Not for Profit & Government Projects

The team at Trillion are experts in design for the not for profit sector. Our team helps development and advancement departments design and produce compelling marketing and fundraising materials including annual appeals, annual reports, capital campaign materials, logos, websites and other marketing materials. Preview some of our design for the not for profit industry and learn more about each project.

Graphic Design for the Not For Profit & Government Examples:

Hospital foundation homepage design
Communicating a Mission and Fundraising Goals to DonorsThe organization needed a website that would better communicate its mission, story, and fundraising objectives to its donor community. The challenge was to create an online hub that could anchor major fundraising initiatives while remaining easy for staff to maintain.Overlook Foundation is a public foundation that primarily supports a medical center ranked among America's 50 best hospitals.Custom WordPress Website Design and Board PortalTrillion created an easy-to-use, custom WordPress website that staff can update and edit on their own, serving as a hub for the foundation's major fundraising initiatives. Trillion also built a password-protected area where board members can access important governing documents and meeting minutes.The redesign earned a GDUSA Health and Wellness Design Award.
Overlook Foundation Website RedesignWebsite
Theatre website homepage
The Challenge: An outdated site that strained ticketing and user experienceA performing arts organization needed a website that made everything from buying show tickets to exploring education programs intuitive across mobile and desktop. The redesign also had to mesh cleanly with existing IT and Tessitura ticketing systems.The 5th Avenue Theatre, located in Seattle, Washington, is one of the nation's premier incubators for new musical theatre.A discovery-led website design built for mobile and ticketingTrillion began with a full discovery exercise, auditing the previous website, reviewing Google Analytics and traffic, and interviewing each major department to define what the new site needed to do. Trillion then designed a mobile-friendly experience using the theatre's redesigned brand assets, showcasing large, dramatic photography and striking angles, and worked alongside the marketing director, IT team, and a Tessitura integration specialist to ensure the UX and design recommendations fit their ticketing systems.
5th Avenue Theatre Website DesignWebsite
Booklet cover featuring a mural on a train line in Newark, NJ
The Challenge: Showing Progress at a GlanceAn organization wanted to celebrate and highlight its progress in a single piece, which called for a layout that could carry many projects and programs without losing momentum or clarity.Newark Downtown District, a special improvement district and non-profit dedicated to the beauty and vitality of downtown Newark, hired Trillion to create a timeline design in booklet form.A Dynamic Timeline LayoutUsing the branding Trillion designed for Newark Downtown District, vibrant yellow typography and accents contrast with bold black type to add interest to the celebratory timeline. The dynamic layout runs a continuous line from page to page, highlighting each project or program with a photo, description, and status.
Newark Downtown District Timeline DesignBrochure
The Challenge: One Magazine, Two JobsThe school magazine needed to celebrate student and alumni accomplishments while doubling as the school's most prominent fundraising document. The design had to stay sensitive to the interests of students and constituents while making room for a donor report.Union Catholic Regional High School, among the most highly regarded Catholic schools in NJ, has worked with Trillion for several years on this second edition of its magazine.A Magazine That Informs and Raises FundsTrillion designed the magazine to feature the great accomplishments at the school alongside a donor report. The professionally printed edition is mailed to alumni, parents, faculty, and friends of the school, serving as both a communication and fundraising piece.
Catholic School Magazine Design for Union CatholicBrochure
annual appeal design ymca
The Challenge: An Appeal That Asks and EducatesA year-end appeal had to do two jobs at once, soliciting donations from the local community and showing how the organization touches so many lives in it. The mailing needed to make that impact concrete enough to move a reader to give.Trillion worked with the Ridgewood YMCA on an end of year annual appeal, part of a broader relationship that also spans a capital campaign, a strategic plan, and membership campaigns.The Solution: A Story-Driven Direct Mail PieceTrillion designed a direct mail piece built around a member story and letter, an impactful infographic, a response card, and a full-color envelope. The combination let the appeal both make the ask and educate the community on the YMCA's role.ResultsOver $100,000 was raised for the annual campaign.
Ridgewood YMCA Annual AppealInfographic, Print Mailing Design
The Challenge: Making a Strategic Plan Worth ReadingA strategic plan only builds support when the community can actually see and understand it. The goal was a professionally designed brochure that shared the plan's goals and highlights with the entire community.Ridgewood YMCA completed a comprehensive strategic planning exercise and wanted a professionally designed brochure to share the results, so it turned to Trillion.The Solution: A Visually Compelling Plan DocumentUsing the vibrant YMCA branding and color palette, Trillion created a visually compelling document featuring the objectives of the strategic plan. The design presents the plan's goals and highlights in a format built to share with the entire community.
Ridgewood YMCA Strategic Plan DesignBrochure
Case for Support NJ Cover
Equipping a Capital Campaign to Court Major DonorsA major-gift campaign lives or dies on how well it presents its vision to a small group of significant donors. The organization needed a named, polished brochure system its development team and consultants could personalize for each prospect.The Ridgewood YMCA in New Jersey launched a capital campaign named Building Our Community, Building Our Future, The Campaign for a Better Us, and needed materials tailored to each major donor.Naming and Designing the Brochure SystemWorking with the development staff and fundraising consultants, Trillion named and designed a case for support brochure with a pocket folder that houses materials customized to each major donor. The brochure paired an impactful infographic with leadership quotes, community photography, and renderings of the future facility. Trillion also built a matching PowerPoint template, letter of intent, and letterhead for the in-house team to extend.
Ridgewood YMCA Case for Support BrochureBrochure, Capital Campaign
Alumni Magazine Design Story
Merging an Annual Report and Alumni Magazine Into OneThe school wanted to merge its two most important community publications, its annual report and alumni magazine, into one cohesive document that would inform the community and acknowledge donors while reducing printing and mailing costs.Little Red School House and Elisabeth Irwin High School (LREI) is a progressive preK-12 independent school and a long-time Trillion client.Alumni Magazine Design and Publication SystemTrillion created a new alumni magazine design with large storytelling photo-grid layouts, feature-story opening pages, and an expanded color palette for the publication and beyond. Produced annually, it informs the community about what is happening at the school and recognizes donors, and merging the two publications reduced the school's printing and mailing costs.
LREI Alumni Magazine DesignAnnual Report
Key Art Design Cinderella NJ Regional Theater
The Challenge: One Look That Works EverywhereA theatrical production needs a single visual idea strong enough to carry across every medium, from posters to digital displays. Trillion was asked to create the key art and title treatment for Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella so the show would feel unmistakable wherever audiences encountered it.Paper Mill Playhouse is a Tony Award-winning nonprofit theater in Millburn, NJ, and a returning Trillion client.The Solution: Key Art and Title TreatmentTrillion created brightly colored key art and a title treatment with dimension and plenty of sparkle, carefully controlling the width of the letterforms to maximize impact while keeping the word Cinderella compact. The art was applied across print, web, digital advertising, out-of-home, social media, television commercials, apparel, gobo lighting, and digital displays at the theater.
Paper Mill Playhouse Cinderella Key Art DesignBranding, Signage