NonprofitCommunity nonprofit
Bridge and Bloom
At Bridge and Bloom, they believe in the power of community to uplift and heal. They are a nonprofit organization dedicated to creating a world where everyone has a chance to flourish.
Nonprofits, community groups & relief organizations
Minnesota nonprofit website design that one person can run
Most Minnesota nonprofit websites were built by someone who has since left. A board member's nephew, an AmeriCorps VISTA whose term ended, an agency that gave you a discount in 2019 and stopped answering email. Three years later the staff page lists two people who moved on, the donate button points to a platform nobody has the login for, and the events page ends at a fundraiser that already happened. The organization is doing more work than ever, and its website is quietly arguing the opposite.
Seven nonprofit websites delivered — Bridge and Bloom, HARO, Ultimate Success Insight in St. Cloud, A Hand 4 Change, Somali Orphanage Support, Maangaar Voices, and Lyricality — covering youth literacy and arts, immigrant disability advocacy, Central Minnesota poets, and Horn of Africa relief.
We have built seven of these sites — Bridge and Bloom, HARO, Ultimate Success Insight in St. Cloud, A Hand 4 Change, Somali Orphanage Support, Maangaar Voices, and Lyricality — and every one started the same way: by asking who updates this on a Tuesday. The answer is almost always one part-time coordinator with maybe forty minutes a week between grant reports. So we design around that person, and around the four things the site owes you: donate, volunteer, enroll in a program, and reach a human.
What usually goes wrong
- 01Donations leak between the button and the bankThe donate button is where the money goes missing. It opens a third-party page with different colors, a required account signup, and no recurring option preselected. Stripe's discounted nonprofit rate is 2.2% plus 30 cents, Zeffy passes its fee to the donor as an optional tip, and platform fees stack on top of card fees. We wire the processor you actually chose and keep the handoff unbroken.
- 02A program officer reads the site before the site visitBefore a site visit, a program officer at Otto Bremer, the Bush Foundation, or a county contract office opens your website and looks for four things: what you actually do, who runs it, whether the numbers are current, and whether the 990 and your Minnesota charitable registration are one click away. A staff page listing a 2022 board reads as a governance signal, not a stale page.
- 03One coordinator, forty minutes a weekIf an update needs a developer, it will not happen. We build page structures a coordinator can edit without breaking layout, and we train the person who will actually do it, not the executive director who will forward the email. We also hand over every login — domain registrar, DNS, host, analytics — in writing, because the most common thing we inherit is a site nobody owns.
- 04Your community is on a phone, in a second languageIn Minneapolis, St. Paul, and St. Cloud, most visits arrive on a phone, frequently an older Android over cellular data, often from a parent between shifts. A five-megabyte homepage does not reach that person. Neither does a Google Translate widget, which turns Somali into something a Somali speaker will not trust. Real translation of the pages that matter beats machine translation of all of them.
What we build
- Donation pages wired to Zeffy, Givebutter, Donorbox, or your current processor
- Recurring-gift and Zakat campaigns that run through Ramadan without staff help
- Program and volunteer intake forms that land in Google Workspace or your CRM
- Impact, 990, and annual-report pages a grant writer can cite
- Event, gala, and Give to the Max Day pages staff publish alone
- WCAG 2.1 AA builds tested with a keyboard and a screen reader
- Somali, Spanish, Hmong, or Oromo pages written by real translators
- Landing pages and conversion tracking that keep a Google Ad Grant alive
Worth knowing
The accessibility requirement most funders now attach
A growing number of foundation and government grants require that anything you build with the money is accessible, and reviewers increasingly check. The working standard is WCAG 2.1 Level AA. Separately, the Department of Justice has been tightening web accessibility rules for public entities and their contractors, with compliance dates falling in 2027 and 2028 depending on population served — the dates have moved more than once, so confirm the current rule before you cite one in an application. We build to WCAG 2.1 AA practice by default at no extra cost; formal conformance testing and a documented remediation report is a separate, quotable piece of work. This is general information, not legal advice.
What it costs
Published ranges, not a call-for-pricing page. These are what projects in this sector actually land at with us. Your number depends on page count, functionality, and how much content support you need.
One-program nonprofit site
Six to ten pages, one donation flow, a volunteer form, and staff training. Right for organizations under roughly $250,000 in revenue with one program and one part-time coordinator.
