Nonprofit, Signature Website
When a parent gets injured at work, the entire family suffers. That’s why Kids’ Chance of America provides post-secondary and trade school scholarships to the children of workers who have suffered severe injuries or experienced fatal accidents while at work. Through state-level chapters, they empower these deserving youths to pursue their educational and career aspirations, offering hope and support to impacted families nationwide. The organization needed to standardize the web presence of their numerous state chapters and make the online application process easier.
Key Facts
About This Nonprofit Website
Kids’ Chance of America wants to give kids a chance at a brighter future. The nonprofit organization is committed to supporting the children of workers who have been injured on the job through scholarships and educational support. Working with inConcert Web Solutions, Kids’ Chance was able to implement a new website layout across numerous state chapters to maintain brand consistency. The new sites link to their applications on the Kaleidoscope platform making it seamless for the applicants and the organization to manage. New eCommerce functionality through Stripe facilitates easy, secure donations, and Eventbrite integration makes online event coordination and management easier than ever.
Secure Payment Processing
As a nonprofit, Kids’ Chance relies on donations to fulfill its mission of giving kids a better future. The new site supports this goal with a seamless, secure donation process powered by Stripe integration. With immediate payment processing, contributions can be put to work quickly and efficiently.
Improved Scholarship Process
Kids’ Chance has awarded over $36 million dollars in its 35-year history. Ensuring the application process works for both students and administrators is important. The new site uses Kaleidoscope for applications, streamlining the process and making it easier for applicants to submit materials and Kids’ Chance to review and process submissions.
Enhanced Event Marketing
From the annual conference to state golf outings, Kids’ Chance chapters host numerous events throughout the year. To support these efforts, the new site features an Eventbrite integration that simplifies event management, registration, ticketing, and attendee tracking. This user-friendly platform makes it easier for participants to get involved and helps the Kids’ Chance team streamline event organization.
Kids’ Chance: New Chapter Websites Help Give Kids a Chance at a Better Future
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The Challenge
Aligning State Chapters
Kids’ Chance of America has a strong brand, but with 50 state chapters each managing their own websites, it became difficult to ensure consistent branding. Many sites had outdated designs and different layouts, making cohesion a top goal of the redesign. In addition, it was important to improve the usability of the main functionality on the site, making it easier to accept donations, submit applications, and promote events.
The Challenge
Aligning State Chapters
Kids’ Chance of America has a strong brand, but with 50 state chapters each managing their own websites, it became difficult to ensure consistent branding. Many sites had outdated designs and different layouts, making cohesion a top goal of the redesign. In addition, it was important to improve the usability of the main functionality on the site, making it easier to accept donations, submit applications, and promote events.
The Solution
Consistent Design,
Improved Functionality
Kids’ Chance of America’s web partner, inConcert Web Solutions, implemented a standardized template layout for all Kids’ Chance websites nationwide, ensuring consistent branding across chapters. A new, user-friendly scholarship application form through Kaleidoscope made it easy for applicants to submit applications as well as allowing easy submission review for the Kids’ Chance committees. A new Stripe payment integration provides convenient online donations, replacing and supplementing traditional mail-in contributions and streamlining the donation process. Using Eventbrite for event management allows Kids’ Chance to showcase events effectively and simplifies attendee registration, increasing event participation.