Nonprofit Website Award
Applications close at midnight on January 31, 2025
Every year our advanced Coding Learners build one, remarkable website for one remarkable nonprofit.
The Award is valued at R18 000 and includes: a four page website with a Homepage, About page, Programme page and Donation page. The Award includes mockup design with two revisions, and the development of a custom Wordpress site that is integrated with the PayFast payment gateway, as well as Mailchimp and a simple donor management system. The website is Search Engine Optimised and mobile responsive.
Although our learners have advanced coding skills, the award provides them with an opportunity to learn the nuances of consultancy work and to build their portfolio for future roles. They are supervised by an experienced web developer and Nonprofit fundraising expert.
* Please note: the awarded nonprofit must commit to a monthly maintenance plan of R945 every month for a minimum of 12 months – this ensures the site remains live and a good addition to Coding learner’s portfolios.
See the Terms and Conditions and Award Timeline below to ensure you aware of your commitment to the process.
Terms and Conditions
Only one nonprofit will be awarded a free website from Connect Solutions. Included in the award:
- Four pages (homepage, About, Programme, Donations)
- All pages will be designed in Figma, with two mock up reviews to incorporate feedback from the awarded nonprofit
- The site will be built using Wordpress, with a Divi theme (the costs of which is carried by Connect Solutions), with lead generation forms built using Gravity Forms (the costs of which is carried by Connect Solutions).
- Each page will be Search Engine Optimised using three chosen Keywords to describe the awarded organisations work
- Each page will responsive for mobile phones
- The site will continue to be maintained by Connect Solutions at a fee of R945 per month (carried by the awarded nonprofit) for a minimum of 12 months with the first month being the month of the award (February 2025)
- The awarded nonprofit agrees to not alter or change the style of the website for 12 months, with the knowledge that the website will be displayed on the Coding Learner portfolios.
- If the awarded nonprofit does not have a domain and hosting provider, Connect Solutions will guide and recommend the awarded nonprofit but the cost of hosting and domain registeration is wholly responsible for the costs to be paid directly to the chosen service provider.
- The awarded nonprofit must commit to the timeline outlined below.
Should any additional development or plugins be required, the awarded nonprofit will be responsible for the costs.
We want to ensure the award goes to nonprofits who are invested in using and maintaining their Salesforce.
Applications close midnight on January 31, 2025. No late submissions will be considered.
Timeline
- Applications close at midnight 31 January 2024
- Winners contacted by February 3
- You will meet virtually or in-person with your developers in the week of February 3 (you may be required to submit additional documents)
- You will also be invoiced R995 for monthly Maintenance payable by the end of the month (February 2025)
- The first mockup will be ready for review by the week February 24
- The Awarded nonprofit will select best mockup
- The awarded nonprofit will be required to give feedback within three days on any changes needed
- The revised mockup will be ready for review within five working days
- Again, the awarded nonprofit will be expected to give feedback within three days
- This feedback will finalise the design, and will be incorporated into the mockup and will be incorporated into the sandbox development
- The sandbox will be ready for testing functionality within one week of the final mockup review
- The awarded nonprofit will one week to thoroughly test the sites functionality and provide feedback.
- The site will be rolled to production and go live the following week
- The site will be live and finalised by April 11 at the latest