What Field Ready does

Field Ready is a US-registered 501c3 non-profit humanitarian organization founded in 2012 at Singularity University that manufactures essential aid supplies locally in or near disaster and conflict zones rather than importing them. The organization operates mobile and fixed makerspaces equipped with 3D printers, CNC machines, injection molding equipment, CAD design and scanning tools, and rapid prototyping capabilities, deploying these facilities directly into crisis areas in the Pacific (Fiji, Vanuatu), South Asia (Nepal, Bangladesh, Philippines), the Middle East (Syria, Türkiye, Iraq), and East Africa (Kenya, Uganda). Its product portfolio spans personal protective equipment (face shields, masks), WASH infrastructure (emergency latrines, portable handwashing stations, foot-operated taps, Better Buckets), mobility aids (3D-printed crutch tips and wheelchair parts), hygiene innovations (Surprise Soaps, SanPad dispensers), medical device repair services (over 110 devices repaired in northwest Syria serving 13,000+ patients), and emergency response equipment (rescue airbags, Survival Cubes, recycled-plastic insulation panels).

Field Ready operates a grant-funded non-profit business model with no commercial pricing. Revenue is sourced from individual donations, foundations, and institutional grants, with major funders including USAID Bureau of Humanitarian Assistance, KOICA, the New Zealand Government, the Canada Fund for Local Initiatives, the European Innovation Council, and Creating Hope in Conflict. The organization reports 86% of spending directed to programs, 10% to administration, and 4% to fundraising, and holds a GuideStar Platinum Seal of Transparency. Distribution occurs through direct field deployment via partnerships with local governments, national disaster management agencies (Vanuatu NDMO), humanitarian clusters (WASH), and international NGOs (World Vision, UNHCR, Norwegian Refugee Council, Handicap International), supplemented by bilateral government procurement (Fiji Ministry of Health ordering 1,000 latrines following an initial 20-unit pilot). Field Ready maintains offices in Evanston (US), Suva (Fiji), Port Vila (Vanuatu), Sulaymaniyah (Iraq), and Kathmandu (Nepal), with a headcount of 11–50 employees. Co-founder Dr. Nicolas Haan passed away in December 2025.

Name

Field Ready

Legal name

Field Ready

Website

https://fieldready.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Field Ready is a US-registered 501c3 non-profit that manufactures humanitarian aid supplies locally in disaster and conflict zones using mobile makerspaces equipped with 3D printing, CNC, and injection molding. It serves disaster-affected populations across 10+ countries through grants and partnerships with governments and humanitarian organizations.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Humanitarian Aid and Disaster Relief Services

akta.pro primary industry

Emergency Shelter, Camp Management & Non-Food Items (NFI) (BPAGAAAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Humanitarian-Development-Peace Nexus & Resilience Programming (BPADAEAK), Humanitarian Coordination, Information Management & Needs Assessment (BPADADAL), Community Resilience, Preparedness Training & Exercises (HLAJAGAL), Logistics, Resource Staging & Distribution (PPE/Medical Supplies) (HLAJAGAK)

Keywords

• Humanitarian aid supplies
• Digital manufacturing
• Disaster relief
• Local manufacturing
• WASH solutions

Headquarters

HQ city

Evanston

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Donations and Charitable Contributions: Field Ready operates as a registered 501c3 non-profit organization in the US where donations are tax-deductible. They receive support from individual donors, foundations, and government development agencies. The organization is also registered as a charity in multiple countries including Australia (with DGR status) and Vanuatu.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Field Ready is a humanitarian non-profit that transforms aid delivery by manufacturing essential supplies locally in crisis zones using digital manufacturing technologies such as 3D printing, CAD design, CNC machining, and injection molding. Its offerings span on-demand production of PPE, WASH infrastructure, mobility components, medical device parts, rescue equipment, and medical device repair services, delivered through mobile and fixed makerspaces across 10+ countries.

