Like many philanthropic organizations, The Duke Endowment has been thoughtful and cautious when adopting new technologies, both internal and public. They want their money spent wisely on tools that their staff, partners and constituents will find useful. Fortunately, the Internet has now evolved so that sites of almost any size can be designed and developed at a reasonable cost with stable, easy-to-use content management tools.
Duke contracted Interactive Knowledge to rebuild the site using the Joomla content management system. They also wanted a robust back-end administration tool and online access to their grant-making database. IK worked with the Williams Group in Grand Rapids, Michigan to develop the visual design.
The site contains a vast amount of content that is all stored in dynamic templates and is easily updated by the Duke Endowment’s staff. The back-end reflects a complex set of objectives, and IK was an integral part of the planning process that determined the templates used to build the site.
IK is hosting The Duke Endowment site and continues to work with Communications staff to maintain the site and keep content, including several video clips about specific projects, up-to-date.
