- Integrate an online donation platform seamlessly so users never leave your website.
- Create an annual sponsorship program.
- Make recurring monthly gifts easy to setup.
- Develop seasonal fundraisers with custom themes.
- Use analytics and testing to increase the percent of donation conversions.
- Show measurable impact of donor gifts.
- Celebrate donors and show your sincere appreciation for their contributions.
- Have a place where all community members can offer feedback 24/7.
- Bring to life your nonprofit’s one-of-a-kind story in a short video.
- Reach users on all device sizes with responsive design.
- Reduce your website’s bounce rate with speed optimization.
- Be accessible to all users no matter their visual ability by following WCAG guidelines.
- Protect your user’s data through cookie compliance and privacy standards.
- Grow your traffic with an SEO plan.
- Create articles and content that bring value to your audience.
- Expand supporter buy-in with content marketing.
- Stay top of mind year-round with engaging content about issues and initiatives.
- Provide online educational resources and curriculum guides to your community.
- Have online bidding for your annual auction or raffle.
- Host an online event or webinar for your participants.
- Organize volunteering through registration on your website.
- Organize all information about your initiatives and programs in one central location.
- Engage visitors with custom web applications (ex. games, polls, quizzes, trivia)
- Raise awareness and advocate for how your organization is seeking change.
- Encourage action in your social area.
- Teach about the issue your nonprofit is combating.
- Host a petition that users can sign.
- Share press and articles that your nonprofit is featured in.
- Increase involvement from your community with clear calls to action.
- Create a college ambassador program.
- Engage your community with user-generated content.
- Subscribe visitors to your email newsletter.
- Follow 501(c)(3) rules for financial forms and tax information transparency.
- Allow qualified candidates to easily apply to open rolls.
- Present a professional online face to your organization to attract talent.
- Use compelling storytelling to articulate your mission, vision and values.
- Differentiate from other nonprofits with a custom design that makes your brand shine.
- Demonstrate benefits and what its like to work at your nonprofit.
- Celebrate existing team successes to promote internal retention.
- Use analytics to see what content resonates with your community and do more of it.
- Conduct surveys to better understand your target audiences’ needs.
- Create a community portal your members can log into.
- Set up a contact form to receive messages from first-time visitors.
- Integrate a scheduling application to set up meetings.
- Collect dues on a regular basis from members.
- Optimize your website for new people learning about organization.
- Link to your site on print media.
- Have a page for news and announcements from your nonprofit.
- Enhance credibility and trust by including reviews, testimonials, accreditations, certifications, awards and certificates.
- Sell products promoting your nonprofit and related to your field.
- Sell online tickets to events.
- Organize your nonprofit by pages and subpages for public and internal clarity.
- Have complete control and ownership of your central online platform instead of relying on social media.
- Own a custom domain name for your website and email.
- Create a page promoting corporate giving.
- Improve grant applications by providing a space for them to learn more.
- Allow grant seekers to submit applications.
- Add a privacy policy and accessibility statement.
- Create a page dedicated to a younger audience accustomed to only donating online.
- Add a push notification option so your community can be notified on latest news.
- Direct paid advertising to a landing page and giving funnel.
- Embed social media feed.
- Generate a QR code you can link your website to.
- Link to your social media.
- Make critical information as easily visible as possible.
- Add a page with bios of your board of directors and leadership.
- Share your meeting agendas and minutes with the public.
- Add a directory to make specific information more visual, filterable and searchable.
- Enable a search function across the site.
- Digitalize forms or upload pdfs to your website.
- Share a digital magazine with your community.
- Create a dropdown FAQ section.
- Provide visitors with hours, contact information, directions and an embedded Google Maps.
- Provide promotions and deals to your products.
- Create a calendar that shares your events for every month.
- Have a place for your past newsletters.
- Enable multilanguage features and be engaged with anywhere in the world.
- Add a live chat feature to message visitors in real time.
78 ways your website can be helping your nonprofit
- Patrick Thomas
We love websites at PGT Web Design because their potential to help nonprofits is limitless. In this article, we list 78 ideas for your site that could further you nonprofit's goals. Not all points may be relevant to your organization, but chances are at least one could be a real solution to a challenge your team is facing.
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