Nonprofit Web Design

Your website is held together with more band-aids than a preschool.

You have four ways to donate, three email systems, a disappearing events page and nobody quite knows what you actually do.

You know your impact is real – lives changed, communities strengthened, problems solved. But your site’s been patched together by five different staff members and two techy volunteers over the years and now it’s hard to tell what you even do. You’ve resorted to powering your marketing with seven software subscriptions that don’t talk to each other, and nobody’s quite sure how to update the events page anymore. 

Here’s the deal: You don’t need another band-aid. You need a website that clearly explains your work, makes donating stupid-simple, and doesn’t fall apart every time someone tries to update it.

We speak nonprofit (and plain English).

Lucky for you, we’ve been building websites for nonprofits since before online donations were even a thing. 

We know the difference between what your board wants to say and what your donors need to hear. How “streamline your site” really means “make sure people can find stuff.” And that your website updates keep getting pushed aside because there’s always actual mission work that feels more urgent.

Here’s our not-so-secret weapon: We have a process.

We have a build process that keeps your project moving even when your executive director gets pulled into three emergencies and your marketing person is out managing an event. And we’re pretty obsessed with it.

That’s good news for you because it means your project won’t drag on for eighteen months while board members debate button colors. We know what needs to happen when, give you actual timelines (with real dates), and we answer our phones. Revolutionary concepts in the web world, apparently.

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FROM UNICORNS TO ROADMAPS

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WEB DESIGN

Sites that make your mission crystal clear. Donation forms people actually complete. Event registration that doesn’t make people abandon halfway through.

Non Profit Website Consulting Icons Blog Planning & Management

CONTENT DEVELOPMENT

You know your work is life-changing. We’ll write about it in a way that makes everyone else understand it too – clearly explaining your impact without requiring a three-page backstory (unless it makes sense and you have fabulous photos).

Non Profit Website Consulting Icons Website Review & Site Plan

ADA COMPLIANCE

Making your website accessible isn’t just nice – it’s the law. Plus it shows you practice the inclusivity you preach.

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GRAPHIC DESIGN

From annual reports to monthly newsletter templates you can use yourself, we make sure you have what you need to tell your story in the way that works for you.

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BRAND DESIGN

Designing a new logo with a board is a pain in the you-know-what. We know. We’ve done it. On repeat. You need ideas, guidance, and feedback. We deliver.

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CONSULTING

There’s a lot of DIY going around. And we absolutely support that. There aren’t enough MayeCreaters to do it all. But wouldn’t it be nice if you just knew where to start?

Things We Do on the Daily for Nonprofit Websites

Donation Systems That Actually Work

  • Online donation forms that don’t make people quit halfway through
  • Recurring donation options (because monthly donors are gold)
  • Integration with your donor management software
  • Thank you pages that say thank you like a human
  • Easy ways to showcase impact without boring people to tears

Event Management That Makes Sense

  • Event registration that works on mobile (because that’s where people sign up)
  • Volunteer signup forms that come to you organized
  • Easy updates so you can add events without calling us
  • Auto-expiring events and signups (one less thing to remember)
  • Event pages that don’t confuse Google (or send people to last year’s gala)

Content Organization for Complicated Missions

  • Clear navigation for organizations that do seventeen different things
  • Program pages that explain what you do in a way that makes sense to outsiders
  • News sections with RSS feeds that automatically email updates (nuts, right?!?)
  • Resource libraries people can find what they need in with divine intervention
  • Application systems for scholarships, programs, and volunteer opportunities that all live in one place

Behind-the-Scenes Magic

  • Mobile-responsive design (because donors check websites from their phones)
  • Fast load times even with lots of impact photos
  • Integration with your existing systems
  • Content templates that keep everything looking professional even when you’re in a rush
  • Forms that work and send you notifications that arrive

Fair warning: We are going to suggest things you haven’t thought of and occasionally tell you when your brilliant idea will lead to a hot mess. That’s what partners do – we’re here to hug you or kick you in the pants depending on what you need.