$2,500 to $5,000
Multi-program or grant-funded site
Several program areas, events and registration, impact reporting, a second language, and WCAG 2.1 AA testing documented for funders. This is where most Minnesota nonprofits with paid staff land.
$5,000 to $12,000
Ongoing care
Updates, backups, security patching, and someone to call in November when Give to the Max Day traffic arrives. Optional. Plenty of our nonprofit clients skip it and email us instead.
$75 to $300 / month
Want the full breakdown across every service? See ourpricing page.
Proof
Nonprofits we have built for
Real projects, real organizations, live sites you can go and look at.
NonprofitRelief organization
HARO
Humanitarian African Relief Organization (HARO) is a nonprofit international relief and development organization located in the United States. Its purpose is to provide urgent humanitarian relief and long-term solutions to systemic issues throughout the Horn of Africa.
NonprofitYouth nonprofit
Ultimate Success Insight
Ultimate Success Insight (USI) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization based in St. Cloud, MN. USI has been empowering communities and serving youth in the St. Cloud metro for several years.
NonprofitYouth programs
A Hand 4 Change
A Hand 4 Change empowers youth through literacy, arts, storytelling, and environmental education. They offer transformative programs including Climate Literacy, Story Praxis, and Art of Hosting workshops that build confidence and community.
NonprofitHumanitarian
Somali Orphanage Support
Somali Orphanage Support is dedicated to providing essential care, education, and support to orphaned children in Somalia and East Africa.
NonprofitDisability advocacy
Maangaar Voices
Maangaar Voices was officially founded in 2024, building upon nearly two decades of grassroots advocacy and activism for the immigrant disability community.
NonprofitArts collective
Lyricality
Lyricality is a collective of Central Minnesota poets focused on building a place of equity in the community for creatives to connect with care and kindness.
How we work
A simple process, no surprises
We listen to your goals, gather your requirements, create a design strategy, and deliver a website that works. Here is what that looks like.
- 01
Discover
We listen to your goals. A short conversation about your organization, your audience, and what success looks like.
- 02
Plan
We gather your requirements and turn them into a clear design strategy, sitemap, and timeline you can sign off on.
- 03
Design & build
Our designers and developers craft a responsive, fast, and accessible product tailored to your brand.
- 04
Launch & care
We deliver a website that works, then stay available for updates, security checks, and improvements as you grow.
FAQ
Nonprofits: common questions
Do you discount for nonprofits?
We scope to the budget instead of discounting a package. Tell us the number and we will tell you what it buys. If you are a new organization under about $75,000 in revenue and you need one page and a Zeffy link, we will say so and point you at a template you can run yourself. Call us when the programs outgrow it.
Which donation platform should we use?
It depends on volume and who administers it. Zeffy costs the organization nothing and asks donors for an optional tip, which suits small budgets and irritates some donors. Givebutter and Donorbox are easier for campaigns and peer-to-peer. Stripe direct is cleanest if you already have a bookkeeper. Over a year the fee difference usually exceeds what the website cost, so decide this before we design the page.
Our funder requires an accessible website. What does that mean in practice?
Usually WCAG 2.1 AA, sometimes Section 508 language when federal dollars pass through the state. In practice: semantic headings, real alt text, keyboard navigation, visible focus, contrast that passes, labeled forms, captions on video. We test with a keyboard and a screen reader. For Maangaar Voices, which advocates for immigrants with disabilities, accessibility is the audience, not a grant checkbox. Send us your funder's language at kickoff.
Can the site be in Somali or Spanish?
Yes, and we build the structure so a language can be added later without a rebuild. What we recommend against is a translate widget. Machine Somali reads as broken to a Somali speaker, and it undermines trust with the exact audience you built the page for. Pick the six pages that matter — programs, eligibility, how to apply, contact — and have them translated by a person.
We already have a Google Ad Grant. Does the website matter?
It is most of what determines whether the grant works. Google gives eligible 501(c)(3)s up to $10,000 a month in search ads, then deactivates accounts that stay under a 5% click-through rate. That rate depends on landing pages that match real searches — one page per program, not a single homepage — plus conversion tracking on donations and form submissions. Most organizations never spend close to the full amount, and the reason is usually the website.
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