We've stripped away every obstacle between a designer's willingness to help and an organization's need for creative support. Here's how the magic happens.
Tell us your disciplines (branding, UX, motion, illustration), your availability, and the causes you care about. Takes under 5 minutes.
Browse open projects in our catalog, or let our matching algorithm surface the best fit for your skills and schedule. You always have final say.
We host a brief kick-off call and provide a project brief, timeline template, and a dedicated Design.Gives coordinator for the duration.
Present your work, collect feedback, hand off files. We publish your project to our portfolio and share your impact metrics.
Fill in our project brief template: your organization's mission, the design challenge, timeline, and any constraints. Our team reviews within 5 business days.
We match you with a designer whose skills and values align with your work. You'll have a 30-minute intro call to ensure it's a great fit before anything begins.
Work directly with your designer through our platform. Our coordinators support both sides throughout. Expect two rounds of revisions, clearly scoped upfront.
All files, source assets, and guidelines are yours. We include a simple handoff guide so you can brief any future designer or vendor on your brand.
Designer and organization align on goals, constraints, timeline, and success metrics. We provide structured brief templates so nothing falls through the cracks.
Designer explores directions, presents initial concepts. Up to two rounds of structured feedback. Design.Gives facilitates communication and keeps timelines on track.
Final polish, file preparation, and handoff. Deliverables are packaged for real-world use — print-ready, web-optimized, or development-ready, depending on the project.
We follow up 3 and 6 months post-delivery to measure real outcomes: donation rates, engagement metrics, reach. This data helps us improve matching and demonstrate collective impact.
Open to any designer with professional-level skills who wants to give their time to meaningful work. All disciplines welcome.
We work with registered nonprofits, social enterprises, and community organizations doing verifiable public-benefit work.
Every hour you donate multiplies through every person an organization reaches. Start small. The impact is big.