Product overview

Field Ready is a non-profit humanitarian organization that transforms aid delivery by manufacturing essential supplies locally. Their product portfolio is not a unified software platform but rather a diverse range of physical humanitarian aid products organized around several core categories: (1) Personal Protective Equipment including face shields and face masks produced via 3D printing; (2) WASH Solutions encompassing emergency latrines, portable handwashing stations, Better Buckets, and foot-operated taps; (3) Mobility and Accessibility Products including 3D-printed crutch tips and wheelchair parts; (4) Health and Medical Products including SanPad Dispensers and Surprise Soaps for hygiene education; (5) Emergency Response Products such as rescue airbags, insulation panels, and Survival Cubes; (6) Making and Makerspaces services including CAD design, 3D printing, CNC, and injection molding; and (7) the Mobile Makerspace - a mobile workshop for remote community deployment. These products are complemented by training programs and medical device repair services, all focused on enabling local manufacturing and reducing dependency on imported supplies in crisis zones.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Making & Makerspaces Manufacturing, fabrication, and repair services including CAD design and scanning, rapid tooling and CNC, 3D printing, injection molding, and materials handling, delivered through local and mobile makerspaces for humanitarian and community use.
• Mobile Makerspace Custom-built mobile workshop on wheels that can be towed by 4WD or helicoptered into remote communities, fully equipped with tools for repairing and constructing items including 3D printers for rapid component fabrication in crisis zones.
• Medical Device Repair Services Rapid repair services for medical equipment including infant incubators, anesthesia machines, defibrillators, ventilators, ICU pumps, centrifuges, nebulizers, sterilizers, ultrasound machines, ECGs, monitors, and CT scanners. Over 110 medical devices repaired in northwest Syria, helping more than 13,000 people.
• Digital Manufacturing for Disaster Relief (DM4DR) Program using high-tech tools to enable localized and affordable digital manufacturing of humanitarian aid supplies, improve local resilience, and make humanitarian aid better, faster and cheaper. Was a finalist for the EIC Horizon Prize on Affordable High-Tech for Humanitarian Aid.
• Face Shields 3D-printed face shields produced locally for frontline healthcare workers and at-risk populations during the COVID-19 pandemic and other emergencies; 15,000+ delivered to facilities in 26 US states and Canada through the COVID-19 Shields partnership.
• Face Masks Cloth face masks designed based on CDC recommendations, produced at distributed locations for community distribution during the COVID-19 pandemic.
• Field Latrines (Emergency Latrines) Emergency latrines designed and manufactured regionally with partner Rotomould Ltd. specifically for Pacific Island environments, cheaper, quicker to install, and easier to clean than alternatives; 1,000+ ordered by Fiji Ministry of Health after pilot of 20 units.
• Portable Handwashing Stations Portable handwashing stations distributed to schools and communities, particularly in the South Pacific region following cyclones and during the COVID-19 pandemic, useful in areas lacking reliable water access.
• Foot-Operated Taps Foot-operated water taps produced locally to support WASH service delivery in areas lacking infrastructure or affected by disasters.
• Better Buckets Water collection and storage buckets for easy access to reliable safe drinking water, manufactured locally and distributed in Pacific Island communities.
• 3D-Printed Mobility Components (Crutch Tips, Wheelchair Parts) 3D-printed mobility components including crutch tips and wheelchair parts manufactured locally to enable rapid repairs and reduce dependency on imported supplies; designed for local terrain conditions in Fiji.
• SanPad Dispenser User-friendly and hygienic sanitary pad dispenser for schools designed to ensure girls have easy access to menstrual hygiene products, deployed in schools in the Suva area of Fiji.
• Surprise Soaps Hand hygiene soap bars containing toys inside to motivate children to wash their hands, produced locally in refugee camps and communities as part of hygiene education programs; winner of the 2020 Honey Bee Network Creativity and Innovation Award.
• Rescue Airbags Rescue airbags made from locally recovered and recycled materials (including deployed vehicle airbags) which can lift up to 5 tons and cost 1/10th as much as imported products, used to free civilians trapped beneath collapsed structures; credited with saving 60+ trapped civilians in Syria.
• Waste 4 Warmth Insulation Panels and Floor Tiles Insulation panels and floor tiles made from recycled plastic (Waste 4 Warmth project) to protect displaced people from winter cold and summer heat in NW Syria.
• Survival Cube Metal earthquake safety space designed to resist pressure from falling debris, intended for individuals to seek safety during earthquakes until rescue workers arrive.
• Training Programs Technical training services including digital manufacturing training, WASH infrastructure operation and maintenance training, and emergency responder training for installing field equipment, delivered through makerspaces and field operations.
• Emergency Response Services Rapid deployment of emergency response personnel and prepositioned relief commodities including emergency latrines for disaster-affected areas, including responses to Tropical Cyclones Harold, Judy, Kevin, and Lola in Vanuatu and Türkiye/Syria earthquakes.
• Open-Source Medical Device Parts Catalog Open-source catalog of 35 new devices and 200 replacement components for medical equipment, designed for local manufacturing to grow long-term sustainability.

Quantifiable outcome

• 13,000+ people helped through 110 medical devices repaired in Syria alone
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers12 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature11 records

