About Dovetail
Mission & background
Our mission is to help all non-profits find a digital partner that fits.
Dovetail aims to create brilliant fit between non-profits and digital partners. We believe that by providing standardised, useful information, charities will make a better decision about who to work with, leading to greater impact.
Dovetail was first developed at CAST, as a result of a research project exploring charity and agency relationships. We heard that an elusive quality described as ‘fit’ is key.
Leadership & governance
Noam leads Dovetail development. Dovetail is part of a Digital Infrastructure collective, convened by CAST.
Other initiatives in the collective (links open a new window): Digital Candle, Digital Trustees, The Curve, Digital Leads Network, Design Hops and Agencies for Good.
Noam Sohachevsky
Product Owner at Dovetail
Noam has been designing and building digital products for 20 years. Noam set up Dovetail with the purpose of helping charities find their perfect digital partner.
CAST
Centre for the Acceleration of Social Technology
CAST helps charities and social impact organisations to make the fullest use of digital technology, in order to be as responsive and resilient as possible.
Current funding
Dovetail is currently funded through an Esmée Fairbairn grant awarded to CAST.
The grant goes "towards project costs sustaining and furthering the vital digital infrastructure that has been started and nurtured through Catalyst, to meet the needs of thousands of UK charities".
Past funding
From 2021 to August 2024, Dovetail was part of Catalyst, funded by the following organisations.
Past advisory group
The advisory group was been set up to help shape and interrogate Dovetail’s strategy.
Alice Kershaw
Alice spent 9 years at the National Lottery Heritage Fund and is passionate about helping charities to take advantage of digital.
Bertie Bosrédon
Bertie helps charities with digital, culture, training, fundraising and governance.
George Matson-Phippard
George has worked in digital for over 10 years and believes a good charity website can be life-changing for a service user.
Contact
If you have questions or feedback, please email noam@dovetail.network.