How to list your website on Idealist
Free organisation profile on a social-impact jobs and volunteering site, with a website link.
- Link
- Followed link
- Cost
- Free plan
- Effort
- Moderate
- Reach (our estimate)
- Established
- Region
- Worldwide
- When
- Week 1
Short answer
Idealist is free to start, with paid plans, and the link to your website is followed (dofollow). To get listed, sign up and verify your email; an organisation email address speeds up review; it takes about an hour.
How to get listed on Idealist
- Step 1: Sign up and verify your email; an organisation email address speeds up review.
- Step 2: If your organisation is already listed, request administrator access.
- Step 3: Otherwise, choose 'Post on Idealist', then 'Add your Organization'.
- Step 4: Include your website URL, mission and EIN if you have one.
- Step 5: After review (within two working days), post events, volunteer opportunities or jobs.
You need
Administrator of a non-profit, government agency, community group or allowed business type.
Good to know
The website link has utm parameters. Events are free, as are volunteer listings by non-profits, government agencies and community groups; jobs cost e.g. US$145 each (US non-profits) or US$195 (US, Canadian or UK businesses).
Have these ready before you start
- Business or product name, written the same way everywhere
- Website address (the exact page you want linked)
- A 50-word and a 150-word description
- Logo, plus two or three screenshots or photos
- Contact email, and address and phone for a local business
At a glance
- Website
- idealist.org
- Category
- Business listings
- Reach (our estimate)
- Established
- When to do it
- Week 1
- Position
- 38 of 58 in Business listings
About the link
The listing links to your site with a normal (followed) link.
Best for
- Small businesses
- Local businesses
On these lists
Questions about Idealist
Are Idealist links dofollow?
Yes. Idealist links to your site with a normal (followed) link.
Is Idealist free?
Idealist has a free plan and paid upgrades. Check what the free listing includes before you start: on some sites the website link comes with a paid plan.
How much work does a listing on Idealist take?
A full profile with screenshots or a verification step: about an hour. How long approval takes is up to Idealist: many sites review a listing before it goes live.
Plan it, then tick it off.
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