Regulations that apply
- ADA Title IIIUS
Increasingly applied to nonprofit sites with public-facing donation flows.
- Funder requirementsVarious
Major funders (Gates, Ford, EU Commission) require WCAG 2.1 AA conformance for grantees.
The accessibility risks specific to Nonprofit & NGO
- Donation forms without accessible labels3.3.2, 1.3.1
Recurring-amount selectors and conditional fields commonly fail labelling.
- Volunteer signup CAPTCHAs without alternative1.1.1
Image CAPTCHAs without audio or non-visual alternative exclude blind users.
Nonprofit & NGO risks in Certvo scan data
Nonprofit & NGO risks map to 3.3.2, 1.3.1, 1.1.1. Failure rates below cover all 1,569 sites in the Certvo Web Accessibility Report 2026 (not split by industry).
- WCAG 3.3.2 Labels or InstructionsLevel A
No automated failures recorded; test it by hand.
- WCAG 1.3.1 Info and RelationshipsLevel A
22.4% of sites failed it (#5 of 16).
- WCAG 1.1.1 Non-text ContentLevel A
29.9% of sites failed it (#4 of 16).
A short remediation checklist
- Audit donation flow as a screen-reader user
- Replace image CAPTCHAs with hCaptcha-accessible or honeypots
Scan your homepage plus one Nonprofit & NGO task flow to see which of the criteria above fail on your own site.