Get it built, right.
Custom design and build for mission-driven orgs: websites, platforms, data tools, and applied AI. Start from one of the named, fixed-scope jobs below, or a fully bespoke build. Enterprise thinking at a nonprofit budget, measured, or we don’t ship it.
from $10k · typically $10k-40kDid a Clarity sprint? Your $3,500 credits toward this build, and we already have the scope.
Start with the job you already know you have.
Most orgs come to us with a specific, nameable problem. We’ve packaged the most common ones as fixed-scope, fixed-price jobs, so you know the price and the outcome before we start. Not sure which fits? A Clarity sprint names it, or just book a call.
Scoped, staged, and measured.
Scope
A fixed, written scope with a clear outcome and success measure, straight from your Clarity roadmap when you have one, and focused on whichever of the six areas need building. No open-ended meters.
Build
Staged delivery you can see progress on, with you in the loop at each gate.
Launch
Shipped, documented, and instrumented so you can tell it’s working.
Handoff
Your team trained to run it, because we succeed when you need us less.
A point person, and access.
- One point of contact who can make decisions and give feedback at each gate
- Access to the accounts, content, and data the build will touch
- Your Clarity roadmap if you have one, otherwise we scope it first
See something we built.
I See PDX is an interactive community platform I co-founded and built, a map, storytelling, a nomination system, and a support flow. It’s the clearest example of what Capability means: when a template won’t do the job, this is the kind of thing we design, build, and hand off to run.
The honest answers.
How much does it really cost to build?
Most Capability projects run $10k-$40k depending on scope, and we give you a fixed, written number before anything starts. That’s the honest range for a custom nonprofit website, platform, or data tool built to last, no open-ended hourly meters.
Do we even need custom, isn’t Squarespace enough?
Often it is, and we’ll tell you so. If an off-the-shelf tool does the job, custom is a waste of your money. Capability is for when you’ve outgrown the templates or need something they can’t do.
Should we build a custom tool or buy software?
Buy when a good tool already fits; build when the fit costs you more in workarounds than the tool saves. Because we don’t resell software, we’ve got no reason to push you either way, the answer follows your budget and workflow, not our margin.
Why $10k, what do we actually get?
A scoped, staged build with a clear outcome and a success measure instrumented from day one, plus your team trained to run it. You own everything: the code, the data, the accounts. Enterprise-grade thinking priced to a real nonprofit budget.
I inherited a messy website, where do I start?
Usually with triage, not a rebuild. A lot of “we need a new site” turns out to be a handful of fixes. Run the free Digital Health Audit or book a call and we’ll tell you honestly whether it’s a repair or a rebuild.
Can you build a dashboard our board will actually read?
Yes, impact dashboards that turn scattered data into the few numbers your board cares about are one of the most common things we build. We scope it to the metrics that move your mission.
Will AI just create more work for my team?
It shouldn’t, and if it will, we won’t build it. Applied AI here means focused, safe automations on real workflows that give staff time back, not a chatbot that needs babysitting. Done right, nonprofits commonly see thousands of dollars a year in staff time returned.
Do you work with Portland and Oregon nonprofits, or remote?
Both, we’re based in Portland, Oregon, and work with nonprofits across the US remotely.
Have something to build?
Book a scoping call. If the path isn’t clear yet, a Clarity sprint is the fastest way to find it.