Every year, Ichor selects a nonprofit with limited funding and resources to receive our pro bono services. We donate our time and skills to help them with marketing efforts like website design, campaigns, graphic design, or search engine optimization (SEO). This arrangement allows our nonprofit partners to benefit from marketing services without having to spend precious funding they could otherwise use towards pursuing their mission.

Quality is important to us, and we want to ensure the best possible partnership experience, whether this is a paid project or not. This commitment to quality is why we only can help one nonprofit a year through our pro-bono program. Our goal is to open more of our resources as Ichor continues to grow, so we can increase the number of pro-bono projects we undertake each year. 

Not all nonprofits have limited resources or funding issues. However, it’s still important that we do our part to help them succeed through our nonprofit discount. We started this program in 2019 and will continue it as long as we are in business. Nonprofits can qualify for up to 50% off our project bid as well as our hourly rate for retainer projects.  

Launched in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, our Community Giveaway Series provided pro-bono design services to local restaurants, animal shelters, and community organizations across Portland and Vancouver through 2021. While this specific giveaway series has concluded, it permanently shaped our agency’s values and paved the way for our ongoing nonprofit giving initiatives.

Whenever an opportunity arises, we sponsor nonprofit events to help support their mission and causes.

Jennifer, our founder, believes in doing her part by giving back to the community. Beyond contributing her strategic expertise on nonprofit boards, she regularly rolls up her sleeves to volunteer hands-on across a variety of local organizations—whether packing food at local pantries, helping out at community events, or lending a direct hand wherever extra support is needed. 

We believe in incentives, and that’s why we created a referral program called: Happy Clients, Stronger Communities. When you refer a client that signs with Ichor studios, you’ll receive a $150 credit towards any of our products or services. Or, you can choose to donate that amount to a nonprofit of your choice, which Ichor will happily match. It’s our way of encouraging nonprofit engagement with the people we interact with daily.