Advantage Calculator

The calculator turns abstract volunteer hours into numbers organizations and mentors can communicate externally - to funders, to Bufdir, to prospective recruits. By framing peer mentor work in economic terms, it strengthens the case for continued funding and helps organizations justify the program's existence to boards and government bodies. For individual mentors, seeing their contribution in monetary or societal-impact terms is a strong motivator, especially in retention cycles where mentors question whether their effort matters. It also gives the Sales Website a credible data point to show prospective organizations during onboarding.

The Calculator Screen presents inputs (or pulls them automatically from activity history) and shows computed advantage metrics. The Calculation Service applies configurable formulas - coefficients per activity type, hourly rates, multipliers - that organization admins can adjust via backend config. No new data capture is required; the calculation derives from existing activities and expense_types tables. Per §4 of the source, the Advantage Calculator sits inside Achievements & Gamification and follows Phase 3, not the speculative Phase 4 originally hinted at. WCAG 2.2 AA applies to all UI; numeric output must include accessible labels and units. Feature is gated by the achievements-gamification module toggle.