At Hershey|Cause, we know communications can shape the debate on important topics, raise much needed funds and brand an organization in ways that generate double bottom line results — and we’ve been doing just that for the last 30 years.
Hershey works as a strategic partner to build brands and campaigns that get attention for our clients. Our nonprofit, Cause, is a leader in education, capacity building and thought leadership on communications for social change.
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Back to Basics:
Mission, Values, People
In a challenging market, your mission and values keep you focused on achieving success on your terms.
Congratulations to our clients First 5 LA and The California Wellness Foundation on their great work and well-deserved recognition.

Alliance HealthCare Services, formerly Alliance Imaging, approached us for a name that more appropriately expressed its wider range of services while allowing each business division to stand on its own publicly. >>
As the agency for First 5 LA, we created a multilingual public education campaign utilizing both mass media and grassroots community outreach to parents across Los Angeles County to help this groundbreaking child advocacy organization. >>
We provide strategic counsel to help this important sector-wide, national initiative inform, involve and inspire leading members of philanthropy to take action to strengthen and expand diversity and inclusiveness in the sector. >>
We are working with the W. K. Kellogg Foundation's Rural People, Rural Policy initiative and public policy networks that are integral to the national effort to improve the lives of those living in small communities. >>
Created to improve communications capacity. Download copies of Communications Toolkit and our other books & guides.
We have created tools to help groups have a more powerful voice in their outreach efforts.
Communications
Effectiveness Index
Based upon a joint Cause/Princeton Survey Research Associates survey of over 500 organizations in the nonprofit sector, we identified characteristics shared by the most effective communicators. More details and a self-assessment tool can be found at CommunicationsEffectiveness.org.