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Advancing Communities Forward

A Sacramento nonprofit empowering foster youth ages 18 to 21 with safe transitional housing, life skills, and wraparound support. Full website, brand identity, logo, and ongoing strategy.

Type Brand Identity + Custom Site
Platform Custom HTML / CSS / JS
Tech GSAP, Cloudinary, Stripe, Netlify
Year 2026
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The work

A brand from zero, then a site to put it on.

Two founders walked in ready to support foster youth aging out of the system, with no website, no logo, and no brand. They needed something that could walk into donor meetings, hold its own next to bigger nonprofits, and turn curious visitors into people who actually give.

The work started from scratch: logo, color system, typography, voice, and photography direction. From there, a custom-coded multi-page website with Stripe-powered donations and event ticketing, live the day the site launched, in time for the May fundraiser.

Brand at a glance

Hopeful, capable, grounded.

Color palette

Blue#0675BC
Orange#FCA418
Pink#E53990
Navy#1A1A2E

Typography

Plus Jakarta Sans Display & headers
DM Sans Body & UI
What's on the site

Built lean, set up to last.

DonationsStripe-powered one-time and recurring giving, live the day the site launched.
Event ticketingStripe checkout for fundraisers and gatherings, no third-party platform fee.
Contact formSubmissions land directly in the team's inbox with spam protection built in.
Motion designScroll-triggered reveals and gentle animation that build momentum without distracting.
Mobile-first buildDesigned for the phone first, since most donors land on the site from one.
HostingHand-coded HTML, CSS, and JS on Netlify with images served through Cloudinary.
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"Michelle was incredibly knowledgeable and brought ideas to the table I hadn't even considered. She took all the stress out of the process, the result was worth every penny."

Nicole Roeseler Executive Director · ACF Inc.
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