Blog: websites & design for grants and NGOs

Cases, guides and articles on websites, design and grants for NGOs.

Як зробити професійну верстку книги?

Професійна верстка книги в InDesign: кілька форматів з одного макета, готовність до друку (зокрема вимог Amazon KDP), непомітна типографіка, візуальна ієрархія для non-fiction і роль обкладинки.

How to prepare an NGO website for an EU-standards audit

A checklist for preparing an NGO website for an EU-standards audit: accessibility (EN 301 549 / WCAG), personal-data protection, donor visual identity, brief-and-budget reconciliation, access handoff, and freezing the final version.

How to write a website brief for a grant project: what NGOs need to cover

A technical brief for a grant-project website: what to include — purpose, donor requirements, structure, accessibility, content management, and the access handover after launch.

Website accessibility and WCAG: why it’s now a requirement from donors and educational institutions

WCAG in plain terms: the POUR principle, why website accessibility is now a requirement from donors and educational institutions, and how we made a college website accessible.

A picture instead of a thousand words: how a great visual helps you win a grant (an honest account)

Text is the foundation of a grant application, but it’s the visual that wins it. An honest account of how a clear visual concept helps secure funding — based on the "Sites of Ancient Battles" project.

How to finally get your report read: human principles of document design

Most reports look like punishment. Here are simple, human principles of document design — whitespace, hierarchy, colour, number accents — that make any report easy to read.

How to prepare your website for a donor audit

The technical and financial donor audit is a website's moment of truth. I share my own checklist of what to polish on the site before the review arrives, so you never have to return the funds.

5 donor fears that kill your grant application

Foundations are driven not by the search for brilliant ideas but by fear. Here are 5 donor fears I learned from my own failures — and how to calm them in your application.