Joel Eaton

Owner/Designer

Nonprofit Marketing & Design That Drives Results

At Preface, I help agencies and nonprofits communicate clearly with donors, supporters, and stakeholders. As a fundraising design agency, I combine nonprofit marketing and design expertise with fundraising strategy to make your mission compelling and actionable.

Whether you’re planning an annual appeal, refreshing your donor communications, or creating impactful campaign materials, I focus on practical fundraising design that supports your annual fund and builds long-term relationships.

You work directly with me from strategy through execution—no handoffs, no unnecessary layers. Just thoughtful, results-driven work built around your goals.

Nonprofit Marketing & Design Approach

I take a collaborative, practical approach to nonprofit marketing and design. I ask questions, listen closely, and help clarify what matters most before any fundraising materials are designed or written.

My role goes beyond making materials look good. I focus on helping you communicate more clearly, reduce friction for donors, and present your work with confidence through effective fundraising design.

This approach works best for organizations that value clear thinking, thoughtful execution, and direct collaboration with a fundraising design agency.

Who Benefits from our Fundraising Design Agency?

Whether you’re a nonprofit looking for a hands-on collaborator to create clear, effective fundraising materials, or an agency seeking a reliable freelance partner in nonprofit marketing and design, working directly with me ensures thoughtful, strategic, and results-driven fundraising design from start to finish.

What clients are saying

“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.”

I had the pleasure of working with Joel for six years during my time at The Salvation Army, where he supported our design and website work. Throughout our long partnership, he was consistently reliable, timely, and responsive, always delivering high-quality work and meeting deadlines with care and professionalism. More than a vendor, he was a true partner—collaborative, thoughtful, and genuinely invested in our mission and success.

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”