Website Builder for Nonprofits in 2026: Donation Forms, Event Pages and Low-Cost Options

Wix, Squarespace and WordPress are the strongest starting points when you need a website builder for nonprofits. Wix lists donation forms, event tools and volunteer sign-up forms and lets you start free. Squarespace has a dedicated nonprofit solution and a Donations product. WordPress paired with CiviCRM suits organizations that want to host their own site and keep donor records in open-source software.

One caveat first: the catalogue has no website builder made only for nonprofits. Everything below is a general builder or open-source tool whose vendor lists donation, event or supporter features, so the guide says what to check in each. Ten tools follow, grouped by the job they do on a charity site.

Hosted builders with built-in donation tools

These are the quickest route when a volunteer or one staff member builds the site and nobody wants to manage a server.

Wix: best free start with donation, event and volunteer tools

Wix is a hosted website builder with a drag-and-drop editor, templates, ecommerce and AI-assisted site creation. Its nonprofit page lists one-time or recurring donations, tools to promote, sell and manage online or in-person events, a volunteer sign-up form built with its form builder, and templates designed for nonprofits.

You can start for free, and Enlisted records a free plan with hosting and the editor plus paid plans on yearly terms. Check which paid plan turns on payments before you promise a donate button. The Wix page has the listing.

• Best for: small charities that want donations, events and volunteer forms in one hosted editor.
• Watch out for: it is closed source and hosted only, and the free plan will not cover everything a fundraising site needs.

Squarespace: best polished template site with a nonprofit solution

Squarespace is a hosted website builder with templates, an AI builder, ecommerce, scheduling and email campaign tools. Its site has a nonprofit solution aimed at raising funds and growing a mission, with categories for faith communities, philanthropy and advocacy, community groups, environment and conservation, arts and culture, and youth and education. Donations sit in its business product menu.

It has a 14-day free trial but no free plan. The page read for this guide does not mention recurring donations or a nonprofit discount, so ask the vendor if either matters. See the Squarespace page, or the Squarespace alternatives guide if you want to compare.

• Best for: arts, community and advocacy groups that value design and want donations and scheduling in one tool.
• Watch out for: no free plan, hosted only, and no nonprofit pricing is stated on the page.

WordPress.com: best hosted WordPress with a Donations block

WordPress.com is Automattic's hosted WordPress service, combining managed hosting, themes, plugins and a site builder for blogs, stores and business sites. Its documentation says the Donations Form block is available on the Premium, Business and Commerce plans, uses Stripe, and accepts one-time donations or monthly and yearly recurring gifts.

Its plugin directory lists nonprofit and donation plugins from services such as Donorbox, GoFundMe Pro and Funraise. There is a free plan, but free and Personal sites must upgrade to use the block. See the WordPress.com page.

• Best for: nonprofits that want WordPress's flexibility without running hosting, and recurring giving through Stripe.
• Watch out for: the donation block needs a paid plan, and the service is proprietary and hosted by Automattic.

Jimdo: best free general builder for a simple site

Jimdo is a hosted small business website builder with an online store, bookings, SEO tools, domains, hosting and AI-assisted setup. Enlisted records it as free, and its listing mentions smart contact forms and payment links.

Its industry pages cover portfolios, restaurants, coaches, musicians, real estate agents and medical practices, not nonprofits, so treat it as a general builder. See the Jimdo page.

• Best for: a tiny organization that needs a simple information site and a contact form on a minimal budget.
• Watch out for: nothing in its listing is built around donations, events or volunteers, so confirm those on the vendor's plan page.

Open-source tools you host or control yourself

Open source removes licence fees and lets a charity keep its own records, but someone must run the site, which is the real cost.

WordPress: best open-source base for a charity website

WordPress is an open-source publishing platform and CMS for building websites, blogs and online stores with themes, blocks and plugins. Enlisted notes the software is free, and costs come from hosting and any paid themes or plugins you choose. It is the platform CiviCRM, below, plugs into most often.

If you do not want to manage hosting, WordPress.com above is the hosted version. For the wider market, read the guide to the best CMS platforms.

• Best for: organizations with a volunteer or contractor who can manage hosting, updates and plugins.
• Watch out for: donation and event features come from plugins you must choose and maintain, and hosting is a recurring cost.

CiviCRM: best open-source donor and event management inside your CMS

CiviCRM is an open-source constituent relationship management system designed for nonprofits, advocacy groups and NGOs. Its website lists contributions, events, memberships and email marketing, and says it works inside WordPress, Drupal, Joomla and Backdrop or as a standalone application.

It is released under the AGPL-3.0 licence, and paid support is available from listed providers. Enlisted shows recent GitHub activity. See the CiviCRM page.

