Fundraising support

On Your Level Youth Project uses broadcast media, online resources, and face-to-face interactions to encourage teens to explore and accept diversity, communicate honestly and openly, and seek out productive life paths as they forge their way into adulthood. The project is the brainchild of a teacher, media personality, and spoken word artist named Blair Karsch, … More…

Many not-for-profit organizations, especially those that provide vital social services to otherwise under-served populations, stand or fall on their infrastructure’s ability to support their programming. When Boone County Senior Services outgrew its longtime headquarters in Lebanon, Indiana, its not-for-profit foundation embarked on a capital campaign aimed at raising the $2,000,000 necessary to build a new … More…

In a neighborhood facing economic and social challenges, a local church took the initiative to create a real link between community needs and economic solutions. Christ Missionary Baptist Church bought a nearby strip mall and transformed it into a source of vital neighborhood services, jobs, and business development. A laundromat enabled local residents to avoid … More…

This 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization serving persons with disabilities needed a headquarters building that could bring all its staff together within the community they serve. To assist with fundraising efforts targeting the costs of designing and building the facility, B Plus C Communications created a brochure that told the organization’s unique story through the eyes and … More…

The Phoenix Theatre, an Actors’ Equity member institution, presents diverse plays, including recent Broadway hits (which it’s often the first Midwest theatre to stage) and new works by Hoosier playwrights. It mounts its productions on two stages in a renovated church that’s been its home since 1988. Faced with ongoing needs for updates to its … More…

The City of Indianapolis committed $19.6 million to a project targeting one of its major east/west arteries, 38th Street, originally dubbed Maple Road. Once a residential corridor, later also a site for small commercial districts that served burgeoning northern suburbs, 38th Street evolved into a conduit across the city rather than a destination in itself. … More…

Madam C. J. Walker became America’s first self-made female millionaire. This dynamic entrepreneur built a cosmetics empire on a hair-care product that she created to treat her own hair loss. She built her company in Indianapolis, Indiana, along with an architectural gem of a facility that combined a theatre with spaces devoted to community use. … More…

Crown Hill Cemetery embarked on a Master Plan to support this historic not-for-profit institution’s restoration, preservation, and community-partnership needs. Following up on the opportunities and challenges identified in this document, the Crown Hill Heritage Foundation used direct mail to reach its donor audience with a message about the cemetery’s origins. Titled “From Strawberry Hill to … More…

The emerald ash borer first reached the United States in the 1990s, stowing away in wooden shipping crates bound for Michigan from China. In the emerald ash borer’s native habitat, many trees display natural immunity to it. Not so in the U.S., where thousands fall prey to the insect’s devastating effects every year. At historic … More…

Girl Scouts of Central Indiana provides organizational leadership for girls and adults in a large number of Hoosier counties: 35, at the time GSCI embarked on a capital campaign to replace its longtime office space with a building more suited to its mission and its people. B Plus C Communications researched, wrote, and designed a … More…