Real WCAG 2.2 AA, tested
Not an overlay widget and a compliance badge. Accessibility is designed into structure, color, focus order, and markup — then verified with actual screen readers and keyboard-only passes before launch.
NONPROFIT WEB DESIGN · WASHINGTON DC
Nonprofit Website Design for Washington DC Organizations
Your mission does not reach everyone if your website does not. Webteqno builds accessible, WCAG 2.2 AA WordPress sites for DC nonprofits, associations, and advocacy groups — screen-reader tested, quick to launch, and fully owned by you, so donors, members, and the people you serve can all actually get through.
WCAG 2.2 AA built in
Screen-reader tested
You own the platform
Mission-driven pricing
What Sets Us Apart
Accessibility is the work, not a line item we add at the end.
Plenty of DC firms will build a nonprofit a handsome site. Fewer will hand you one that a blind donor, a keyboard-only volunteer, or a program participant using magnification can complete an action on. That gap is where Webteqno is built to compete with Elevation, Kanopi, and Orbit.
Faster, and sized for a mission budget
Agency-grade accessibility without the agency timeline or six-figure engagement. You get direct developer access, a faster path to launch, and no proprietary platform to rent forever.
What We Build
Accessible WordPress that moves supporters to act.
A nonprofit site earns its keep when someone can find the program, understand it, and take the next step — donate, volunteer, register, or reach intake — no matter how they browse.
A base anyone can navigate
Semantic, keyboard-navigable custom WordPress with logical focus order, proper landmarks, and contrast that meets WCAG 2.2 AA — the foundation everything else sits on.
Actions that complete
Donation, volunteer sign-up, and event registration integrated with the tools you already run — and made accessible so the gift or the RSVP actually goes through.
Reaching the people you serve
Program and service intake built for the humans on the other end, with clear forms, plain language, and integrations that route requests to staff instead of a dead inbox.
Content search and AI understand
Well-structured program, impact, and about pages that both assistive technology and answer engines can parse — so your work is described accurately, not vaguely.
Case Study
SightUnseen — accessibility for adults experiencing vision loss
Webteqno's nonprofit work with SightUnseen.me: WCAG 2.2 AA remediation, custom PHP plugins, and Twilio voice/SMS intake built for a community that depends on the site actually working with assistive technology.
WCAG 2.2 AA In Practice
What WCAG 2.2 AA means on a donation form, a member login, and a program page.
Plenty of DC nonprofit web designers promise an accessible site. WCAG 2.2, the W3C standard since October 2023 and now ISO/IEC 40500:2025, defines it. Level AA means every A and AA criterion is met, which also satisfies 2.1 AA, the version the DOJ and HHS web rules cite.
Donation and intake forms
- Visible labels, and errors explained in words, not just red borders (3.3.1, 3.3.2).
- No re-typing details given earlier in the same process (3.3.7, new).
- Time-outs people can turn off or extend (2.2.1).
Member login and renewals
- Login that accepts password managers and paste, with no memory puzzle (3.3.8, new).
- Tap targets at least 24 by 24 pixels, and no drag-only controls (2.5.8, 2.5.7, new).
- Sticky headers and cookie banners never fully hide the focused field (2.4.11, new).
Program pages, reports, and video
- Contrast of 4.5:1 for text and 3:1 for large text, buttons, and icons (1.4.3, 1.4.11).
- Readable at 200% zoom and 320 pixels wide without sideways scrolling (1.4.4, 1.4.10).
- Captioned video (1.2.2) and help links in the same place on every page (3.2.6, new).
Manual checks on the journeys that matter
WebAIM's 2026 scan found WCAG failures on 95.9% of the top million home pages, and no automated tool catches everything, so we check accessibility at every stage, by hand:
- Contrast, focus states, and target sizes checked in the design.
- Semantic HTML, landmarks, and field labels checked in the build.
- A keyboard-only pass through pages and forms.
- A screen-reader pass on donate, volunteer, register, intake, and login.
- Fixes re-tested before launch.
Plain English, not legal advice
What the rules say
- DOJ says the ADA covers websites of businesses, including nonprofits, that serve the public, and points to WCAG as guidance.
