> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://mirage.mintlify.site/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Create your organization

> Set up your account, create your organization, and find your way around the dashboard

## Create your account

**1. Sign up**

Go to [app.mirage.partners](https://app.mirage.partners) and sign up with your email address or Google account.

**2. Land on the welcome screen**

New accounts without an organization are guided to create one. If you were invited to an existing organization by email, follow the link in your invitation instead; you'll join that organization directly. See [Team & field reporters](https://mirage.mintlify.site/organization/team-and-field-reporters.md).

If your email domain matches an organization already on Mirage, the welcome screen offers to **request an invite** from them instead, a quick way to avoid setting up a duplicate organization for the same nonprofit.

## Create the organization

From the welcome screen (or **New organization** in the dashboard), fill in your organization profile:

* **Name**: how your organization appears everywhere in Mirage, including donor-facing pages.
* **Description**: a short summary of your mission.
* **Website, location, and contact details**: email and phone for your organization.
* **Logo and cover image**: optional, but they make your dashboard and donor-facing pages feel like yours.

The person who creates the organization automatically becomes its first **steward**. You can update any of these details later from your organization's **Settings** page.

## Finding your way around

Once your organization exists, its dashboard is home base:

![Steward dashboard organization overview](https://mintcdn.com/mirage/eVR3n30GbOeZdkdj/images/steward-org-overview.png?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=eVR3n30GbOeZdkdj\&q=85\&s=86777c3a95f2ac340f6b8eecde04f7f1)

The organization overview: getting-started checklist, headline stats, and your projects.

| Area | What you'll find |
| - | - |
| **Dashboard** | Project cards, headline metrics, and verification status at a glance. |
| **Projects** | Create and manage impact initiatives. See [Creating projects](https://mirage.mintlify.site/projects/creating-projects.md). |
| **People** | Team members, email invitations, and reporter invite codes. See [Team & field reporters](https://mirage.mintlify.site/organization/team-and-field-reporters.md). |
| **Approvals** | The review queue for incoming field reports. See [Reviewing reports](https://mirage.mintlify.site/projects/reviewing-reports.md). |
| **Donations** | A running ledger of money received from donors, grants, and matches. |

Organization-level **Settings** (profile and [verification](https://mirage.mintlify.site/organization/verification.md)) and **Plans & billing** live behind a **Settings** button in the Dashboard header rather than the main sidebar.

Each sidebar item shows a small badge when something needs your attention: a dot for items you must act on, a number for unread updates. On the page itself, updates appear as dismissible cards near the top: a new team member joining, a verification result, or a report ready for review.

## Multiple organizations

One account can belong to several organizations (useful for consultants, network organizations, or fiscal sponsors). Use the organization switcher in the sidebar to move between them; each organization's projects, people, and billing are fully separate.

> [!NOTE]
>
> Getting-started checklist for a brand-new organization: create a project, invite reporters, and submit your verification documents. The [Quickstart](https://mirage.mintlify.site/quickstart.md) covers the first two; [Verification](https://mirage.mintlify.site/organization/verification.md) covers the third.


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