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Washingtonian Selects The Hatcher Group as One of Region’s 50 “Great Places to Work”
Firm Works for Foundations and Nonprofits to Advance Social Change
BETHESDA, Md., -- Washingtonian magazine has named The Hatcher Group, a public affairs firm that works with foundations and nonprofit organizations to advance social change, one of the region’s 50 “Great Places to Work.”
The firm was selected from more than 200 employers in the Washington metropolitan area and was one of two public relations firms chosen. In its new November cover story, Washingtonian reviewed thousands of employee surveys and evaluated companies in a number of areas, including flexibility, challenging work, financial stability, good pay and benefits, recognition and respect and chances to learn and grow. The magazine chose 50 area companies.
The Hatcher Group was especially singled out for offering its staff members a “good work/life balance,” including generous telecommuting options and reasonable working hours. The company also was lauded for its mission.
“This husband-and-wife-owned firm works for nonprofits that advance social change -- whether trying to improve child nutrition or repeal capital punishment,” reports the magazine. “Unusual in public relations: 40-hour weeks.”
Located outside of Washington, D.C., The Hatcher Group works with foundations, international organizations, research institutions, government agencies and nonprofits. The firm deals with a wide range of issues including domestic and global poverty, tax and budget issues affecting low-income families, youth-at-risk, education, the environment and human rights.
The 15-person staff includes senior professionals with a mix of media, advocacy and legislative experience. The Hatcher Group recently recruited Phyllis W. Jordan, a former veteran editor at The Washington Post and Los Angeles Times, who directed award-winning coverage of politics, education, philanthropy, health care, immigration and military affairs. In 2008, the firm brought on the former deputy managing editor of Reuters America, Rob Doherty, who helped oversee the international news agency’s 29 bureaus and 650 editorial staffers across the region.
In the last three weeks, The Hatcher Group has helped to:
A new Hatcher Group report, meanwhile, reveals how nonprofits are using new media technologies to advance social change. Based on interviews and a 70-question online survey of 30 nonprofits working on state-level advocacy issues, “New Media & Social Change: How Nonprofits are Using Web-based Technologies to Reach Their Goals” shows what’s working -- and what’s not -- among nonprofits using new media technologies.
Current Hatcher Group clients include:
American Hellenic Institute, Annie E. Casey Foundation, Casey Family Services, Center for Global Development, Center for Excellence in Education, Center for the Study of Social Policy, Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, Citizens Against State Executions, Coalition on Human Needs, DC Children and Youth Investment Trust Corporation, Food Research Action Center, Global Call to Action Against Poverty, Growth Philanthropy Network, Insight Center for Community Economic Development, Jim Casey Youth Opportunities Initiative, Maryland State Sen. Brian Frosh, Maryland Association of Nonpublic Special Education Facilities, Mott Philanthropic, the National Summer Learning Association, Open Society Institute, Seedco, Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity, Washington Area Women’s Foundation, Ways to Work, W.K. Kellogg Foundation, Women’s Economic Security Campaign, Working Poor Families Project and YouthBuild USA.
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