Mary C. Forbes Foundation
Custom WordPress Design & Scholarship Resource Platform
Purpose-Built WordPress Website
Applicant & Administrator Resource Paths
Downloadable Scholarship Forms and Annual Updates
The Mary C. Forbes Foundation needed a clear, welcoming website to support its mission of helping qualifying students pursue a Catholic education within the Diocese of St. Petersburg.
The platform needed to serve multiple audiences, explain the foundation’s independent role, and give applicants and school administrators direct access to the correct scholarship documents.
MWD Web Design created a custom WordPress platform that organizes the foundation’s story, eligibility information, and annual forms into an accessible, easy-to-manage experience.
Transformation
Scholarship information can quickly become difficult to navigate when applicant instructions, administrator requirements, deadlines, and downloadable forms are not clearly separated.
The completed website creates distinct pathways for students and school administrators while keeping the foundation’s purpose and current resources easy to find.
Objective
The primary goal was to build a dependable WordPress resource center that helps families and schools locate the information and documents relevant to the scholarship process.
Key objectives included:
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Create a polished custom design aligned with the foundation’s mission
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Build an intuitive WordPress CMS for ongoing updates
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Separate applicant and administrator information clearly
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Provide direct downloads for current scholarship forms
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Deliver a responsive experience across desktop, tablet, and mobile
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Communicate the foundation’s purpose and independent status clearly
The website needed to reduce uncertainty for families and schools by making every audience’s next step visible and straightforward.
Approach
This project combined mission-focused design, audience-specific navigation, document management, and responsive accessibility in a single WordPress build.
Custom WordPress Design
We created a calm, professional visual system that keeps the foundation’s mission prominent while guiding visitors toward scholarship information and forms.
Audience-Specific Information Architecture
Dedicated applicant and administrator sections prevent important instructions from becoming mixed together and help each visitor locate the correct resources quickly.
Downloadable Scholarship Resources
Current notices, checklists, applications, and financial-assistance reports are presented as direct downloads, creating a practical online hub for the annual process.
Admin-Friendly Document Management
The WordPress backend allows the foundation to refresh forms and supporting information as scholarship cycles and requirements change.
Responsive Design
The responsive layout keeps the foundation’s story, application resources, and downloadable documents easy to access across desktop, tablet, and mobile devices.
Impact
The website gives the Mary C. Forbes Foundation a focused digital platform for connecting students, families, and schools with scholarship resources.
Clearer Applicant Guidance
Students and families can move directly from learning about the foundation to reviewing notices, checklists, and application materials.
Dedicated Administrator Resources
School administrators have a separate path to notices and financial-assistance reporting documents without sorting through applicant content.
Simplified Document Access
Clearly labeled downloads make time-sensitive scholarship forms easier to locate and retrieve from any device.
Long Term Scalability
The WordPress foundation supports new annual forms, revised instructions, and additional scholarship information as the program evolves.
Results
The Mary C. Forbes Foundation now has a purpose-built digital resource that communicates its mission and supports the practical needs of applicants and administrators.
The redesigned website:
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Establishes a credible, mission-aligned online presence
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Creates distinct resource paths for applicants and administrators
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Centralizes scholarship notices, applications, and reporting forms
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Keeps important documents accessible across devices
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Provides a manageable WordPress foundation for annual updates
By combining custom WordPress design, thoughtful information architecture, and straightforward document access, MWD Web Design delivered a platform that helps the foundation serve students, families, and schools more effectively.
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