Nonprofit website examples
A nonprofit's website has to do what a shop's does - move a stranger to act in a minute - with a cause instead of a product. The designs here, for charities, animal shelters, churches and campaigns, put one clear ask on the first screen, make giving take three taps, and show what the money did.
5 designs below, and the six things every good nonprofit website has. Designs and listed sites read live; the judgement reviewed 8 November 2026.
What a good nonprofit website has
The things the examples below have in common, and the reason each one is there.
One ask, above the fold
Donate, adopt, volunteer, attend. A good nonprofit site picks the one that matters most this season and makes it the only big button.
A donation page that takes three taps
Suggested amounts, monthly as the default option, your own payment account, and a receipt by email. Every extra field costs donors.
What the money did
Not a pie chart - a sentence per amount. "25 feeds a dog for a month." Specific outcomes are what people give to.
The people and animals, by name
A shelter site with the animals listed, a church with its people, a charity with the faces it helps where consent allows. Names make the cause real.
Volunteers and events
A signup for the Saturday clean-up, a form for the volunteer who wants to help. The ask that costs nothing is often the first one answered.
Transparency in plain words
Who runs it, the registration number, where the money goes, the annual report. On the site, found in one click.
What goes wrong
- A donate button that leads to a third-party page with another organisation's branding and a fee per gift.
- Monthly giving offered as an afterthought below the one-off form, when it is worth more than any single gift.
- A news page last updated two years ago, which tells donors the organisation stopped.
5 nonprofit website designs to start from
Each one opens as a live preview. The words, photos and colours are yours to change; the working parts stay.
Nonprofit & Charity
Community charity: volunteers sorting tins full-bleed, a this-week-we-need board with stock bars, the food bank, Thursday lunch and youth group, a donate page with monthly giving.
Church & Worship
Parish church: a felt letterboard of service times over a village church, arched photo windows, what happens on a first Sunday, the week's groups, a plan-your-visit ask.
Animal Shelter
Dog and cat rescue: the animals waiting as kennel ID cards with what they are good with, how matching and adoption work, three other ways to help, a monthly gift as the ask.
Environmental Cause
Environmental charity: riverbank planting full-bleed, waymark discs for rivers, trees and meadows, the next work parties as wooden signposts, a meadow that used to be a verge.
Fundraising Appeal
A single appeal: a sponsored 10k shown as a route line with the runner at the amount raised, what each gift buys on race-number bibs, three ways to take part, the donate page.
Going deeper
Guides from the blog, and a free tool for the sums.
Frequently asked questions
Can we take donations on the site itself?
Yes, into your own payment account, one-off or monthly, with a receipt and a thank-you email sent automatically. No third-party donation page.
What pages does a nonprofit website need?
Home with the ask, a donate page, what you do and what it achieves, who you are, how to help beyond money, and news that is actually current. The guide on nonprofit pages goes through each.
How do we show animals for adoption?
The shelter design has a page built for it: a card per animal with a photo, a few lines and a note when one is adopted, edited by you in a minute. Keep the adopted ones visible for a while; they are the proof the work works.
Is there a fee on donations?
The payment processor charges its fee; the plan's fee on donations is stated on the pricing page and is lower than on sales.
Examples for other trades
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