This was my first thought too! Even on desktop, to be honest, this thing looks hideous. The grey text on almost-black background also completely fails the WCAG contrast ratio test.
Probably besides your point but: Instead of cropping that cat picture, they set a custom size in html that doesn't match the picture's ratio... if you want to see the cat's real proportions, right click on the picture and click view image.
And, honestly, what on earth is this? https://webwewant.org/news/We_are_announcing_the_Small_Grant...