You dont need to spend huge amounts of money to have a cutting edge site!  Just take a look at tools4shuls.com for proof of that.

It’s a suite of web tools made specifically for Jewish non-profits, designed to fit into your existing (or new) website, with little or no upfront cost, and only small monthly fees.  No more settling for open-source, mismatched calendars and bland, generic paypal links for donations.

Tools 4 Shuls includes:

• Jewish calendar with rsvp and payments – includes all hebrew dates, local candle lighting times, torah portions, holidays.  take online RSVPs and credit card/paypal payments for unlimited events
  
• announcements – post to any page on your site, remove automatically at a specified date and time.
• donations — easily create new categories and funds.  pre-set or dynamic donation amounts for each.  optional tribute information. pay with credit card or paypal.
• archive – upload audio, video, word docs, pdfs, etc.  play audio right on the page with our flash player.  great for sermons, newsletters, educational documents, flyers…
• photo gallery — create unlimited categories, galleries and upload unlimited pictures.  automatically display links to new galleries or categories on any page of your site.

Do your organization and yourself a favor… Splurge on the small monthly fee to set yourself up with quality web tools created specifically for YOU!