Elevating Black Community Narratives Across Colorado
Project Duration
2025 - 2026

GHG Services Utilized
Strategic Communications
Media Relations and Earned Media
Integrated Marketing
Website Design and Support
Social Media Management
Email Marketing
Messaging and Storytelling
The Challenge
The Black Resilience in Colorado (BRIC) Fund sought to elevate awareness of its mission, deepen engagement across digital platforms, and strengthen its position as a trusted voice within Colorado’s Black communities and philanthropic landscape.
A key priority was amplifying culturally relevant stories that reflected the history, leadership and lived experiences of Black communities across Colorado. This included elevating the history and legacy of Denver’s Five Points neighborhood while creating opportunities to highlight BRIC’s leadership, grantees and community impact.
At the same time, BRIC wanted its communications efforts to translate into measurable growth in visibility, website traffic, email performance and social media engagement — building stronger connections with existing audiences while reaching new ones.
GHG Approach
GHG implemented an integrated communications strategy centered on community-rooted storytelling, media relations and digital engagement.
The team identified and developed compelling narratives and connected them with media opportunities that could reach audiences well beyond BRIC’s existing channels. This included securing a multi-part television feature exploring the history and legacy of Denver’s Five Points neighborhood.
GHG simultaneously strengthened BRIC’s owned communications platforms by developing website and blog content, elevating priority information such as grant opportunities and maintaining a consistent storytelling cadence.
Email marketing incorporated targeted messaging and audience segmentation, while social media strategy prioritized community stories, organizational impact and leadership visibility. Video became an important engagement tool, expanding the reach of BRIC’s stories across digital platforms.
Ongoing performance tracking allowed GHG to refine content and communications strategies based on audience behavior and engagement.
The Results
Generated $51,181 in earned media value across 18 placements
Secured coverage across 11 unique media outlets
Generated 100,000+ social media content views with triple-digit engagement growth
Achieved a 52% email open rate, nearly twice the nonprofit industry average
Expanded visibility for BRIC’s leadership, community partners and mission through earned, owned and digital storytelling
Strengthened BRIC’s position as a credible voice in conversations about Black philanthropy, community investment and equity
Media Mentions
Denver7: Three-part feature on the History of Five Points, May 2, 2025
Denver7: Black Resilience in Colorado continues to support nonprofits as organization marks 5 years since its inception, June 3, 2025
The Acumen: Cover Story - Reimagined Leadership: Centering the Community & Sharing Power - August 2025
Co&Co: Participate in Black Giving Day with BRIC Fund, August 28, 2025
Colorado Politics: BRIC’s fifth anniversary underscores success and increasing need, November 4, 2025
Denver Urban Spectrum: Rooted in Freedom, Rising in Legacy, June 9, 2026
Co&Co: Celebrate Black Resilience in Colorado, June 24, 2026
Denver Urban Spectrum: Cover Story - The Legacy of Giving, August 2026

















