About Us

Whether it's launching a new initiative for such companies as AT&T and Disney or finding the tipping points on key issues like immigration and health care for funders like The California Endowment and the Institute of Medicine, we understand the nuances and tactics needed for the best results.

Cross-Sectoral Practitioners

We identify the intersections of the business, nonprofit and government sectors. We then use various marketing disciplines to create tailored integrated communications. This perspective distinguishes us as one of a handful of agencies nationwide who approach communications from all three areas.

Social Entrepreneurs

While Hershey focuses on consulting and individualized solutions, Cause's educational initiatives give us the flexibility to provide communications assistance across the social sector.

Green Certified

Hershey|Cause has made a commitment to conduct our businesses in an environmentally responsible manner and is a certified green business from the City of Santa Monica

Hershey

Hershey has been building brands and developing comprehensive identity programs for products and services since 1977. We helped introduce the first ATMs to consumers, launched Disney's entrance to the home video market, and established Cellular One as the premier cellular phone service of its time. We are currently helping First 5 LA reach families with very young children through targeted public education campaigns and working with W.K. Kellogg Foundation's Rural People, Rural Policy Network on national capacity-building initiatives. We know what it takes to get results.

Learn more about our capabilities and see some of our recent work.

Cause

The mission of Cause, a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization, is to identify opportunities where strategic communications and collaboration can be leveraged to achieve significant, measurable results for real social change.

Since 1999 we have successfully used rigor, analysis and creativity to educate and train more than 20,000 nonprofit leaders in the tactics of high-impact communications to advance positive social change. Cause programs help to share and elevate best practices in the nonprofit sector through our resource guides, tools, trainings and research.

Learn more about our educational programs, including our award-winning resource guides and trainings, and our research and insights.