Nonprofit Web Design & Development Services
Ready to work with a specialized nonprofit web designer who actually understands your mission?
Your mission deserves a website that works as hard as you do. We build beautiful, accessible WordPress sites designed to grow your impact and engage your supporters.
We’ve Earned the Trust of 600+ Amazing Organizations.
Our Proven Approach to Nonprofit Web Design
At Cornershop Creative, nonprofit website design is our specialty—and we make it a fun, collaborative process. Whether you need a modern brand refresh, enhanced digital engagement, or improved technical infrastructure, we bring your nonprofit’s vision to life.
Through a combination of creative design, thoughtful nonprofit website development, and expert project management, we build solutions tailored to your unique goals.
1. Discovery
Our projects are built on careful listening. When you start working with us, our team will learn about your vision for the site, analyze data to understand how your constituents use your website, and dig into your site’s functional needs. We gather as much creative and technical information as possible to create a website that meets your needs.
2. Information Architecture and Content Organization
Based on your nonprofit’s goals, audience needs, and user analytics, we’ll create an organized site map that offers intuitive navigation and logical content flow. Rest assured that content will be organized into relevant categories and pages to make key information easy to find, fueling visitor engagement.
We’ll align your site’s features and content with your mission and your audience’s needs to create a nonprofit website that’s both beautiful and effective.
3. Web Design
We’ll design an appealing and effective website for your nonprofit. During this phase, we:
- Explore your organization’s branding, the aesthetic you shared during the discovery process, and other websites you love.
- Focus on the hierarchical layout of your site to ensure visitors can easily find the content they need.
- Develop draft design documents, like style tiles and wireframes, that preview our new design concept.
4. Web Development
Once you approve the sitemap and design plan, we’ll install WordPress, the world’s most popular open-source content management system (CMS). From here, we will:
- Apply the nonprofit-focused WordPress theme (or start with a custom theme) we selected.
- Incorporate all the features your nonprofit needs (like event management, eCommerce, and member management tools).
- Configure the WordPress backend to make it easy for your team to edit content.
- Expertly code the site so it’s mobile-responsive, performant, SEO-optimized, and accessible to all visitors by meeting WCAG 2.2 accessibility standards.
- Integrate your site with your CRM or donation management system, if needed.
All this work takes place on our development server at a private URL so we don’t impact your live site and daily operations. You’ll have this URL and can follow along as we build your site. Once you give it the green light, your expertly designed nonprofit website will be migrated to its live location.
5. Quality Insurance
No nonprofit website development project is complete until we run an end-to-end test on your new site, ensuring it looks beautiful on all browsers and screen sizes. We’ll address any problem areas this testing uncovers to ensure the user experience (UX) is consistent and satisfying for all users. Then, we’ll launch the site and celebrate!
Additional Areas of Nonprofit Website Expertise
Content Strategy & Creation
We have decades of experience analyzing audiences, creating content strategies, and writing website content that connects with supporters. Our skilled writers can draft new site content to make your mission stand out.
We’ll start the process by understanding your mission and tone. Then, we’ll craft the content pages of your choice and load them into the new site where you can later maintain them on your own. Throughout the entire process, we pay close attention to usability, readability, search engine optimization (SEO), and generative engine optimization (GEO) best practices.
Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
What’s the point of a shiny new WordPress website if people can’t find it? Redesigning your site can negatively impact your SEO results, so we focus on a few key areas of SEO throughout our process to help your site recover faster. We can also help you write SEO-optimized content and secure backlinks through guest blogging.
Content Migration
If you’re moving to a brand new website, chances are you have a lot of valuable content on your past website. We’ll systematically move that content using proven methods tailored to your specific needs. After everything is moved over, we’ll manually address formatting issues, shift things into the right places, and generally tidy the place up.
Google Analytics 4 Configuration, Reporting and Site Optimization
Google Analytics is a powerful tool, but it can sometimes be confusing. We’ll work with you to track the right data, configure reports and explorations, and analyze your site’s performance. We fine-tune your tracking along the way to ensure we’re always getting the right data we need to make positive improvements.
Web Accessibility
Web accessibility is important to our team! We follow an accessibility checklist throughout our nonprofit website design and development phases to ensure your site is accessible to as many people as possible. We’ll also write code that is compliant with Section 508 and WCAG 2.2, and we’ll run the site through a compliance checker to ensure we haven’t missed anything.
Membership Sites
We design membership sites that offer personalized experiences, with features like gated content, user dashboards, and subscription management. Our team ensures a seamless login experience, intuitive navigation, and secure data handling to keep your members engaged and returning. We can even integrate with outside data sources, like Salesforce, Raiser’s Edge, Luminate Online, Engaging Networks, and EveryAction.
Custom Map Development
We build sleek, user-friendly maps to meet your needs – whether it’s showcasing locations, events, or services. These maps are designed to engage visitors with clear visuals and smooth functionality, and to be easy for your team to update.
Robust Search
Our robust search solutions ensure visitors can quickly find what they need with advanced filters, keyword matching, and auto-suggestions. We customize search functionality to align with your content and audience needs, improving user experience and site navigation.
