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Four years in

SEARCH Homeless Services

Nonprofit branding by 5+8, Houston

SEARCH came to us in 2022 with a problem most nonprofits have and few name out loud. What people believed about homelessness was wrong, and it was costing them donors, volunteers and support. We stopped talking around the myths and started naming them, using facts from their own impact report. That first campaign became a partnership. We built their identity system and brand guidelines, a distinct look for House of Tiny Treasures, and the Building Together capital campaign for their new home on Pease Street.

By the numbers

2022
mythbusting campaign
2024
brand identity and guidelines
Today
still their creative partner

Results

  • Built a new and distinct identity for SEARCH Homeless Services.
  • Integral in the design implementation of environmental graphics for the new SEARCH building.
  • Created the Building Together capital campaign, including the donor paver program.
The work
Chart: Houston homelessness dropped from 8,538 to 3,321, with over 35,000 men, women and children housed
Telling the impact story
The SEARCH badge embroidered on a folded white T-shirt: For a Houston without Homelessness
A new brand
A SEARCH program graduate holding her certificate, framed inside the house shape from the new identity
The identity at work
Building Together logo: BUILDING TOGETHER, A Foundation for the Future, with the E drawn as three stacked bars
The Building Together campaign
SEARCH website page: Our Philosophy, with puzzle pieces for Permanent Housing, Core Supports, Trust & Partnership and Lasting Results, beside a photo of two people hugging in outreach shirts
The philosophy page