Our Work in Higher Education
Education
UNC Greensboro
UNC Greensboro
Light the Way: The Campaign for Earned Achievement
UNC Greensboro ranked No. 1 in social mobility among every university and college in North Carolina, enrolled more than 20,000 students, and sent 94,000 alumni into the state’s workforce. None of that had ever been articulated as a case for major philanthropic investment. The university’s access mission was its greatest strength, but its fundraising story hadn’t caught up yet: when your student body is 52% Pell-eligible and one-third first-generation, the case for philanthropic investment has to lead with outcomes, not demographics.
Education
DePaul University
Bringing Mission Forward
Restoring Higher Education as Societal Catalyst
Through its $650 million campaign, DePaul aspired to lead the way in restoring higher education’s impact as a catalyst for societal good. With brand work underway and a looming launch deadline, DePaul needed integrated counsel to build unified messaging and organizational fluency—fast.
Education
Arizona State University Foundation
Campaign ASU 2020
Together, Our Potential is Limitless
ASU had reinvented the public research university around radical inclusion. But the entire tradition of university fundraising was built on the opposite argument. Foster Avenue developed the messaging architecture that turned access into the philanthropic case, helping build a culture of giving where one hadn’t existed.
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