Custom AI Chatbots
We develop custom AI chatbots that enhance engagement by answering visitor questions in real-time. Our chatbots are tailored to your mission, providing personalized responses, guiding users to direct answers and resources, and reducing support workload while improving satisfaction.
A More Intentional Approach to Nonprofit Web Design
At Cornershop Creative, we want to see your organization succeed. Through all our nonprofit web design and development work, we prioritize these aspects:
Your Perspective & Constraints
We understand nonprofits—the importance of your mission and how much a great website can positively impact your work. We also know that organizations like yours have to keep budgets and deadlines top-of-mind. We bring our tech know-how and listening ear to the table and partner with you to get your website where you want it to go.
User Experience (UX)
We love intuitive design and believe that your nonprofit’s website should be easy to use and engaging. We work to understand your specific audiences and stay up to date on what users want so that your website visitors will keep coming back for more. And since every audience is different, we often get your audiences’ advice before proceeding with any plans. But we don’t stop there: we also value *your* user experience as an administrative user who needs to add and edit content on the site, so we optimize the backend to ensure your workflow is as easy as possible, and provide you with thorough training and documentation.
Efficient & Responsive Project Management
When you work with us, you have a single point of contact who’s in touch throughout the entire project—your dedicated Project Manager. They check in with you every step of the way, meeting with you regularly, getting your feedback, and ensuring we’re on track to launch a site you love.
Expertise Across The Nonprofit Sector
We’ve worked with 600+ organizations to create powerful WordPress sites that amplify their missions and drive supporter engagement. Cornershop’s experts have experience in these areas (just to name a few):
Sample Websites
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Building Inova Health Foundation’s New Fundraising Campaign Site: A Digital Platform Showcasing Impact & World-Class Care
Inova Health Foundation is the fundraising arm of the Inova Foundation, Northern Virginia’s leading nonprofit healthcare provider.
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A New Website Supports the Growth and History of Marine Toys for Tots
Through the gift of a new toy or book, Marine Toys for Tots brings the joy of Christmas and sends a message of hope to disadvantaged children throughout the United States. Cornershop was well acquaint…
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Navigate STL Schools Website Makes a Tough Decision Easier With Robust Functionality
Navigate STL Schools helps St. Louis families learn about the local school system and the options available to them. Our team loved getting the opportunity to help them build a website that better ser…
Nonprofit Web Design Service FAQ
Who owns the website and the code once the site launches?
You do! Once the project is completed, your organization fully owns the website, the design assets, and any custom code. We configure the WordPress backend to make it easy for your team to add and edit content, giving you control over your nonprofit’s web presence. So, you are free to make any changes you need.
We also provide thorough training and documentation, so your staff feels confident adding new pages, posts, and media. The training is recorded, so you’ll be able to provide these resources to future staff. Don’t worry though. Our expert WordPress team is always available to support your site with our WordPress maintenance and support services, ensuring your site remains updated and optimized.
Will our nonprofit website be mobile-friendly and accessible?
Yes. We design every site to be fully responsive, ensuring it looks great on all devices, including mobile, tablet, and desktop. Furthermore, we prioritize web accessibility, following Section 508, ADA, and WCAG 2.2 Level AA guidelines so your mission reaches the widest possible audience.
What about security? Will our donor data be safe?
We understand that nonprofits handle sensitive data. That’s why security is one of our top priorities. We build nonprofit sites using secure coding best practices and use hosting environments with the highest levels of security that include SSL certificates and firewalls. We require all client sites to use multi-factor authentication and strong passwords for logins to ensure your website is safe. Furthermore, all donation integrations (like Salesforce or EveryAction) process payments off-site or via secure tokens with PCI-compliant services, meaning sensitive data is never stored within or transmitted from your WordPress database.
If your organization handles extra sensitive information, we can provide even more advanced security measures to encrypt user data, provide advanced firewalls, and fully lock down the administrator interface.
Who handles website hosting?
We take care of all your hosting needs. Our preferred hosting partner is Kinsta. Kinsta is built specifically for WordPress, delivering excellent performance, strong security, and reliable uptime. Their platform is fast, scalable, and thoughtfully priced for the quality it provides. Hosting with us means your site lives in an environment we trust and know inside and out, which allows us to be more proactive about performance, updates, and support.
That said, hosting with us is optional. We’re comfortable working across a wide range of leading WordPress hosting providers and can support whatever setup best fits your needs. This includes Pressable, WordPress VIP, Pantheon, WP Engine, SiteGround, and many others.
How much does nonprofit web design and development cost?
Pricing a website is a lot like pricing a house—it depends on the size, materials, and custom features you want to include. A simple site for a small local charity will cost significantly less than a large, multi-site network for a national organization.
Because we build custom WordPress solutions rather than using generic templates, our pricing is tailored to your specific needs. We’ll meet with you to discuss your wishlist and your budget, and then create a proposal that bridges the gap between the two. Contact us to get a quote for your site.
Contact Us for a Personalized Proposal
Let’s talk about your website needs and how we will approach your nonprofit web design and development project to build a site that advances your mission.
