Preface is owned and operated by Joel Eaton. At Preface we believe in the power of story. Every piece of communication you have is telling a story to your donors, volunteers, and community.

We create annual reports, branding packages, brochures, direct mail, campaign proposals, and more. More than anything, we create vehicles for effective storytelling.

By focusing on how we’re effectively telling your organizations story, we will help your donors connect with your mission, which in the end will help drive donations and response to your direct mail, emails, or newsletters.

Very few design firms specialize in working with non profit organizations. When working with us, you will get years of experience and testing in nonprofit communications.

We are Preface, where your story begins.

Andrew Olsen, CFRE: DickersonBakker
Executive Vice President, Fundraising Solutions

“Joel Eaton does fantastic work. I’ve had the pleasure of partnering with him to design annual fund, major gift, and capital campaign fundraising materials for a number of our ministry and nonprofit partners. What I enjoy about working with Joel is that he’s smart, creative, engaged, responsive, and delivers a great final product that helps raise significant revenue for our clients.”

Brian Molohon: The Salvation Army
Senior Director of Philanthropy

“I have been blessed to work with Joel on many fund raising and marketing projects over the last five plus years. Joel is one of the most creative people that I have ever worked with. He is able to take my initial thoughts and ideas on a project and translate them into an actionable document. His creativity, quality and timeliness are second to none; he is a true professional and easy to work with.”

Robert Schloss: New Song Mission
Executive Director

“We’ve worked with Joel for the last year, and his knowledge and creativity have been a great help to our marketing and fundraising efforts. We also really appreciate that Joel is easy to work with while driving the production schedule. He has our deep respect and appreciation.”

Steven Johnson: Five Stone Media
Executive Director

“Joel was instrumental in a re-design of the Five Stone Media website, clarifying the messaging, and in general, making it much more attractive to view and understand. And because of the new messaging and design, it makes it much easier to approach potential donors, and have the confidence that we can be competitive in the non-profit market place. We continue to use Joel for this purpose.”