Experience without the ego.
Successful campaigns need more than a big idea. They need lift, stability and the right people working in parallel to help them get off the ground.
We find fulfillment in making your mission our mission. We lead with gratitude, take the work much more seriously than we take ourselves and care deeply about the outcome. At the end of the day, we simply want to do meaningful work that makes a difference in people’s lives.
Meet your partners.
“Biplane has been such a central part of our strategy and our organization that they really are part of our team, and they have helped build our culture of communications.”
“We are very grateful to the Biplane team for consistently offering strategic insights. We absolutely value this collaboration to thoughtfully plan and produce a consistent workflow that will surely result in enhanced visibility and new opportunities.”
“We are very grateful to the Biplane team for consistently offering strategic insights. We absolutely value this collaboration to thoughtfully plan and produce a consistent workflow that will surely result in enhanced visibility and new opportunities.”
“The Biplane team was instrumental in launching our 91st season, serving as a seamless extension of our team across strategy, email and social media. their creative, timely approach secured media placements that amplified our mission and connected us with new audiences.”
“The Biplane team was instrumental in launching our 91st season, serving as a seamless extension of our team across strategy, email and social media. their creative, timely approach secured media placements that amplified our mission and connected us with new audiences.”
“My experience with Biplane has been that, regardless of the situation, their expertise helps reveal paths forward that maybe you hadn’t seen yourself. I think of masterful insights and really being there when you need them.”
“My experience with Biplane has been that, regardless of the situation, their expertise helps reveal paths forward that maybe you hadn’t seen yourself. I think of masterful insights and really being there when you need them.”
“Biplane is always anticipating our needs … and because of that, they help to elevate the work we're doing and make it better. You can't ask for more from a third-party vendor who is supporting your team than to make it a better team overall.”
“Biplane is always anticipating our needs … and because of that, they help to elevate the work we're doing and make it better. You can't ask for more from a third-party vendor who is supporting your team than to make it a better team overall.”
“They're a natural extension to our team — it's like we were always meant to work together.”
“They're a natural extension to our team — it's like we were always meant to work together.”
“Biplane has been such a central part of our strategy and our organization that they really are part of our team, and they have helped build our culture of communications.”
Do we need a PR firm if we already have a fundraising consultant?
Publicrelations and fundraising counsel play different but complementary roles in acampaign team. We don’t try to replicate the work of fundraising consultants; wehelp build the conditions that make their work more effective. This includesconfidence in the organization and its leadership, clarity around the need andvision, stakeholder alignment, and reputational resilience through thechallenges you will almost certainly encounter
Can you work alongside our central communications and advancement teams?
We do our best work as an extension of advancement teams, where fundraising strategy and campaign leadership intersect. At the same time, we maintain a dotted-line relationship with leadership and central communications and marketing teams, ensuring alignment in messaging and institutional priorities.
What types of organizations and campaigns do you work with?
Our work is especially suited to major fundraising campaignsand other high-stakes philanthropic efforts where organizational reputation,stakeholder confidence and public understanding influence success. We supportorganizations early in campaign planning, as they prepare to go public and whilecampaigns are already underway.
While we bring depth in higher education, arts and culture,and human services, we are ultimately guided by the mission, the campaign visionand whether public relations can help move it forward.
What role does public relations play in a major fundraising campaign?
Public relations shapes the ideal environment forfundraising, building confidence that an organization will deliver on itspromises and resilience to maintain that confidence when campaign conditionschange.
We help you become better known, understood and trustedamong the stakeholders upon which your campaign’s success depends. Our engagementstypically include strategic communications planning and counsel, mediarelations, social media and influencer management, community partnerships,marketing content (campaign storytelling), issues and crisis management, andevents.