Partnerships

18 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• World Vision NepalcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2015Partnership established following 2015 Nepal earthquakes to develop the Nepal Innovation Lab in Kathmandu, increasing capacity for digital manufacturing agencies, local maker spaces, and local entrepreneurs.
• ProTech NepalcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLocal manufacturing partner in Nepal working to ensure quality PPE (goggles and face shields) reaches frontline healthcare workers during COVID-19 pandemic response.
• COVID-19 ShieldscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLos Angeles-based organization founded by architect and fabrication manager Alex Pandijiris that pivoted to produce face shields during COVID-19. Field Ready partnered to supply shields to underserved communities, delivering 15,000+ shields to 26 states and Canada.
• JoinInChicagominorStrategic or Co-development PartnerChicago-based initiative founded by Jackie Moore to support community-produced face masks using a 'You Buy One, We Give One' model, with Field Ready supplying materials and equipment for home sewers in impacted communities.
• Chicago Knights Robotics TeamminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerChicago teen robotics team that rallied community volunteers to make cloth face masks for underserved populations, supported by Field Ready with 1,000 face shields for distribution.
• Engineers Without Borders AustraliacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnered with Field Ready to conduct rapid on-the-ground training for 10 emergency responders from the WASH Cluster on how to install Field Latrines in Vanuatu following Tropical Cyclones Judy and Kevin.
• Rotomould Ltd.coreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerRegional manufacturing partner in Fiji that produces Field Latrines designed specifically for Pacific Island environments, enabling rapid scaling of emergency sanitation capacity.
• Norwegian Refugee CouncilcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on water monitoring projects to prevent water waste, fraud and abuse in water-delivery trucks, scaling up production across humanitarian contexts.
• Association Federation Handicap InternationalminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerField Ready supported Handicap International in Nepal in 2017 in precursor to their EIC Horizon Prize-winning Project TeFa - 3D printing of prosthetics and orthotics, sharing 3D scanning and printing skills.
• UNHCRminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on water monitoring issues - LORAWAN monitoring project for real-time water-tank monitoring in refugee settings to help stem water waste and abuse.
• Vanuatu Department of Water ResourcescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLocal government partner coordinating WASH sector priorities and response following TC Lola, with Field Ready coordinating closely on emergency latrine prepositioning and relief commodity distribution.
• NeedsListminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint initiative 'Protecting the Frontline' connecting first responders in Bangladesh, Kenya, Uganda and Iraq with local manufacturers of PPE, implemented in refugee camps.
• Humanitarian OpenStreetMaps Team (HOT)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in 'Protecting the Frontline' COVID-19 response program supporting local PPE manufacturing and distribution across multiple countries.
• Department of Trade and Industry Region 7 (Philippines)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-organized FabFest 2025 with Cebu Institute of Technology-University and Field Ready, bringing together makers, MSMEs, global experts, and government leaders under the theme 'Bridging Gaps Through Innovation and Collaboration.'
• Cebu Institute of Technology–University (CIT-U)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHost of FabFest 2025 and co-organizer of the festival showcasing local innovation. CIT-U also launched the first AI-integrated FabLab in the Philippines with Field Ready support.
• FabLab WinamminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerKenyan FabLab that co-designed a rugged vehicle seat with Toyota engineers, tested on rough terrain to meet realities of rural transport - demonstrating FabLabs can solve real-world problems.
• Singularity UniversitycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerField Ready founders first coalesced at Singularity University in Mt. View, California in summer 2012, where the transformational ideas behind Field Ready were born. Nick Haan served as Managing Director of Global Solutions Program.
• Sulaymaniyah MakerspacecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLocal manufacturing facility in Iraq where 3D-printed toys for Surprise Soaps are produced and where Syrian refugees are trained in soap-making and hand sanitizer production.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• WFP Innovation Accelerator: The United Nations World Food Programme's innovation arm based in Munich, which incubates technology-driven humanitarian solutions including logistics and supply chain innovation. Operates at vastly larger scale but pursues overlapping mission of tech-enabled humanitarian efficiency, including localized production and rapid response.
• Direct Relief: US-based humanitarian medical aid organization focused on emergency response and medical supply logistics. Comparable in disaster response and medical supply delivery model, though Field Ready's local manufacturing angle is distinctive.
• International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC): World's largest humanitarian network with extensive WASH, shelter, and emergency response programming. Comparable in disaster response scope and in working with national societies in Pacific and conflict-affected countries where Field Ready operates.
• Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF): Major international medical humanitarian organization that operates field hospitals and medical equipment programs in conflict zones. Comparable in that Field Ready's medical device repair program in Syria addresses the same challenge MSF tackles — keeping medical equipment functional in crisis settings.
• UNICEF Office of Innovation: UNICEF's innovation division funds and deploys frontier technology solutions for children in crisis, including 3D printing, drone delivery, and digital health tools. Massive institutional incumbent with overlapping interest in localized digital manufacturing for humanitarian outcomes.

Direct peers

• Not Impossible Labs: Tech-for-good organization that develops accessible, locally-manufacturable medical and assistive devices for underserved populations. Closely comparable to Field Ready in using digital manufacturing and design thinking for humanitarian medical/mobility outcomes, including prosthetics.
• Fab Foundation: Global non-profit that operates the FabLab network — community digital fabrication labs. Shares Field Ready's core thesis of distributed digital manufacturing and has collaborated with Field Ready in Pacific and Philippines contexts. Directly comparable in mission, technology stack, and humanitarian-adjacent deployment model.

Regional players

• Mater Private Network (mater.org) — Refugee Health and Innovation: Australian humanitarian and health services organization with refugee and disaster response programming. Regional peer with overlapping interest in Pacific disaster response, where Field Ready has significant operations.

Emerging players

• Engineers Without Borders: Global network of engineering organizations (including Engineers Without Borders Australia, with which Field Ready has partnered) that train engineers to deliver infrastructure in developing contexts. Comparable in mission of engineering for humanitarian development and in field-training model.
• Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT): Open-source mapping community that Field Ready has partnered with on COVID-19 response. Comparable as a tech-enabled, volunteer-driven humanitarian organization, though HOT focuses on data/mapping rather than physical manufacturing.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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M&A

Investments

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