- DOJ's 2024 Title II rule covers web content state and local governments provide, including content a contractor runs for them. Governments serving 50,000 or more people, DC agencies included, must meet WCAG 2.1 AA by April 26, 2027 (extended in 2026).
- Recipients of HHS funding have a Section 504 rule with the same standard: May 11, 2027 with 15 or more employees, May 10, 2028 with fewer (dates extended in 2026).
- Federal website accessibility lawsuits rose 27% to 3,117 in 2025, across all sectors (Seyfarth Shaw).
Ask your counsel which rules apply to your organization.
Donations, CRM & Email
Connect the donation, CRM, and email tools you already pay for.
Many DC organizations already run a giving platform, a donor database, and an email tool. The site connects to them instead of forcing a switch.
Online giving
Donorbox, Givebutter, GoFundMe Pro (formerly Classy), GiveWP, Stripe, or PayPal.
Donor CRM
Salesforce Nonprofit Cloud, Raiser's Edge NXT, Bloomerang, Neon CRM, or Bonterra.
Email and advocacy
Mailchimp, Constant Contact, or Action Network.
Events and volunteers
Eventbrite, Cvent, SignUpGenius, or VolunteerHub.
Three ways we connect them
Embed it on your site
The vendor's form sits on your page, so donors give without leaving your site.
Link out, clearly
When a hosted checkout or event page works better, the button says where it goes.
Connect by API
Where the tool allows, custom forms send entries straight to your CRM. SightUnseen's intake uses custom PHP plugins with Twilio voice and SMS.
Embedded forms run on the vendor's code, so we test them too and tell you plainly if one is the weak link. Platform names are examples of tools a site may need to connect to, not partnerships.
Associations & Membership
Association web development for DC membership organizations.
For trade associations, professional societies, and membership nonprofits, the association management system (AMS) stays the record for members, dues, and credits. The website is the front door.
Member portal and single sign-on
One login across WordPress and your AMS where it supports single sign-on (SSO) or an API. Examples, not partners: iMIS, Fonteva, Nimble AMS, YourMembership, and Wild Apricot. We confirm what yours allows during scoping, before we quote.
Join and renew
Short join and renewal paths into your AMS checkout, with no re-entered details and a login that works with password managers.
Events and the annual meeting
Agenda, speaker, and sponsor pages, registration through your AMS or event platform, HTML schedules instead of PDFs, and captioned recordings.
Continuing education and credentials
Course and credit pages that hand off to your learning platform. ADA.gov names organizations offering credentialing courses or exams as covered by Title III.
Trade association event
Beauty2025 for Dansk Kosmetolog Forening
The Danish Cosmetologist Association's national beauty industry event site: exhibitions, competitions, and networking in one place, with schedules and sign-up paths for cosmetologists and suppliers.
Read the case study → Professional educationNannyTraining.com
A professional development platform for nannies and childcare providers: a restructured homepage and simplified course catalog, launched 21 days from brief.
Read the case study →Already have a site? Start with a free audit.
Send us the URL. We will tell you honestly whether targeted fixes or a full website redesign is the right call.
Google Ad Grants
Ad Grants-ready before you apply.
Google Ad Grants gives eligible nonprofits up to $10,000 a month in search ads. US applicants need their own 501(c)(3) status, verified through Goodstack, so trade associations and 501(c)(4) groups are not eligible, though a related 501(c)(3) foundation can be.
What Google wants from the website
- A domain you own that hosts the site, not a redirect to a donation portal.
- Substantial original content in HTML, not a stack of PDFs.
- Mission, programs, address, and EIN or annual report easy to find.
- Working links, and donate buttons that reach a secure donation page.
- HTTPS, fast mobile-friendly pages, and no AdSense ads.
What Google expects after approval
$10,000
monthly ad budget, max
5%
account click-through rate, monthly
1+
conversion a month
Miss 5% two months in a row and Google temporarily deactivates the account. The site needs trackable actions, like a donation thank-you page or volunteer sign-up. Google alone approves applications; we build the website side, not the ad account.
Process, Timeline & Price
How a DC nonprofit site gets scoped, priced, and launched.
