Freshwater Creative Competitors

At Fenton, we are communications strategists for social change. Our clients are the nonprofits, foundations, advocates and brands championing today’s important progressive issues. Fenton helps clients achieve their goals by raising awareness that sparks movements, changes behavior, and generates support for a more just, equitable and sustainable world. Our experts combine tactical experience and creative ingenuity with a deep well of passion and energy. Our strategic work shapes national health care policy, combats voter suppression, protects reproductive rights, promotes racial equity, works for a fairer education system, expands economic opportunity, demands climate action and much more.

We believe there’s no force more powerful than people taking collective action on the things they care about. When an organization wants to mobilize people around a common purpose, they come to us. We don’t pretend to have all the answers, but we know where to find them: in people. We listen, learn, and uncover new insights that often surprise us and our clients — and move us toward better results. Blue State got its start on the campaign trail, pioneering the use of digital to open up the democratic process. Our new approach caught on, and we set out to do more good: raising millions more for nonprofits, shaping legislation and public opinion, and connecting consumers with brands. While our approach is continually evolving, our ethos has never changed: Make good trouble. When the status quo stands in the way of progress, we challenge it. Be curious. We ask the tough questions and let the data lead to answers. Put people first. We let the user drive the program, not the other way around. Drive real change. We obsess over outcomes and actions. If you need it, build it. We make stuff that empowers people to act on the things they care about. Walk the walk. Progress starts with us: our diversity, inclusion, and commitment to values over profits.

The Raben Group brings together a diverse collection of professionals with deep roots in law and progressive public policy. Our mission is to identify opportunities and solve problems for clients in the corporate, nonprofit, foundation and government sectors. We believe the best approach to complex public policy challenges is to understand them from the ground up – carefully considering the client, the substantive issues, the political environment and the audiences our clients must reach to attain their objectives. From our founding in 2001 by former Assistant Attorney General Robert Raben, The Raben Group has grown to more than 50 employees in our Washington, New York, and Los Angeles offices. Our clients take advantage of a tailored suite of services including policy development, direct lobbying, coalition building, grasstops campaigns, political counsel and strategic communications. We pride ourselves on a unique approach that is unusually substantive and creative. Working with both Republican and Democratic Congresses and presidential administrations, we have used our range of experience, insight and access to help our clients set and achieve their goals in fields as diverse as intellectual property, labor, health, education, financial services, multiculturalism, constitutional law, and social justice.