Awards & Recognition
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Through empathy and rigor, we work from the inside out to help complex organizations match their story with their vision.
Our Clients
- 1803 Fund
- 3Degrees
- Echo Health Ventures
- Hearken
- The Society Hotel
- Third Nature
- Windermere
- Mac’s List
- The Whole Bowl
- CoEnergy Propane
- Zebras Unite
- Academic Data Science Alliance
- Arizona Community Foundation
- Cascade AIDS Project
- Kiva
- Meyer Memorial Trust
- Morrison Child & Family Services
- National Psoriasis Foundation
- Neighborhood Health Center
- Nonprofit Association of Oregon
- Oregon Community Foundation
- Open Society Foundations
- Oregon Well-Being Trust
- Oregon Health Leadership Council
- Park City Community Foundation
- Philanthropy Northwest
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
- Los Alamos National Laboratory
- Washington County Cooperative Library Services
- Boston University
- Oregon Health & Science University
- Stanford University Office of Development
Nothing about this firm is transactional — they are relationship experts and exceptional communicators. From project management to strategy and visual design to technology — they took the raw concepts and ideas we had and worked collaboratively to find the true heart of who we are and why we exist. They then transformed the concepts into a variety of assets and tools with such polish and clarity.
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