What a community foundation website needs to do
Donors want to understand funds and how to open one. Nonprofit applicants want guidelines and dates. Advisors and partners want to know your role. A clear structure with separate pages for each group keeps the site from becoming a maze.
We present your grant cycles and guidelines as plain pages and downloadable files, and link to your application platform. We do not build donor or grantee portals.
People searching for a community foundation usually decide in seconds. Your site should answer the questions below before they have to ask.
Open or give to a fund
Options and contacts
Apply for a grant
Guidelines and dates
Learn about the community
Reports you approve
Contact the team
General inquiry
Timing matters. Year-end giving and spring grant cycles drive the most visits.
The pages a community foundation website needs
A community foundation site does not need dozens of pages. It needs the right few, each doing one job:
- ✓Home with giving and grants
- ✓Give — funds and options
- ✓Grants — guidelines and cycles
- ✓Community — stories and reports
- ✓About — team and board
Need a page for every service or town you cover? The larger packages give you room to grow.
Mistakes we see on community foundation websites
- ✓Burying grant deadlines
- ✓Jargon about funds
- ✓No clear contact
Getting found: SEO basics for a community foundation
- ✓Name the area and focus — "community foundation in your county"
- ✓Explain fund types in plain words — answers donor questions
- ✓Grant dates in text — matches applicant searches
Cheap Cheap Websites sets up the essentials on every build, and Monthly SEO adds new pages every month when you are ready.
Sample sites that could be yours
These are real samples we designed. Yours is built around your business, your photos and your words.
What a community foundation website costs
Most community foundations fit Business Extra: $1,500 one-time for up to 50 pages, because they need a home page, a give page, a grants page, a community page and an about page. Websites are priced one-time, plus Website Care at $30/month for hosting, HTTPS, backups, weekly checks and A/B testing. Every package includes a consultation, mobile-friendly design, copy we write for you, a contact form, essential search setup and 10 revision rounds.
Optional add-ons, billed separately
The prices above are for your website. These two are separate monthly products you can add now or later. Neither is part of the website price.
Monthly SEO, from $50/month: new pages published on your site every month. See Monthly SEO →
Business Spotlight, from $30/month: articles about your business, labeled as paid, published on The Company Chronicle. See Business Spotlight →
What we ask a community foundation for
We will ask for your fund options, grant guidelines, dates, reports, team and board information.
How it works
1. Consultation
We learn your services, customers and goals, in English or Spanish.
2. We write and design
We draft the words and build the site around your business.
3. 10 revision rounds
You review and request changes until it is right.
4. Launch and care
We launch, then Website Care keeps it hosted, backed up, checked weekly and A/B tested.
Websites for related businesses
Scholarship foundations · Faith-based nonprofits · Chapter networks · Fundraising campaigns
Planning guides and features
What a community foundation website costs · Community foundation website launch guide · Recurring donations for community foundations
