Nonprofit Website Design in Chicago
A nonprofit website serves several audiences at once: the people you serve, volunteers, donors, funders and partners. We design nonprofit and church websites for Chicago organizations that give each of them a clear path, and that staff and volunteers can keep up to date without a developer.
What nonprofit website design should include
- Mission and programs
- What you do, who you serve and where, in plain language.
- Ways to give
- A donation page connected to your giving platform, with recurring gifts and other ways to support you.
- Volunteer sign-up
- Roles, time commitments and a sign-up form that reaches your volunteer coordinator.
- Events
- Upcoming events with dates, locations and registration links.
- Impact and reports
- Annual reports, financial documents and stories you have permission to share.
- News and updates
- A simple way for staff to post news, so the site doesn’t go stale.
Make donating simple
Every extra step on a donation page is a chance for a donor to stop. We put the donate button in the header, keep the form short and connect it to the platform you already use, then test a real gift and its receipt before launch.
Church website design
A church website is often a first visit before the first visit. Lead with service times, the address and parking, what to expect and how children are cared for. Add sermons or livestream links, ministries, events and online giving, and give staff a simple way to update the weekly schedule.
A site your staff can keep current
Nonprofit teams change and budgets are tight, so good nonprofit web design plans for turnover. We set up editing around the tasks staff do most, such as events, news and program updates, and leave written instructions so a new staff member can take over.
Accessible to everyone you serve
Many nonprofits serve people who use screen readers, older phones or slow connections, or who read English as a second language. We build to the WCAG accessibility guidelines: readable text, strong contrast, keyboard access and lightweight pages.
Planning a nonprofit website project
List your programs, the audiences you serve, and the donation, event and volunteer tools you use. Decide who on staff will keep the site current. We plan a clear path for each audience, connect giving and sign-ups, and train staff and volunteers to update news and events.
What a nonprofit website costs
Nonprofit websites start at $1,200. The total depends on the number of programs, integrations such as donations and event registration, and whether we write the copy. See web design pricing.
Nonprofit website FAQs
Can you connect our donation platform?
In most cases, yes. We embed or link the donation form from the platform you use and test that gifts and receipts work.
Can volunteers and staff update the site?
Yes. We set up editing for the people who will maintain it and walk them through it at handoff.
Can you move our existing content to a new site?
Yes. We move the pages and documents you want to keep and redirect old addresses to the new ones.
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