How to make a website for an NGO

Donors, volunteers and partner organisations look an NGO up before they trust it: what work you do, where, since when, who runs it and whether it is registered. A small website shows this plainly and sends people to WhatsApp or a call to volunteer or offer support.

Updated 2026-11-09

What people look for on an NGO website

The cause in one sentence and the area you work in: a district, a city's bastis, a group of villages
Your programmes, such as evening classes, health camps, ration kits or skill training, and who they serve
Registration details: trust, society or Section 8 company, with the registration number, and 12A or 80G only if you have them
The founder and the trustees or board, with a line about each
Photos of the work, taken with the consent of the people in them
How to volunteer: which days, which skills you need, where to report
How to support you, and who to speak to about donations

The pages your website needs

Home: The cause, the area you work in, your main programmes in a line each and WhatsApp buttons to volunteer or support
Our work: Each programme: what happens, where, how often and who it is for, with your own photos
About us: How the organisation started, the founder, trustees, registration type and number, and certificates you hold
Volunteer: The roles you need, the time asked, the place, and a WhatsApp button to sign up
Support and contact: Ways to help (time, material or money), who to call about donations, the office address and a Google Maps button

Sample words for your home page

Evening classes for children in the bastis of Bhubaneswar

Asha Path Foundation runs free tuition, a reading corner and monthly health check-ups in three bastis. Volunteers can join on weekends.

Asha Path Foundation was registered as a trust in 2016 by a group of teachers who started tutoring children near Saheed Nagar. Today our volunteers teach about a hundred children every evening. Message us on WhatsApp to visit a class or to volunteer.

Use these as a starting point and write them in your own words: AppCub can rewrite them for you in the chat.

How to make it with AppCub, step by step

Decide the pages. Most NGO websites need these pages: Home, Our work, About us, Volunteer, Support and contact.
Describe it to AppCub. Paste the request below, with your own name, address, prices and timings.
Check the plan. AppCub lists the pages and what goes on each. Ask for changes until it is right; seeing the plan is free.
Add your details and photos. Replace every sample with your real details, attach your own photos, and check each page on the phone and computer preview.
Publish and share. Choose your address (your-name.sites.appcub.ai), put the website live and share the link on WhatsApp.

Copy this request, change the details to match your NGO, and paste it into AppCub:

Make a website for my NGO, Asha Path Foundation, a registered trust in Bhubaneswar. We run free evening classes for children in three bastis near Saheed Nagar, a reading corner, and monthly health check-ups with volunteer doctors. Pages: home, our work, about us (founder Sunita Patnaik, three trustees, registration number to be added), volunteer, and support and contact. Volunteers teach on weekends, 5 PM to 7 PM. For volunteering and donations, WhatsApp 98XXXXXXXX. Green and white colours with our logo.

Tips for an NGO website

Put the registration type and number on the about page. Mention 12A or 80G only if your organisation actually has them, written as on the certificate.
Use photos of your programmes only with consent, and take extra care with children: avoid faces or get a guardian's written permission.
Describe what you do with plain facts (classes held, places, days) rather than big claims about change.
Keep a named person and number for donation questions, so donors know who they are talking to.
List exactly what volunteers do and the time asked; people sign up more readily when the role is clear.
Add the office to Google Maps with a free Google Business Profile.

What it costs

Describing your website and seeing AppCub’s plan for it is free.
Making it and changing it in chat uses credits for the work done: start with the 2-day trial for ₹99 (150 credits) or the one-time App Pack for ₹499 (200 credits, no autopay). Starter is ₹1,599 a month for 700 credits.
Publishing is free for an account that has paid AppCub once, at your-name.sites.appcub.ai.
Work that fails or is rolled back costs no credits.

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Good to know

The website can't take donations, issue receipts or collect volunteer forms; people reach you on WhatsApp or by phone. For a donor list, receipts as PDFs and donations through the NGO's own Razorpay account, make an app.
The pages are written in English. You can talk to AppCub in English, Hindi or Hinglish.
A website has no forms, bookings, payments or logins: visitors reach you on WhatsApp, by phone or on Google Maps.
Every page carries a small “Made with AppCub” badge and a “Report this site” link.

Questions

Can people donate on the NGO website?

No. The website has no payments. Each page has WhatsApp and call buttons so donors can speak to your team, and you share your bank details or app payment link with them directly.

Should the website say we have 80G?

Only if your organisation has a valid 80G registration; then write it exactly as on the certificate. Never suggest a tax benefit you can't give.

Can I show photos of the children we work with?

Only with a parent's or guardian's written consent, and without names next to the photos. Photos of the class from behind or of the work itself are safer.

Can volunteers sign up on the website?

There are no forms, so volunteers tap the WhatsApp button and message you. You can then add them to your volunteer group.

Can the website show our annual report?

You can summarise the year's work on the our work page. The website has no file downloads, so share the full report on WhatsApp when someone asks.

Will donors searching online find our NGO?

The pages are made so Google can read them, with your organisation's details in the format search engines use. Where they appear is Google's decision.

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