Where there’s injustice, our clients call it out.
Affordable housing. A living wage. Criminal justice reform. Fenton helps our clients move the needle on policies that create a more fair and just society for all.
Alta Gracia
Promoting a Fair Wage Apparel Brand
The Challenge: Alta Gracia, owned by Knights Apparel, a leading supplier of branded athletic apparel for sports teams and universities, is a new apparel brand sold at college bookstores all over the United States. It is the first apparel brand to pay its workers a “living wage,” enough so that the people who make the t-shirts, sweatshirts and hoodies, and their families can lift themselves out of poverty. The start-up company, named for the town of Villa Altagracia in the Dominican Republic where the factory is located, had no advertising budget and therefore had to rely exclusively on traditional and social media, as well as in-store signs and clothing tags to promote itself to the university community.
Bringing Philanthropy’s Promise to Life
The Challenge: The Philanthropic sector today is a multi-billion dollar industry. For more than three decades, the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy has been a foundation watchdog group committed to holding the sector accountable for serving the public good, not private interest. On its 35th anniversary in 2011, NCRP launched the Philanthropy’s Promise initiative to encourage more giving that benefits communities with the least wealth and opportunity.
Corporation for a Skilled Workforce
The Corporation for a Skilled Workforce wanted help connecting with their target audience: cities in need of an economic rebound.
“Good Jobs, Thriving Communities”
The Challenge: The Corporation for a Skilled Workforce (CSW) is a nonprofit public interest agency that brings together expertise from government, business and higher education to both develop and execute strategies that help cities find solutions to the workforce challenges of the new economy. But CSW staff had struggled with how to describe the value of their work to prospective partners.
Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy
A crisis is a terrible thing to waste.
Transforming America’s Housing Policy
Challenge: Conferences come and go—and they’re notoriously difficult to get media attention for. The Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy at New York University wanted to makes sure its conference on housing policy didn’t meet a similar fate.
Ploughshares Fund
Give Peace a Vote
The Peace Primary
Challenge: In 2007, the Ploughshares Fund, the largest foundation in the country focused exclusively on peace and security issues, wanted to celebrate its 25th anniversary by positioning peace as a top-of-mind priority and attracting new supporters to the cause.
Public Private Ventures
Public/Private Ventures was tired of being behind the scenes.
Positioning Public/Private Ventures as a Leader in Social Innovation
Challenge: For 30 years Public/Private Ventures (P/PV) has been a leader in designing and funding innovative social programs that help disenfranchised people, from former prisoners to at-risk youth, get back on their feet. But their behind-the-scenes role meant it was hard to get the type of public recognition critical for influencing policy and fundraising.
