Can a Gatsby site be made ADA compliant for non-profit sites?

Yes, provided the merchant or development team applies WCAG 2.2 AA at the source code and content level. No platform — including Gatsby — guarantees compliance automatically.

Does the ADA apply to non-profits?

Yes. ADA Title III covers any "public accommodation" — and non-profit charities, foundations, museums, religious-organisation services, social service centres, and educational programmes are typically in scope. Religious organisations themselves are partially exempt from Title III but their auxiliary programmes often are not.

Do grant-funded non-profits have additional obligations?

Federal grants typically require recipients to comply with Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act — which includes a digital accessibility component. Some grant terms now also reference WCAG explicitly.

Is Gatsby still maintained for accessibility?

Gatsby is in maintenance mode under Netlify. New projects often prefer Next.js or Nuxt.

Can a Gatsby site be made ADA compliant for non-profit sites?

Yes, provided the merchant or development team applies WCAG 2.2 AA at the source code and content level. No platform — including Gatsby — guarantees compliance automatically.

Does the ADA apply to non-profits?

Yes. ADA Title III covers any "public accommodation" — and non-profit charities, foundations, museums, religious-organisation services, social service centres, and educational programmes are typically in scope. Religious organisations themselves are partially exempt from Title III but their auxiliary programmes often are not.

Do grant-funded non-profits have additional obligations?

Federal grants typically require recipients to comply with Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act — which includes a digital accessibility component. Some grant terms now also reference WCAG explicitly.

Is Gatsby still maintained for accessibility?

Gatsby is in maintenance mode under Netlify. New projects often prefer Next.js or Nuxt.

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Gatsby accessibility for non-profit sites: setup, plugins, and audit checklist

Running an accessible Gatsby site for non-profit sites combines two layers of responsibility: Gatsby's platform-level accessibility, and the non-profit-specific compliance frameworks — ADA Title III, Section 504 (federally funded), WCAG 2.2 AA — that layer on top.

Arjun Walia · IAAP CPACC · Media accessibility specialist3 min readPublished November 1, 2025· Updated May 10, 2026

Why Gatsby for non-profit sites?

Gatsby accessibility relies on accessible React component patterns, gatsby-plugin-image alt props, route-change announcements through @reach/router compat, and content-source discipline (especially around Contentful/Markdown alt text).

Non-profit accessibility — the regulated reality

Non-profit accessibility ensures donation portals, volunteer signup, programme information, and grant applications are usable by donors, volunteers, and beneficiaries with disabilities — an obligation under the ADA, Section 504 (for federally funded non-profits), and the EAA for EU-facing non-profit services.

Gatsby accessibility challenges that hit non-profit sites hardest

• Image plugin alt prop omission

• Route announcements

Non-profit pain points your Gatsby site will likely have

• Donation forms with poor keyboard support

• Event registration timeouts without warnings

• Inaccessible grant-application PDFs

• Programme content as image-only

• Inaccessible third-party donor platforms

Setup steps

1. Use semantic React: Native elements first.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Cited answers. Sourced. Updated as standards and case law change.

Can a Gatsby site be made ADA compliant for non-profit sites?
Yes, provided the merchant or development team applies WCAG 2.2 AA at the source code and content level. No platform — including Gatsby — guarantees compliance automatically.
Does the ADA apply to non-profits?
Yes. ADA Title III covers any "public accommodation" — and non-profit charities, foundations, museums, religious-organisation services, social service centres, and educational programmes are typically in scope. Religious organisations themselves are partially exempt from Title III but their auxiliary programmes often are not.
Do grant-funded non-profits have additional obligations?
Federal grants typically require recipients to comply with Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act — which includes a digital accessibility component. Some grant terms now also reference WCAG explicitly.
Is Gatsby still maintained for accessibility?
Gatsby is in maintenance mode under Netlify. New projects often prefer Next.js or Nuxt.

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