For nonprofits & community organizations
Websites for the small orgs
that hold communities together.
Built for the way mission-driven nonprofits actually work — recurring programs, volunteer schedules, donations, hybrid gatherings. Set up your site in an evening — not a quarter — and stop fighting complicated website builders.
Currently in beta. Free for the first 25 organizations.
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Subscribe ▾What you get
Built around what small nonprofits actually need.
A calendar that handles every kind of program
Weekly volunteer hours. Hybrid gatherings with the meeting link on each event. Monthly community circles. Multi-day retreats, fundraisers, trainings. Cancel one week for a holiday without breaking the rule. Visitors subscribe via Google Calendar, Outlook, Apple — or pull the raw iCal feed.
A page builder that doesn't feel like a CMS
Pick a template (Home, About, Volunteer, Donate, Calendar). Drop in sections: hero, FAQ, team grid, contact card, newsletter signup, embedded donation form. Edit with a real rich-text editor, upload images to a media library, publish in seconds. No drag-handles overflowing into your text.
Hybrid-friendly, donation-friendly
Every program has a format (In person / Online / Hybrid) and an optional meeting link. Fees are free-text — write "Donation requested," "$120 + lodging," or "Free, all welcome" without committing to a checkout system. Your funding relationship stays human.
Made for orgs with many threads
If your organization runs multiple programs, working groups, or affiliated communities under one roof, each can keep its own page, schedule, and leadership. Visitors browse everything together or filter to one. Single-program orgs can ignore all of this — the UI hides what doesn't apply.
Who it's for
From one weekly program to a 30-year archive.
Small nonprofits
One mission, a regular schedule, a few committed volunteers. You need a clear page that says what you do, a calendar that's easy to subscribe to, and a way to take donations without standing up a Stripe account.
Like: A community help center or recovery group
Faith & practice communities
Sanghas, meditation centers, small congregations. Often multiple practice groups or services under one roof, each with its own identity, schedule, and page — but visitors see everything together.
Like: Bozeman Dharma Center–scale
Multi-program centers
Workshops, retreats, ongoing trainings, volunteer programs. A growing archive of past offerings. Tiered registration when you need it, free-text "give what you can" when you don't.
Like: Residential retreat or community resource center
A note on how we charge
Built for the work, not the funnel.
Most small nonprofits run on volunteer labor, modest budgets, and a deep reluctance to treat their mission as a product. Most website tools assume you're running an e-commerce store with weekly newsletter blasts. These two facts have collided badly for twenty years.
Dharmasite is built to fit the way mission-driven organizations actually work. Recurring programs aren't calendar events shoved into a generic CMS — they're a first-class concept. Hybrid isn't a checkbox tacked onto an in-person event — it's baked into how programs are modeled. Donations are a real relationship with your community, not Stripe with a thank-you page.
The platform itself runs on the same model. Free during beta; donation-supported after — sustainable for organizations that can give, lower-or-free for those that can't. The same way many of you fund your own work.
Questions
Frequently asked.
How long does setup actually take?+
Two to four hours if you already have your schedule, photos, and donation link in one place. Most of the time goes into writing copy, not fighting the tool.Do I need a designer?+
No. Pick a theme preset (we ship five — Warm Sand, Stone, Forest, Ocean, Monastery), adjust colors if you want, done. The typography and spacing are set so even unedited it looks calm and trustworthy, not like a SaaS landing page.Can I use my own domain?+
Yes. Point your existing domain at the platform, set it in your settings, and we'll handle the rest.What happens to my data if I leave?+
It's yours. Full export of pages, events, people, subscribers, and images in standard formats — Markdown, iCal, CSV, original image files. No lock-in.Is this open source?+
Not yet, but it's the plan. The small-nonprofit tooling niche is one where vendor lock-in feels wrong; open-sourcing the codebase once it's stable means anyone can self-host or fork.What about a member portal / private content?+
Not in v1. Most small nonprofits operate on the principle that information should be openly available, and most member portals end up being friction without much payoff. If you have a real use case (gated training materials, member-only meeting links), tell us and we'll consider it.
Give your community a home on the web.
Sign in, name your organization, and you'll have a working site before you finish your coffee. Bring your schedule, a few photos, and a donation link — we'll handle the rest.
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