A professional website for your nonprofit — free.
75% of younger donors lose trust in a nonprofit with an outdated website. We fix that. Apply once, complete a few hours of prep work, and a team of marketing pros builds your site in a single weekend.
A 48in48 site includes:
A professionally built WordPress site
Design, build, add content, launch — done.
One month of hosting + support
Included after your site goes live.
Marketing & branding training
During the build weekend itself.
Post-event hosting & support
If you wish, you can pay to host with us long-term.
Are you eligible?
You qualify if your organization meets these four criteria. If that's you, the application is about 15 minutes.
Apply Now- Holds 501(c)(3) status
- Generates under $3M in annual revenue
- Has a focus that's generally non-political and non-religious
- Can dedicate one person to be the primary point of contact
How the process works.
- 01
Apply (15 minutes)
Tell us about your mission, your contact info, and your 501(c)(3) status.
- 02
Coursework (~10 hours)
Three modules — branding/mission, DNS setup, and page content — at your pace. Coursework completion locks your event slot.
- 03
Meet your project manager
A few weeks before the event, you're matched with the PM who'll guide your team through the weekend.
- 04
Build weekend
Friday 6pm to Sunday 6pm ET. Your team builds, then polishes and QAs the site on Sunday. You check in throughout.
- 05
Launch
Sites go live the week following the event.
- 06
Offboarding
Choose whether to keep your hosting with us or to move your site to your own hosting. It's totally up to you.
We keep your site running.
We're proud to have built your site. We're also the best people to host and support it — we built it, we know it.
- Premium plugin licenses
- WordPress core and plugin updates
- Daily off-site backups
- Weekly security scans
- Access to our premium themes and plugins
- Email support for critical issues
- Everything in Basic
- Unlimited support tasks (up to 30 minutes each)
- Access to the 48in48 Nonprofit Growth Academy
We cover the cost of premium plugin licenses. We monitor your site 24/7. If your site gets hacked, we clean it for free.
Heads up: This is a closed WordPress platform. You can't add arbitrary plugins — only the curated set we support. That's the trade-off for keeping every nonprofit secure with a small team.
On average, hosting with us saves nonprofits 27% per year on their hosting and support fees.
From the nonprofits we've served.
“Our build team transformed what we wrote into a stunning website. We now have more eyes on our work and the confidence to talk to bigger funders because the site lends credibility to what we already do.”
“Working with 48in48 was an amazing, organized experience. The team delivered an incredible site, and the post-event support has been prompt and helpful.”
“It all happened in 48 hours. The team was open to my suggestions and the site looks and functions better than I imagined.”
Common questions.
3-5 business days.
No. We have step-by-step instructions and a support portal if you get stuck.
Yes. We train every nonprofit on WordPress during the event. You can also opt into Premium hosting and we'll handle changes for you.
Slots are filled on a first-completed basis. If you miss the window for an event, you roll to the next one.