(Even the Constantly-Changing Ones)

Ongoing Support That Actually Exists

You can’t run a sustainable business for over two decades by ghosting your clients. So we’re breaking the mold of disappearing web designers. We’re here when you need us and we even answer the phone – whether it’s for monthly updates or the-new-volunteer-tried-to-help level emergency.

WordPress Training

We train your development director, your new communications person, the techy volunteer you just found, whoever ends up inheriting website duty – with click-by-click instructions on things like:

  • How to add events without breaking anything
  • Updating impact stories and success photos
  • Making text changes that don’t mess up your design
  • What you can handle yourself vs. when to call us

Safe Site Maintenance

Your website needs regular maintenance just like your facilities. We handle updates, backups, security monitoring, and all the technical stuff so you don’t have to think about it.

Stuff People Usually Ask Now

Nope. We teach you what you need to know to handle basic updates, and we’re available when you need help. And when your trained person leaves and someone new inherits website duty? We train them too.

Most nonprofit sites take 6-12 weeks from start to finish. Can we do it faster? Sure, if your board moves quickly and you’re organized. Heck, we’ve built sites in less than 3 weeks before. But we’d rather do it right than rush it and regret it later.

You can absolutely update them yourself. We build these sections so they’re stupid-simple to add new content. No IT degree required. Plus we can set up RSS feeds to automatically email your news to subscribers.

Here’s the thing – a new website doesn’t magic money out of the ether. But donors check out your website before giving, volunteers look at your site before signing up and those you serve, you guessed it, they look at your site too. A clear site that explains your impact and makes donating easy removes barriers. One that streamlines client intake reduces staff overload. A confusing website all band-aided together? That’s costing you time AND donations right now.

That’s our jam. We’ve worked with nonprofits doing everything from housing to education to healthcare. We know how to structure content so it makes sense to visitors without feeling like they need a roadmap.

Yes. That’s one of our favorite challenges. We translate mission-speak into words that make people say “oh, I get it now” instead of “what does that even mean?”

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Depends. Sometimes your branding is solid and just needs a better home. Sometimes the board designed your logo in 2003 and it needs help. We’ll look at what you’ve got and tell you honestly what makes sense for your budget.

More on Brand Design > Website Refresh vs Redesign >

Usually, yes. We’ve worked with most of the major systems nonprofits use. If direct integration isn’t possible, we can build forms that export data in formats your system can import.

You need a stepping stone. Not a band-aid.

Figure out more than just that events section. Turn your website into your hardest working volunteer.

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  • With MayeCreate, we are realizing goals.

    We have seen a lot of organic traffic coming through from not only Missouri, but beyond Missouri and that was our biggest goal. So it’s really awesome to see that, with the time and effort we put in to rebuilding this website with MayeCreate, we’re actually realizing some of the goals and outcomes that we set out to accomplish.

    Kendra Christians, Assessment Resource Center

  • The price had a nonprofit in mind.

    Our two biggest challenges were our website and social media. It was worth it to us when MayeCreate produced a quoted price that I knew was a terrific price – it wasn’t commercial, it wasn’t retail. The price had a nonprofit in mind, which I’ve always appreciated. We’ve been able to access MayeCreate’s expertise in all kinds of areas too, whether it’s press releases, strategic planning for marketing, or all the other critical odds and ends that pop up. We’ve been really happy with what we’ve received.

    Chris Campbell, Boone County Historical Society

  • MayeCreate helped us accomplish our goal.

    When we first came to MayeCreate, we were looking to get our website rebuilt and redesigned to improve our search engine optimization. We had a goal of expanding our product beyond the state of Missouri, so we invested a lot of time in trying to develop the right content to do that. MayeCreate helped us accomplish that goal.

    Kendra Christians, Assessment Resource Center

Who are these MayeCreate humans anyway?

We’re mid-western humans with degrees in everything from comic illustration to agriculture. While we certainly have our differences – we all have two things in common:

  1. We get a kick out of solving problems online.
  2. We like dogs. (Which is good ’cause not all of our employees are human.)

Okay, okay so we actually have three things in common…we also all like tacos.

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