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ChiArts® Foundation

A ChiArts student dancing in an elaborate pose.

3 Year Client

A Stand-Alone Website for a Stand-Out Organization

ChiArts® Foundation

When the ChiArts® Foundation was ready for a stand-alone website, they called Digital Pollen to showcase their good work – and to help explain their unique relationship with tax-funded partner, the Chicago High School for the Arts. Together, we created a beautiful new website that explained their most important values and differentiators at a glance – streamlining web work for their staff and garnering unprecedented, positive feedback from their Board.

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Services

  • Digital Audit
  • Messaging
  • Website

Key Strategies, Insights, and Ahas!

A ChiArts student strikes a pose during graduation.

Aha!

100% Donor-Funded Tuition

Because ChiArts® is a public high school, and does not charge tuition, they had never considered talking about themselves as having 'free arts tuition' or 'donor-funded tuition.' This new framing has become a cornerstone of their Messaging strategy and way they talk about themselves.

A clock showcasing students involved in various arts from 2-5pm.

Aha!

Hours Breakdown

Learning the Arts + Academics hours breakdown throughout the school day was key in showing what the Foundation funded and what Chicago Public Schools provided.

Results

A section of the ChiArts Foundation website as viewed from a tablet.

100%

'Empowered to Give'

In a survey sent out to ChiArts® leadership, Board members, and staff, 100% of respondents felt ‘empowered to give’ after the new website went live.