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Choose the best nonprofit web design company: a guide
We Are Immediate is a top nonprofit web design company with 16+ years of experience. This guide simplifies finding the perfect web design company for your charity or nonprofit.
Basic questions for choosing the best nonprofit web design company
A top web design company (like We Are Immediate) should have the following:
- 5 years of working with nonprofits,
- a great portfolio of live nonprofit websites
- 3 or more reviews, 3 or more references
- Skills and knowledge to match your mission and marketing requirements with a new website
- Robust understanding of fundraising software
- The ability to work with small and large groups
- Builds websites that are easy to administer
- Will build an SEO and AI-optimized website
- Add ADA requirements
- AND, most importantly, to listen to what your needs and requirements are
It all depends on what your technical and design requirements are. We Are Immediate builds custom web designs on WordPress. Each page is meticulously designed to reach a specific mission and marketing goal. Our prices vary depending on the following:
- Number of page templates
- Number of design revisions
- The type of interactive technology you need i.e., e-commerce, event registration, membership, donation software integration, Salesforce integration, etc.
- The number of pages we need to migrate from your old website.
Our websites range in cost from $15,000 to $50,000+. We have a plan to fit most budgets.
We Are Immediate uses WordPress for many reasons:
- Easy to use
- Easy to customize
- Forever expandable
- Google loves WordPress’s SEO and AI search tools
- High performing
If you want full details on why WordPress is perfect for nonprofit web development, read more.
On average, our websites take between 3 and 5 months. However, we’ve had circumstances that have been less and those that have stretched to 9 months based on content migration (10,000 pages).
Topline requirements are the project scope, timeline, budget, deliverables, platform, integrations, design examples, and post-launch support. However, for the best RFP, read our guide. Click here to read.
Agencies like We Are Immediate provide a deep skill set that is hard to beat as a freelancer. If you want a team that combines world-class knowledge of nonprofit organizations from design and development to strategy, hire an agency. However, freelancers might suit the needs of a smaller project.
Utilize an easy-to-use donation software, such as FundRaise Up or Donor Perfect. Your donation software should be visible on multiple pages and easy to create campaigns. Your website should have multiple calls to action buttons, video, and text based stories of impact and impact statistics. Ensure that your website is transparent in how it uses donations. Here are examples of websites we built that illustrate this. CPIntl, Randall’s Island and RiverstoneNYC.
Yes. We can do that with either Google Translate or a paid WordPress plugin. Click Here for an example We Are Immediate designed that uses Google Translate.
Ask about their nonprofit experience, past clients, design process, accessibility knowledge, CMS expertise, post-launch support, and pricing transparency. Click Here for a full guide.
Success results
Randall's Island Park
32% increase in website traffic
Education Writers Association
25% increase in event registration
The RYR-1 Foundation
30% increase in online donatioins
The Morris Museum
89% Increase in website traffic
Fundraising & Technology Questions
The donation platform that you select is based on the needs of your nonprofit organization. WordPress integrates with many platforms including FundraiseUp, GiveWP, Donorbox, Donor Perfect and more. We ensure seamless integration so donations are easy to give and track.
Your donor platform should support recurring donations as well as multiple payment types such as credit cards, PayPal and Apple Pay.
There are many tools for database growth, from free like Google Forms, to subscription-based tools such as Mailchimp and Constant Contact for newsletters. Other Paid tools like Bloomerang and other CRMs can help manage volunteers
Conversion metrics need to be established by your organization and can include things such as donations, volunteer sign-ups, contact form submissions, and website traffic. You can track results using Google Analytics, SEO tools such as SEM Rush, and of course, donor reporting and volunteer signups.
Design, Content, and Strategy
Essential pages include Home, About Us, Mission, Statistics, Programs/Services, Get Involved, Donate, Events, Contact, Blog/News, and Impact Stories. Clear navigation and calls-to-action are critical. For a complete list, Click Here and Here
We build our websites to be forever extensible and updatable. You can have some template redesigns after 3 or 5 years. But a complete redesign might only be necessary with a complete branding redesign.
It’s all about the words and videos you use to tell your story. Combine storytelling with visuals, case studies, testimonials, and impact metrics. Highlight your mission, successes, and community impact. Our client CPIntl does a great job of story-telling.
A custom-designed website from We Are Immediate means that every single page is completely created from scratch. Each page is designed to fill a specific mission-based goal, whether to reach clients, donors, funders, or volunteers. A template can’t be customized. Our admin panels are also customized for use by the least technical person on your team.
Yes. Our websites offer the professional perception that your nonprofit will deliver what is required from the grant. You can host downloadable impact reports, showcase outcomes, and provide data visualizations to support grant applications and donor transparency.
We have many successful websites in our portfolio which can be found by clicking here. Here is an easy to use list:
Yes! We Are Immediate is will help your organization migrate and rewrite content for your new website. We ensure your message is both readable and SEO optimized. It doesn’t matter if it’s only 50 pages or 5000; we have a plan for you.
The best nonprofit web design company
That choice must come from the mission and goals of the nonprofit and what your budget will allow you to spend. A professional nonprofit web design company like We Are Immediate brings to you years of knowledge that guarantees your nonprofit website will be a crucial tool in advancing your mission and fundraising goals. Professional agencies provide strategy, scalability, accessibility compliance, SEO, and donor optimization — all critical for maximizing impact
All nonprofit web design companies should have examples of active websites on their portfolio pages. In addition, you should require 3 to 5 references from organizations whose websites they built. We Are Immediate specializes exclusively in nonprofits.
Maintenance, updates, CMS training, hosting support, and troubleshooting are essential. Our team offers unlimited training and ongoing support.
Yes. Agencies like We Are Immediate help with search engine optimization, content strategy, and fundraising-focused digital marketing. We have a specific focus on AI search results for SEO support. Additionally, we will create branded social media posts, videos, and stories.
Check client testimonials, portfolio projects, industry awards, and references. A trusted agency will have measurable results and long-term client partnerships.
Testimonials from our clients
Brittni Cochran
Marketing Manager
The Up Center
I’ve used We Are Immediate for two different sites. Their input, design, SEO and recommendations are exactly what we need. I wouldn’t use any other web design company.
Mary Ellen Sanger
Technology Director
Riverstone NYC
Our website draws consistently increasing views, donors remark that donation is easier with our own portal (as opposed to utilizing a third party link), and interactive web pages are popular. As the pandemic hit us mid-project, we were able to pivot direction to utilize the expertise of We Are Immediate in planning our first-ever vitual gala (and later our second!). These galas brought in amounts similar or slightly greater than in-person galas of years past (and showcased the versatility of We Are Immediate in meeting clients’ shifting goals)
Kristen Obeng
Managing Editor
Education Writers
I have been working with We Are Immediate for over 4 years. They’re great people to work with and probably the most responsive people I have ever worked with.Whenever I had an issue or mini website crisis, they always had suggestions, solutions, ideas and anything else I needed for the complete redesign and content migration of the EWA website.
Kathleen Kerr
Bowen Theory Academy
Executive Director
. We were also preparing to offer an international conference and wished to market it more widely. We Are Immediate, Inc stood out for their work quality, reasonable pricing, and personal attention to the project. We’e been working with them for 5 years after the site’s launch.
