In addition to traditional architectural services, we can provide our non-profit clients with the following: 

Community Engagement and Outreach

Planning

We work with clients to design and plan a community outreach road map that works for your community.

Community Meeting Facilitation

Help facilitate engaging group discussions intended to make sure that all voices are heard.

Story telling

Help create a compelling narrative about your project that encourages engagement through thoughtful messaging.

Graphic Support

We can help design flyers and outreach communications to support messaging.

Connections

We work to connect our clients with other organizations for resources and partnership opportunities.

Capital Project Coaching

Early planning

Understanding costs and timelines

Build your team

We can help you understand what professional services (contractors, estimators, etc.) you will need to complete your project and make connections.

Funding planning

We will work with you to understand the funding opportunities for your project and strategize next steps.

What to spend your money on

We can help you plan how to spend early grant funding to be as effective as possible.

Project management

We can serve as a representative for you and your organization throughout the design and construction process.

Feasibility

Site review and analysis

We can evaluate potential or existing building sites to understand if they will suit the needs of your project.

Land Use Code Review

Understanding what size, shape and type of building can be built according to the city’s codes and regulations.

Preliminary programming

We will work with you to review your needs and help you understand how much space you need.

Preliminary Budgeting

We will use our knowledge of current costs to develop a target construction budget for your project.

Feasibility Reports

We will produce a complete report outlining the feasibility of your project- a document that is essential in the early stages of fundraising and planning.

Fundraising Support

Graphic and communications support

We will support your fundraising team with images, diagrams and other information needed to communicate your project to a wide range of funders.

Advocacy Support

We can help you understand how to advocate for your project in both public and private funding situations.

Public funding

Advocating for city, county and state funds is a powerful tool for raising funds for nonprofit organizations. We will coach you on how to access your elected representatives, communicate your needs effectively, and apply for funding.

Grant Writing Support

We can help support your grant writing team with written and graphic content, as well as supplying the budgets required for each application.

 has secured grants for several nonprofits from the following sources:

Equitable Development Initiative
4Culture
WA Local Community Funds

Advocating for Housing Justice

Collaboration

We work with local government to advocate for a dense and vibrant built environment to combat rising economic inequity.

Small-Scale Housing Solutions

We design and implement small scale housing solutions to enable home ownership opportunities.

Regulatory Guidance for Housing

We assist our clients in navigating the regulatory landscape to deliver diverse housing choices.

 
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