• Best for: charities that want donors, members, events and contributions in one database next to their website.
• Watch out for: it is a CRM, not a page builder, and setting it up is a project, so plan for a technical helper or a paid support provider.

Ghost: best for publishing and supporter newsletters with tips

Ghost is an open-source publishing platform for blogs, newsletters, memberships and paid subscriptions, available as the Ghost(Pro) managed service or self-hosted on Node.js. Its help pages describe a Tips and Donations setting that lets readers make a one-off payment without becoming members, as long as Stripe is connected.

Ghost notes the feature may not be available in every jurisdiction because of Stripe's rules. It is released under the MIT licence. See the Ghost page.

• Best for: advocacy groups, local news projects and charities whose site is mainly articles and a supporter newsletter.
• Watch out for: it is a publishing tool rather than a general page builder, and its tips are one-off payments rather than donation campaigns.

Silex: best free visual builder for a volunteer-run site

Silex is a free, open-source visual website builder that exports clean static HTML and CSS, released under the AGPL-3.0 licence. It is maintained by the non-profit Silex Labs and describes itself as free with no premium tier. It runs through a free GitLab account, as a desktop app, or self-hosted.

Its listing mentions no donation, event or volunteer features, so use it for the pages and add separate tools for payments. See the Silex page.

• Best for: volunteer-run groups with a designer who want a free site they fully control.
• Watch out for: no forms or payments are listed, and static sites need other services for anything interactive.

Add-ons for donations and events

If your site is already built, these tools add the missing function without a rebuild.

Foxy: best hosted cart for donations on an existing site

Foxy is a hosted cart and checkout service that adds ecommerce to an existing website or CMS. It handles products, subscriptions, downloads, tickets and donations, and says any link, button or form can become a purchase option. It lists integrations with Wix, Squarespace, WordPress, Webflow and Framer, and gateways including Stripe, PayPal, Apple Pay and Square.

It is paid, with a free trial that needs no credit card and transaction allowances on each plan. See the Foxy page.

• Best for: nonprofits with an existing site that need donations or ticket sales added to it.
• Watch out for: its plans carry transaction allowances with overage charges, and it is oriented toward developers and agencies.

Pretix: best open-source ticketing for fundraising events

Pretix is an event ticketing platform with an online shop, check-in and box office tools for conferences, festivals, museums and other events. It is built on Python and Django, and you can use the hosted service or self-host it.

Enlisted records the hosted service as having no monthly fee, with a charge per paid ticket instead, so a charity running a few events pays only when it sells tickets. Its licence is listed as Other. See the Pretix page.

• Best for: galas, concerts and workshops where you sell tickets and scan people in at the door.
• Watch out for: it is a ticket shop to link from your site, not a website builder, and the hosted service charges per ticket.

What a nonprofit should check before choosing a website builder

The decision usually turns on a short list that each vendor can answer from its own pages.

• Whether donations are on the plan you can afford. WordPress.com's documentation puts the Donations Form block on Premium and above. Wix's free plan covers hosting and the editor, and its nonprofit page lists donation tools, so confirm which paid plan activates payments.
• One-time or recurring giving. Wix lists both, WordPress.com's block supports monthly and yearly gifts, and Ghost's tips are one-off. If monthly donors matter, check this first.
• Where donor and volunteer data lives. Hosted builders keep it in the vendor's dashboard. CiviCRM keeps contributions, events and memberships in a database you control.
• How events are handled. Wix lists event tools, CiviCRM lists event registration, and Pretix specializes in ticketing.
• Whether a nonprofit price exists. None of the vendor pages read for this guide state a nonprofit discount, so ask before you pay full price.
• Who maintains the site. Self-hosted tools shift updates and backups to you.

Other general builders are listed in the catalogue too, among them Hostinger Website Builder, GoDaddy Website Builder and Site123. Enlisted's data connects them to small business sites rather than nonprofits. Churches that publish a weekly bulletin can look at bltn, which creates print and digital bulletins and email newsletters from one workflow.

How to choose

For the rest of the stack, the guides to accounting software for nonprofits, payroll software for nonprofits and social media management tools for nonprofits cover the other tools these organizations usually need. The ecommerce category lists dedicated stores.

How we picked

Enlisted looked for builders and add-ons whose vendors list donation, event, supporter or volunteer features, and kept open-source tools that nonprofits commonly pair with a website. For open-source projects it checks the licence, GitHub activity and self-hosting. For hosted tools it reads the published pricing model and whether a free plan exists. Donation claims here come from the vendors' own pages and documentation. For the method, see how Enlisted ranks tools, or browse the CMS category.