the inner circle
Your annual report is done. Now make it work all year.
Every month, we turn its stories and data into appeals, emails, one-pagers, and fundrasising assets, with room for nw pieces as they come up.
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You don't need more content. You need more mileage from what you've got.
They've been where you are. Here's what shifted.
Up to six pages of new pieces every month
Copy adapted from your report
Monthly 30-minute strategy and planning call
2–3 business days per round
Dream team: a senior strategist, designer, writer, and PM
We’ve supported organizations with design projects, both big and small.
Every month, we move through four stages that keep your design on-brand, on time, and off your plate.
Plan the month
On our monthly call we look at your calendar and pick which parts of the report to put to work.
We size each piece in pages, so you know what you're getting before we start.
We Get to Work
Our team moves 1 to 2 pieces forward at a time. Once content is final, each round lands in 2 to 3 business days.
Track in Your Live Dashboard
See what's in progress and what's next. Drop feedback right on each piece and watch your page count for the month.
Review + Refine
Every month we zoom out on what shipped and what's coming. By month six, we're bringing you ideas before you ask.
Most months are a mix of pieces pulled from your report and new needs as they come up:
+ Donor emails
+ Appeal letters and inserts
+ Impact one-pagers
+ Social sets
+ Presentations and board decks
+ Event and campaign collateral
Annual and impact reports run through our Report Intensives, not the monthly scope. Same goes for other large multi-page publications.
Every month includes up to six pages of new work.
A page is just how we size a piece.
+ An impact one-pager is one page.
+ A donor email is one page each.
+ A postcard is one page, front and back together.
+ A set of four social assets is one page.
+ A slide deck counts one page for every four slides.
+ A tri-fold brochure is two pages, both sides included.
+ A four-page stewardship report for your biggest donors is four pages.
Anything unusual gets counted before we start, never after.
That is the monthly planning call. We look at what is coming, pick the pieces that matter most, and size them together so you know exactly what you are getting before we begin. You can change the plan mid-month if something urgent comes up and the queue allows.
They expire at the end of the month. They do not roll over. The planning call exists so this rarely (if at all) happens.
Copy adapted from your report is included, like pulling a story into a donor email or turning a stat into a social set. Net-new long-form writing, like a full case for support, gets quoted separately.
Tell us on the call. We will either shift the order of what is planned or quote the extra pages before any work starts.
Nonprofits that have finished an annual or impact report with us and want it working all year. Have a strong recent report from somewhere else? That can work too. We'll look at it on the fit check call.
Your report covers a full year of work. It takes a full giving year to use all of it.
Large multi-page publications run through our Report Intensives, not the monthly scope.
No. A brand tune-up or a full identity is a separate project.
After your initial 12-month commitment, you can cancel with 30 days notice. We'll make sure your final month is fully utilized and you walk away with everything organized and documented.
A full-time designer comes with salary, benefits, management overhead, and skills gaps. Freelancers are unpredictable, often unfamiliar with the nonprofit sector, and rarely think strategically about your donor journey.
The Inner Circle gives you senior-level nonprofit design expertise, a structured process, and consistent output without the hiring risk or the roulette.
Annual report design that builds belief in your work. For nonprofits opening doors for those who need it most.
