Tell your story in your voice
We start by learning your mission, vision, and values, so every page of your website sounds like you and serves what you set out to do.
Websites and digital systems
A website your team can run, built around the work you do
We design and build websites for nonprofits, universities, and other mission-driven organizations, and we connect each one to the systems your staff uses every day, from online giving to event registration. It all starts with understanding what your organization does for its people.
What we build
What your site can take on
Donors give in a few clicks, from a one-time gift to a monthly pledge, and every gift is tied to the donor records your team already keeps.
Your members find the courses and resources they need in one place, and it's built so they'll want to come back and keep learning.
Members register and book housing in their own language and delegates vote securely online, with results your administrators can follow as they come in.
We set up online stores and ordering that help fund your mission, from merchandise to a coffeehouse menu your staff can update themselves.
We build a site for the moment your organization most needs to be heard, whether you're launching, celebrating, or answering news that can't wait.
We build assistants based on your mission and approved language, so the letters and posts they draft for your staff sound like you and get the details right.
What you get
A site that keeps working for your people
One system in place of five tools
We map your relationships as they really are before we connect anything, so your team keeps one record for each person.
A site your team owns
We train your staff as we build your site, so they can update and extend it themselves. A volunteer or a new hire can keep it going.
Room to grow
We plan your site for the years ahead, so when you want volunteer training or a new way to give, there's already a place for it.
Tools that fit your budget
We choose what will last and build on what you already have, so your costs stay steady as your donor and volunteer lists grow.
A partner who sees it through
We take your site from the first conversation through launch and training, and we're there for whatever your organization takes on next.
How we work
A small team, focused on your organization
You work with a small team that stays with your project from the first conversation to the handoff, along with the specialists each project needs. Your team brings its mission and knows its work; we bring what we’ve learned building for organizations like yours since 1996, and we take on whatever your website needs. We use AI to write and check the code behind your site, always working from what we know about your organization.
A website is a toolset, not a business card.
Your site should be doing a job for the people you serve every day.
We build around the work you do every week.
Your site should serve the programs and the giving that fill your week.
Training is part of the build.
A site your team can't run isn't finished, so your people learn it as we go.
Who it's for
Organizations that need their site to do real work
Our websites fit organizations launching something new that has to work on the first day and organizations whose site has outgrown the person who built it. It fits teams that want to run their own site and still have someone they can call when they need help.
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What it costs
Websites start at $5,000
Websites start at $5,000, which covers a focused site built on the tools your organization needs. Many organizations add online giving or a store, and we’ll tell you what each piece costs before anything is built. Every site starts with a conversation about your organization and its people.
After launch
Once your site is live, a Managed Word Care plan can keep it running, with tested updates and a set number of changes a person makes for you each month. Managed Word is our hosting and site-care company. The plans are optional, and you keep full ownership of your site and its content whatever you choose.
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Before you call
Before you call, it helps to think through three things: what your site does well that you can’t lose, what isn’t working, and what you need it to do next.
A conversation
FreeWe learn about your organization and what you need.
Groundwork
PaidWe work out what your site has to do, and you get a plan and a price.
Design and build
We design your site with you, then build it to that design.
Train and hand off
We train your team and hand over the site. Managed Word site care is optional.
Your turn
Have a project in mind? Tell us about it, even if it's only an idea so far. We'll help you work out what it needs.
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