An established non-profit with decades of impact had no way to take a donation without a cheque in the mail. We built the system that takes them, runs their events, and lets the office publish without calling anyone.
None → Live
Online donations
Staff-managed
Content
Events · News · History
Built in
The system
Two things the old static site could not do at all: take a gift end to end, and let the office publish on its own.
Give
One-time or monthly, and directable to specific equipment.
Record
Every gift captured and receipted, without anyone chasing it.
Publish
Events, news, and the foundation's history, updated by the office.
Give
One-time or monthly, and directable to specific equipment.
Record
Every gift captured and receipted, without anyone chasing it.
Publish
Events, news, and the foundation's history, updated by the office.
Before: a cheque in the mail was the only way to give, and a developer had to change a single word.
The Weyburn & District Hospital Foundation is a registered charity with decades of history and significant fundraising impact in southern Saskatchewan. Their mandate is to raise funds for a new hospital and medical equipment for the community.
What they had was outdated and static. There was no way to accept a donation online. Staff couldn't change a word without calling a developer. No event management. No newsletter system. No modern infrastructure for a foundation of their size and history.
For a foundation actively raising funds and engaging a community, it was a bottleneck rather than a tool.
We built the system around what the foundation actually needs to do: raise funds, communicate with donors, promote events, and tell their story.
We integrated an online donation system connected to their payment processor so donors can give in a few seconds. One-time or monthly giving, preset amounts or custom, with the ability to direct gifts toward specific equipment like cardiac monitors. No more directing people to external links or asking them to mail a cheque as the only option.
We built a content management system so the office staff can update pages, post news releases, and manage content without calling a developer. The foundation publishes regularly: event announcements, campaign updates, donor acknowledgments. Now they control all of it.
A complete history section documenting the foundation's legacy, from the original 1913 Weyburn General Hospital through the 1952 Union Hospital to the new facility under construction. Historical photographs, timelines, and the full story told properly for the first time online.
A Ways to Give page outlining every way people can support the cause: online donations, e-transfers, monetary gifts, pledges, and more. Event pages for foundation activities. Newsletter integration so they can communicate with donors and the community.
The foundation went from taking donations by cheque to a system that takes them in seconds, promotes their events, and lets the office publish without calling anyone. The relationship has since grown into further project discussions.
Every build here started the same way.
We went through the operation, found what was costing them most, and built that first. Everything after it was built on top.