40 of the Best Websites of Non-Profit Organizations
Published June 1st, 2009 in GalleriesBudget limitations are common with non-profit and charitable organizations. As a result, organizations often compromise on the need for an effective and attractive website. However, the websites shown here represent some of the most well-designed websites of non-profits.
Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research
The Society of Publication Designers
Metropolitan Inter-Faith Association
New York City Coalition Against Hunger
Aldersgate Camp and Retreat Center
Greater Maple Valley Community Center
To go along with this showcase, I’ve published a post today on DesignM.ag that is a tutorial for designing a layout in Photoshop for a non-profit website.
80 Responses to “40 of the Best Websites of Non-Profit Organizations”
Just the right article at the right time. I have been designing websites for Non-profit Organizations for the past 1 year, and am really enjoying it. Just got one more to design and was lacking creativity when you showed these wonderful inspiring websites.
very nice post !!
thanks
Nice, thanks! You get bored of those narcisistic portfolios sites in evey single list…
I just finished up this one… think it’s list worthy
http://www.worldconcern.org
Just finished http://www.cfimonline.org. Wonder if it could have made the list…
The biggest problem facing not-for-profits when approaching the subject of web design is that they don’t have any money.
It’s important to show examples like above to demonstrate how a vivid online presence can really boost their organisation
Connected to above, the SEO Book put out a guide called ‘The Non-profits Guide to Search Engine Marketing’ a little while back:
http://www.seobook.org/
Thanks for picking wfp.org and pointing us to other great designs!
Great post !
It’s good to see NGO give attention to design.
And I’m happy to discover lot of NGO with your post !
bye
JC.
There are some really nice designs here. I’ve done work on the http://www.shelter.org.uk but this has given me some new fresh ideas.
This collection will be very useful. In my experience, non-profit and community groups have the best intentions but not always the best understanding of what’s required for a really stand-out web design. These examples will help immensely.
Sonali,
Good, I’m glad it could help.
Adam,
Looks good.
Tracey,
I agree. Hopefully this showcase can help a little bit with that.
very useful, helpful and interesting article!
Nice, thanks! Good sites
Fabulous post.
Great gallery, thanks for putting it together! I do a lot of design work for non-profits, and this is definitely a great list to look at for inspiration!
Wow. Very nice list. Inspirational. Great mix of technologies. Have a look at this one I did and let me know what you think. Thanks.
http://honormen.org
you forgot mbayaq.org
Surprised I don’t see samaritanspurse.org here.
A lot of these look really great, definitely going to dig deeper and hopefully find some inspirational bits to steal…err, borrow
Hi… Normally I don’t really like design round ups, but with this one there is something special I think.
The charm about well designed Non-Profit Organizations and Charity websites is that there is a lot of emotion going on. I feel it for sure! Off course they thrive on emotion “feel-goodness” but nevertheless this compilation makes me want to donate… right now!
Out of the many type of sites on the internet, we often overlooked NGO’s sites. I love One and Carbonica. These are the sites that deserve more traffic considering what they are doing for the society.
Great list. I like how many of the sites have a completely different feel and look. All of them carry the trend of having top navigation.
Thanks for this list. I would suggest http://www.charitywater.org as well.
Very nice collection
I believe every web designer should create at least one non profit website free each year. It’s the least we can all do. I’m currently working on a site for a local wildlife carers organization and will post it when done.
This is a great list and it couldn’t have come at a better time for me. I work for a non-profit and am currently involved in the redesign of our web site. Thanks for the inspiration!
Hi Everyone,
Thanks for the positive feedback on this post and for the suggested sites. Maybe there will be a follow up at some point that would include some of the sites suggested.
hey, i think this one is good too
http://www.humanityfirst.org
Brilliant collection thanks for sharing an inspirational list.
I’m proud that my organization, MIFA, is on the list. Thanks a lot for the recognition. It really helped that we had a great design firm in Speak! Creative to help us put it all together. They have 2 sites on the list, so they really are a great asset to the Memphis community. http://www.speakcreative.com
Thomas
Thanks. They are looking very good. Well done
Fantastic list – it’s so refreshing to see a list of well designed sites dedicated to a good cause rather than web design companies and portfolio sites. I hope to see more posts like this one!
