music Performance from Houghton University and an MA in International Development Studies from Chulalongkorn University.
I am a sole practitioner. You work with me directly, not a team of juniors. When a project calls for expertise beyond my scope, I refer to trusted independent specialists rather than overstep.
When a piece of work falls outside my scope, I connect clients with specialists I trust. I do not take referral fees, only make introductions I would stake my own reputation on.
If you are an independent consultant working in the social impact space and want to explore a mutual referral relationship, I would be glad to hear from you.
Get in touch
I work with a small number of organisations at a time. If you are wondering whether AidWorks might be a fit, the fastest way to find out is a short introductory call.