Field Notes | How nonprofits communicate their work online.
Field Notes document individual communication and design choices across nonprofit websites, campaigns, and digital storytelling. Each note captures one communication choice, explains what it signals to visitors, and contributes to an ongoing record of how nonprofit work is understood online.
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Translating Donations into Learning Time
Interface: Homepage Donation Interface
Lens: Explain the Work
Organization: Khan Academy
Observed: March 2026
Free to Use. Not Free to Make.
Interface: Homepage Donation Interface
Lens: Invite Participation
Organization: Khan Academy
Observed: March 2026
Turning Strategic Plans into Public Interfaces
Interface: Strategic Plan Microsite
Lens: Build Trust
Organization: Mercy Housing
Observed: March 2026
Centering the Community in Annual Reporting
Interface: Annual Report
Lens: Explain the Work
Organization: Mercy House
Observed: March 2026
Structuring Giving as a Catalog of Needs
Interface: Donation Experience
Lens: Invite Participation
Organization: Convoy of Hope
Observed: March 2026