Mission-driven pricing means a scope sized to your budget and your mission, not a six-figure agency engagement: one flat price in writing before work starts, no hourly billing, no retainer required to start, and a reply within one business day.
Brief & scope
Goals, audiences, and tools in; scope, flat price, and timeline out.
Structure & copy
Clear routes for donors, members, participants, and press.
Design & build
Accessible components, your tools connected, analytics where included.
QA & launch
Forms, links, mobile, speed, keyboard, and screen-reader checks.
Timeline. Most sites go live two to three weeks from the brief; larger custom builds take four to five. Portals and SSO also depend on your AMS vendor's access.
Price. Set by pages, features, integrations, and copy. Nonprofit builds get their own flat quote. For reference, our standard WordPress website design packages are $500, $1,000, and $1,500; memberships and complex integrations are scoped separately, and hosting is billed by your provider.
After launch. Your team edits pages without a developer, and ongoing support can be scoped. We update the St. Jerome parish website every week.
Who We Serve
Built for DC's nonprofits, associations, and advocacy groups.
Webteqno works with mission-driven organizations across the District — from Capitol Hill advocacy groups and national associations headquartered downtown to community nonprofits in Georgetown and the many organizations run out of the surrounding Northern Virginia suburbs. Different missions, one shared requirement: a site everyone can use and no one platform can hold hostage. Read more in our guide on why DC nonprofits and associations lose donors to a dated website.
Capitol Hill, H Street, and NoMa
Advocacy and policy groups: issue pages, action alerts, and a press room your staff can update the same day.
Downtown, K Street, and Dupont Circle
Associations, foundations, and think tanks: member logins, event hubs, and accessible report libraries.
East of the river and the wider DMV
Community nonprofits: plain-language, phone-friendly pages and intake that reaches staff.
Serving more than one language community? We built the St. Jerome parish site with content for Creole-, English-, and Spanish-speaking parishioners. Multilingual builds take longer, and we scope them up front.
Also serving the DMV
Questions
Nonprofit web design questions, answered plainly.
It means the site works for people using screen readers, keyboard-only navigation, magnification, and other assistive technology — not as an afterthought, but built and tested that way. For a mission-driven org, it also protects you from the accessibility complaints and legal exposure that increasingly reach nonprofit and association websites.
Those firms do strong work, usually at agency timelines and agency budgets, and often on their own preferred platforms. Webteqno delivers accessible custom WordPress faster, at a smaller-org budget, with screen-reader testing built in and no proprietary framework you are tied to afterward.
Yes. We integrate the donation, volunteer sign-up, event registration, and email tools your organization already uses, and build accessible program and intake pages around them so supporters can actually complete the action they came to do.
Yes. It is custom WordPress you fully own — domain, hosting, and code. Nothing is locked to a proprietary nonprofit platform, so your next developer or staff member can maintain it without a rebuild.
Yes. Associations and advocacy groups have the same core needs: accessible member and program pages, event and renewal flows, and content search engines and AI tools can understand. The build adapts to a membership model as easily as a donor one.
Often, yes. We audit the current site against WCAG 2.2 AA, remediate what can be fixed in place, and recommend a rebuild only where the underlying structure makes real accessibility impossible.
One flat price in a written scope, quoted after a short brief, with no hourly billing and no retainer required to start. For reference, our standard WordPress packages are published at $500 to $1,500; donation integrations, member portals, and AMS connections are scoped separately.
Google decides, and you need your own 501(c)(3) status. The website side is fixable: a domain you own, HTTPS, original mission content, working donate buttons, and conversions Google can track. We build to that list.
Usually, if your AMS supports single sign-on or an API. The AMS stays the record for members and dues, and the website shows member-only pages to people who are signed in.
No. A widget sits on top of code that still has the problems, and in April 2025 the FTC finalized a $1 million order against accessiBe over claims its plug-in could make any website WCAG compliant. We fix the code itself.
Start Here
Let's make your mission reach further.
Tell us about your organization and what the site needs to do. You will get a clear next step, a written scope, and a flat price — accessibility built in, no proprietary platform, no vague retainer.