For nonprofits
A website your next volunteer can run
Describe what your group does and Spanli builds the site — your mission, your supporters' stories, your milestones, what's coming up, and a form that reaches you. Free to start, and simple enough to hand on.
You type “A community food project in Leeds — what we do, how to help, and what we've done so far” — and Spanli assembles the site in front of you: opening, what's coming up, last month, get in touch. The changes receipt reads: Added: 4 sections — opening, what's coming up, last month, get in touch.
Sound familiar?
The website was built by someone's nephew in 2016.
Nobody has the login. The events listed on it already happened. Every year the person who "does the website" changes, and every year the handover is a folder of passwords and an apology. There's no budget for a designer and no appetite for another tool nobody will learn.
How it works
What Spanli does about it
In the demo beside each claim: the site Spanli built; then the volunteer induction line being corrected — you click it, type “induction moved to 5:30”, and 6:00 pm becomes 5:30 pm; then new enquiry arriving in the Spanli inbox.
The structure already speaks your language
Supporter stories, milestones so far, upcoming events, ways to get involved — these are the actual section names, not a business template you have to bend into a cause.
Handover-proof by design
The next volunteer edits by typing what they want changed and filling in forms. There's nothing to be trained on and nothing to inherit badly.
Enquiries never get lost
Volunteer sign-ups, questions, offers of help — all collected into one inbox in your dashboard, still arriving even in the months nobody is looking.
Everything on it
What your nonprofit site includes
Real accounts, not a shared password
Invite people as editors, remove them when they move on, give the treasurer billing access only, and pass ownership of the whole site to the next chair cleanly.
Mistakes are undoable
Every version is kept and restoring one is a click, so a nervous volunteer can't break anything permanently.
Everything's pre-chosen
You remove what doesn't apply.
- A big opening with the mission
- What you stand for
- Supporter stories
- Photos
- The mission in depth, with your milestones so far and the people behind it
- Upcoming events
- Ways to get involved and an FAQ
- Where to find you
- Social links
- A contact form that lands in one inbox
Two ways in
Start from what you already have
Describe door
Most groups take the describe door: a couple of sentences about the cause and a handful of photos from real events, uploaded at the first step with a note about each.
Modernize my site
Still have the old site? "Modernize my site" reads its address and rebuilds it current — the history stays, the 2016 look doesn't. Nobody available to make decisions? "I feel lucky" decides everything and lists every choice for the committee to argue about later.
Make it yours
Before the first build, you set the look.
- Quietly exceptionalElegant & refined
- The story, up frontBold & editorial
- Take a breathSoft & calm
- Built for the nightSleek & dark
- An evening to rememberGlamorous & vintage
- The season, consideredFashion magazine
In case you're wondering.
Can people donate through the site?
Spanli doesn't process payments, so it won't take the donation itself. Groups point their "donate" button at whatever they already use, and the site does the rest — telling the story that makes someone click it, and collecting everything else (volunteers, questions, newsletter sign-ups) into your inbox.
Is it really free?
One site per account is free, forever, not a trial — which is the plan most small community groups stay on honestly. Paid plans add your own domain and higher-quality build options if the group wants them.
What happens when I hand over?
Invite the next person as an editor while you're still around, then transfer ownership. They edit by typing plain sentences and filling in forms — no training session, no folder of passwords.
Can several of us keep it updated?
Yes. Everyone gets their own account and their own role: editors change content, billing access is separate, and people can be removed when they move on.
Do we need someone technical?
No. Nobody is asked a technical question at any point — you describe things the way you'd describe them to a supporter, and changes are made by saying what should be different.
Ready to see your website?
Describe your business and watch it come to life. Free to start — no credit card required.