Nice collection.It looks good.It is useful for web designers who recently working on design.Thanks for Sharing such a nice stuff.
Good collection, some graphics are really nice and Interesting. http://www.twloha.com, http://www.mifa.org and reviveafrica.com are my preferite!
Churchmedia.cc designed a couple of these sitess and they seem to be the best. Also included should be http://www.ru4children.org
What strikes one at once is the sincerity and the nobleness of purpose in each of these designs. Some of the designs are truly fascinating. I was touched by the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research.
Hey Vandelay Design great post! It is nice to see spotlight given to NGO design. We are honored you included a few of our designs on the list and would love for you to take a look at our latest launch today http://sowerofseeds.org
Thanks again for this great post keep up the great work!!
Thanks for posting Revive Africa, Here’s Life Mission Africa (the just recently changed their website) & Glocal Ventures. If you extend this list, our team, Church Media Group (http://www.churchmedia.cc), just launched two more Non-Profit sites: http://www.ru4children.org & http://www.sowerofseeds.org. Thanks
Ismael,
I came across ru4children.org a few days ago and had never seen sowerofseeds.org, which is a great design. Good work!
Hi Everybody, I write from Venezuela, I see that there are many graphic designers ready to help nonprofit foundations. I have one here in Venezuela, we are just starting and want to have a web site or something where people can see our work. If any of you could help with this would greatly appreciate it. You can contact me by this address: efrainbaritto@gmail.com Thanks.
Great list! I’d like to add http://www.cooltheearth.org/ to make 40+
We just lauched a non-profit oragnization catering to the needs of African children and youths, and I have a logo desinged. We’re looking for someone to design a web site for the oraginzation.
Hello Momodu Jalloh, contact Church Media Group at http://www.churchmedia.cc. We have launched several non-profit organizations. 3 of them are listed on this list.
Great to find non-profit websites in here. Hope they can keep up with the vision of keeping it that way.
Thanks for the inspiration. I am gust planning a website for a cause (justice for imprisoned innocent man)
Beautiful list of websites. Thanks for adding in a Calgary based organization.
So much eye-candy! Thank you! I am impressed at how non-profit organizations are getting more and more aggressive with their online presence, and I’m real happy for them! Speaking of amazing websites, I was at a summer festival the other day and found out about an organization called SCELF. I took their brochure and looked at their website and it’s incredible! It’s possibly the most beautiful non-profit website I have -ever- seen in my life! You should take a look at their website at http://www.scelf.org to see what I mean. A little heads up, it’s all 100% flash so beware of lag if you have a slow computer.
Again, nice list!
Hey everyone! If your interested in non-profit organisations or charities you might want to visit http://bestchristiandesign.com. It’s a new web gallery launched this week, showcasing the best Christian websites from around world!
I’m starting a non profit and it’s SO hard! It deals with mentors of the metaphysical, but so few people want to get involved. They always want to just solve their own problems, and that it. I’ve contacted a few web design companies, but have gotten no replies yet. I decided to do it myself, but found out that i have little to no talent. I’ve been searching the internet for inspirations. I’m at a total loss as to what to do to make it a really nice website. At the moment, i’d be happy with anything as long as it’s attractive and got people interested in communitcating between the different groups.
These lists of other organizations really helps me out. Thanks. =)
I came across ru4children.org a few days ago and had never seen sowerofseeds.org, which is a great design. Good work!
Some great sites for non-profits.
Great collection of sites. I would also suggest looking at http://www.jolkona.org (Jolkona Foundation). They seem to be taking a very interesting approach to giving. The impact section has some interesting visualizations.
Can you all review our website…it is %70 finished.
Any feedback is appreciated
Nice sites. So warm, touching)
Great collection! My favorite is is Africa Tour. Very creative and organized.
What a wonderful idea! We also have an initiative to help out Non-Profit Organizations, but it’s involving our social media platform, Eve Social. We’d love to discuss with anyone interested in how we can help.
The best one is World Food p.
Thanks for great listing.
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