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Nonprofits · Accessible · Donation-ready
We’re a North Carolina design and technology studio that builds accessible, donation-ready websites for nonprofits. Donors trust them, they meet grant and accessibility requirements, and a small staff can keep them up to date.
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We’re a North Carolina design and technology studio building websites for nonprofits, in Western North Carolina and across the country. A nonprofit website does more work than a small-business site. It has to persuade a first-time visitor to give money, satisfy a foundation officer doing due diligence, recruit volunteers, and explain a mission that won’t fit on a billboard. And it has to do all of that on a budget the board approved.
Most nonprofit sites we see fall into one of two camps. Some were built years ago by a kind volunteer and now lose donations without anyone noticing. Others came from a big agency that treated the mission like a product launch and left a site the staff is scared to edit. We work in between: custom design built around your mission, on technology that lasts, handed over so your team can run it. We won’t show you a wall of nonprofit logos. We bring a clear understanding of your constraints and a portfolio in healthcare, legal, and technology where design produced measurable results. A grant-funded budget doesn’t get a lower standard.
Your website is where people donate, volunteer, and look up your annual report. Here’s what we build it to handle:
Short giving paths built for phones: clear amounts, one-time or monthly, as few fields as possible. They plug into the donation tool you already use.
Your EIN, 501(c)(3) status, leadership, financials, and where the money goes. Donors look for these before they give, so we put them where they’ll be found.
We build to WCAG 2.1 AA from day one: real contrast, keyboard navigation, alt text, and semantic markup. (More on why below.)
Clear ways to sign up or register, linked to the forms, calendars, and registration tools your team already uses.
Edit a page, post news, or publish the annual report yourselves, without a developer and without breaking the layout.
Donor CRM, email, payment processor, and event tools, connected so each gift or sign-up shows up where your team will see it.
Explore all of our web design, branding, and technology services.
Planning a new site for the next grant cycle? Tell us what it has to do and we will scope it.
Accessibility is the one area where a nonprofit site can’t cut corners. Part of the reason is the mission: an organization that serves people shouldn’t have a front door some of them can’t open. The other part is practical. Nonprofits get a lot of web-accessibility complaints and ADA demand letters, and nobody wants to test “we’re a small charity” as a defense.
We design and build to WCAG 2.1 AA, the standard most funders, government grants, and Section 508-aligned requirements refer to. That means real color contrast, full keyboard navigation, useful alt text, semantic HTML, labeled forms, visible focus states, and content that works with a screen reader. It comes with every build. We don’t charge extra for it or rely on a plugin overlay (overlays rarely deliver compliance and now attract lawsuits of their own). Applying for funding that names Section 508 or WCAG? Mention it during scoping and we’ll make sure the build, and the documentation you give the grant officer, supports the claim. Already have a site that needs fixing? We also offer a full accessibility audit and remediation service, plus a dedicated path for nonprofit accessibility compliance requirements when funding and Section 508 raise the stakes.
We understand how nonprofit money works. A board approved the budget, maybe out of a restricted grant line that literally says “website,” and you need to be able to justify every dollar. So you won’t get a vague quote or a padded proposal. Most custom nonprofit sites we build land in the $4,500 to $15,000 range, depending on page count, how custom the design is, and the features you need (donation flows, events, integrations). We scope and quote every project up front, so the number you take to your board is the number you pay.
A few things stretch the budget further. We build on a CMS your staff can run, so you stop paying a developer to change one sentence. We can phase the work: launch the donation-ready core now, then add the event system next grant cycle. Optional care plans after launch start at $255/mo to keep the site fast, secure, and up to date. For the full picture (every tier, the hidden costs, and how to budget a rebuild), read what small businesses actually pay for web design in 2026, see why ongoing website maintenance matters, or view our packages and pricing.
Every project goes through the same four phases, and you can see where things stand at each one:
We learn your mission, your donors, and what your funders expect, and look at how similar organizations present themselves. It all goes into a shared notebook you can open at any point.
We set the look and feel around your mission and your giving path, then refine it with you until it feels credible at first glance.
We test on different screen sizes, against accessibility standards, and in real-world conditions, so the donation flow works for every visitor who tries it.
We tie your brand, donor and email tools, and day-to-day workflows into one system, ready for launch and for whatever you add next.
See our full process.
Have a budget your board approved? We will give you a number you can take back to them.
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Read the full review on GoogleWe’re based in North Carolina. If your nonprofit is in Asheville, Hendersonville, Black Mountain, or elsewhere in Western North Carolina, we’re happy to meet in person. Nonprofit work doesn’t stop at the county line, though, and our process runs the same way for a client across the country as for one across town. Running a small business and want the same custom approach? See our Asheville and Western North Carolina small-business web design page, or browse our work to see the standard we bring.
For a custom build, most nonprofit websites land in the $4,500 to $15,000 range. Where yours falls depends on page count, design complexity, and features like donation flows, event sign-ups, and integrations. We scope and quote every project up front, so the number you bring to your board is the number you pay. After launch, optional care plans start at $255/mo and keep the site fast, secure, and accessible.
For a brand-new, all-volunteer group with no budget, a template can be fine. Once you're fundraising, applying for grants, or recruiting, it starts to cost you. Generic giving flows lose donors partway through, accessibility tends to be an afterthought, and you end up paying for plugins and workarounds to do things a purpose-built site handles on its own. A custom site designed around your mission and the way your donors give usually earns back its cost in trust and conversions.
There isn't one best option. It depends on your team, your budget, and the tools you already use. Drag-and-drop builders are cheap at first but get expensive and restrictive as you grow, and their accessibility is often weak by default. We build on flexible content-managed systems your staff can run without a developer. Then we connect them to the donor CRM, email, and payment tools you already pay for, so nobody has to move to a new platform.
In practice, yes, and it's safest to treat it as a requirement. Nonprofits receive a lot of web-accessibility complaints, and many government and foundation grants require WCAG or Section 508 conformance. Every site we build meets WCAG 2.1 AA: proper contrast, keyboard navigation, alt text, semantic structure, and screen-reader support. That's part of the standard build, with no extra fee. If a grant names a specific standard, we'll make sure the build backs it up.
We don't run a blanket "nonprofit discount," because a discount on a padded price saves you nothing. What actually helps is honest scoping and a site your team can run without paying a developer for every change. We build on a CMS you control, phase work around grant cycles when that helps, and quote every project openly before it starts. You end up with a fair number you can defend to your board.
Yes. We plan for that from the start. At most nonprofits, one person looks after the website alongside several other jobs, so the content system is set up for them. They can post news, swap out an event, update the annual report, or edit a page without breaking the design or calling a developer. We walk your team through it at handoff, and optional care plans are there if you'd rather we handle the upkeep.
Tell us about your project and we will come back with a real number. Or book a call and talk it through.