Squarespace templates that are designed for Nonprofits & NGOs

While compiling a list of my favorite nonprofit website examples, I've noticed how popular Squarespace was used, so I've decided to make a list of the best Squarespace templates that were specifically designed for nonprofits, NGOs and charity organization.

I've written in detail why Squarespace might be a good platform for nonprofit organizations to build their website, and if you're convinced, these templates offer a great starting point for your organization.

These are handpicked from the Squarespace gallery, and I tried my best to explain the pros and cons of each template so you can decide if it's best for you.

Let's dive right in.

1. Roseti

Out of all the templates listed here, I would say Roseti is the most feature-ready Squarespace template for nonprofits & NGOs.

It's designed for building communities and it's got a number of layouts and features that are important for you to promote your cause.

I reckon this template will save you the most time setting up a website for your organization.

✅ The Good

• Dedicated events page for your organization.
• Allow visitors and customers to join membership.
• Pre-built blog pages to share latest events and research.
• A dedicated contact page to help visitors locate your organization
• Integrated social media: Facebook, Instagram, and Pinterest (with options to add more).
• Newsletter sign up form to build a mailing list.

❌ The Bad

• Doesn't include a donation button and checkout by default.

⭐ Bottom Line

Overall, a well-designed template for NGOs looking to build a community for their organization.

Preview Roseti on Squarespace

2. Malone

Malone is a template that's specifically designed for non-profit rescue shelters, pet charities, or NGOs related to animals.

What I like about this template is that it has all the essential pages an NGO website is expected to have, and there are pre-built checkout pages to help collect donations too.

✅ The Good

• Almost feature complete. Minimal setup is required to launch a full-fledged marketing site for pet NGOs.
• Pre-built donation page and checkout.
• Pre-built blog pages
• Integrated social media: Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram (with options to add more).

❌ The Bad

• The overall site layout is simplistic, which may not be preferable for some.

⭐ Bottom Line

Overall, a great starting template for pet NGOs to quickly set up a marketing site to promote their cause and collect donations.

Preview Malone on Squarespace

3. Comet

Comet would make a great starting template for schools, learning academies, or education-related NGOs to build their site.

There are a ton of different layouts to play with, and there's a healthy use of images to showcase your organization profile.

More than that, the membership pages are readily built for organizations to offer premium content to paid members.

✅ The Good

• Warm and friendly design with plenty of room to feature your organization profile (Also love the accent color used throughout the site).
• Dedicated service/program pages for different customer segments.
• Pre-built membership pages to offer exclusive content.
• Pre-built blog pages.
• Integrated social media: Instagram, Facebook, and Youtube (with options to add more).

❌ The Bad

• This template relies on high-quality photographs to make the site visually appealing.
• Font pairing isn't the best, in my opinion, but it's customizable.

⭐ Bottom Line

Overall, Comet offers a great starting point for NGOs in the education industry to set up a marketing site with program memberships.

Preview Comet on Squarespace

4. Bailard

Bailard is a simple template with clean layout built for organizations, particularly those in the non-profit or NGO sector.

There's nothing fancy about the template but it comes with a few handy features that'll help NGOs promote their campaigns, such as allocating various sections for project and partners write up as well as a blog section for latest news and program announcement.

There's also an email newsletter to help build a mailing list for your followers.

✅ The Good

• Focus on Mission and Impact: The template emphasizes the organization's mission, activities, and impact, which makes a strong impression on potential donors and volunteers.
• Calls to Action — The template includes multiple calls to action, encouraging visitors to learn more, get involved, donate, or subscribe for updates.
• Simple, professional and clean aesthetic design.
• Donation button and checkout for donors.
• News section (i.e blog) for followers to keep track of your organization's news.

❌ The Bad

• The footer of this template may be lacking for some organizations.
• The call-to-action buttons for this template doesn't stand out as much as other templates.

⭐ Bottom Line

Bailard makes a good starting template for organizations looking for a template with a clean and professional layout

Preview Bailard on Squarespace

5. Lusaka

Lusaka was originally built for NGOs in the education space. I'd say the layout, content structure and designs fits perfectly for its use case.

This template has dedicated layouts and pages for highlighting the company's vision, past projects (or clients), and your team of professional therapists.

Bear in mind that this template does heavily rely on professional images and photographs to infuse personality into the site.

✅ The Good

• Clean, professional layout for organizations.
• Dedicated page for projects, company vision, and team page.
• Pre-built blog page.
• Dedicated consultation booking page.
• Able to accept donations from site visitors

❌ The Bad

• More customization is needed as compared to other templates shared here.

⭐ Bottom Line

A great starting template for organizations in the education industry.

Preview Lusaka on Squarespace

6. Clarkson

Clarkson is a template that utilizes plenty of large, high-quality photographs as background images.

Originally designed for NGOs focused on climate change, it can be adapted to just about any organization.

✅ The Good

• Calm design with an emphasis on high-quality photographs as background images.
• Large, clean, easy-to-read typography.
• Dedicated sections to write up about your initiative, mission, and company statement.
• Pre-built blog page.
• Able to accept donations from site visitors
• Dedicated contact forms for volunteers to sign up.
• Integrates with Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook

❌ The Bad

• Large background images take up quite a lot of space.
• Lack animations, which give a subtle touch to the whole site.
• Contact page is simplistic.

⭐ Bottom Line

One of the better designed Squarespace templates for NGOs in my opinion.

Preview Clarkson on Squarespace

7. Euclid

Euclid is a template for NGOs with a retro aesthetic. Mostly because the images used have a vintage overlay on them.

Moreover, high-quality images also play a central role in conveying the site's message and themes.

This template comes with a unique feature: Custom graphs! Which is great for illustrating important statistics for your cause.

✅ The Good

• Minimalistic layout with an emphasis on using high-quality images
• Large, clean, easy-to-read typography.
• Dedicated sections for company write up and mission statement.
• Create custom graphs to illustrate important data points.
• Able to accept donations from site visitors
• Integrates with Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook

❌ The Bad

• There's an excessive amount of empty space between sections.
• Lacks a blog section
• Color-palette lacks contrasting elements

⭐ Bottom Line

A simple template to start but may require a fair bit of customization to get set up.

Preview Euclid on Squarespace

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David Nge

David is the founder of MakingThatWebsite.com and started making websites for businesses back in 2014. He's a keen learner and wants to share his journey and knowledge with other business owners and freelancers. He launched MakingThatWebsite.com in 2021 to make website building more approachable and scalable for businesses.

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