A more just world
We build data, digital, and narrative strategies that nonprofits, foundations, civil society organizations, and NGOs need to reach wider audiences and achieve financial sustainability. That’s true whether we’re working in sexual and reproductive health or broader areas of social justice.
Who We Are
Founded by award-winning sexual health educator and entrepreneur Twanna A. Hines, FUNKY BROWN CHICK, Inc. is dedicated to creating a more just, loving, and healthy world free of oppression. As a US-based firm, we align with international partners, including those in Europe and the Global South.
Our work spans reproductive justice, immigration justice, human rights, and other interconnected social justice areas. A digital-first firm, we help organizations reach wider audiences and achieve financial sustainability using data, digital, and mobile technologies.
Two Ways We Do Tech
We’re able to show up in both the analog world and the digital one, where you need us, when you need us, wherever in the world that is.
- Tech for Good. We build and manage fundraising, data, and digital infrastructure such as CRMs, digital fundraising, social media campaigns, and custom-built training accelerators to help scale your mission.
- Tech Accountability. We help organizations better understand, prepare, and respond to how technology is currently being used against communities, especially women and girls, racialized communities, LGBTQIA+ people, and religious minorities: AI and data surveillance, image-based sexual abuse (IBSA), technology-facilitated gender-based violence (TFGBV), and AI-generated Non-Consensual Intimate Imagery (AIG-NCII).
Having intermittently lived and worked in Europe, including for the U.S. Embassy in The Hague, since the 90s, our American founder is a Dutch-speaking woman who is currently dually based between Portugal and the US. As such, we’re intimately familiar with EU digital frameworks and privacy laws that the US must adhere to but doesn’t yet have equivalents for.
Services
Audiences today are sophisticated consumers of media. To effectively reach them, your efforts must be strategic and data-driven. We provide our clients with comprehensive support to enhance their digital presence, optimize data usage, and drive impactful voter engagement and fundraising initiatives. Our six core service areas include:
Data Analytics
Harness the power of analytics to showcase your impact and attract donors
Digital Marketing
Maximize your impact with targeted digital strategies
Voter Engagement
Improve civic engagement with strategic data analysis and management
Fundraising
Diversify funding sources and strengthen donor relationships and engagement
Narrative Change
Shift or craft compelling narratives to resonate with your audience and drive social change
Custom
We also custom-build and tailor proposals to meet your organization’s unique needs
From Our Founder
In case you and I haven’t yet had the pleasure to meet, I’m Twanna. I started FUNKY BROWN CHICK nearly 20 years ago. In the beginning, it was a business that supported my writing, teaching, speaking, and other artistic endeavors to spread sexual and reproductive health education. Throughout, I also built marketing campaigns and honed my skills while working full time for Newsweek, Planned Parenthood, Land O’Lakes and other companies.
In 2018, I expanded my team and began working solely for FUNKY BROWN CHICK full time. Inspired by Kimberlé Crenshaw’s concept of intersectionality, we recognize that everything is interconnected. This belief drives us to support nonprofits and NGOs with data analytics, strategic planning, and digital marketing services, helping them raise funds, grow their supporter base, and amplify their impact.
If you’d like to learn more about what working together might look like, let’s get in contact. We’ll discuss your challenges, and chat about how we can partner up to help you achieve your goals. Or, if we think another firm might be a better match, we’d be happy to refer you.
If you’re here for sexual and reproductive health education service, hit me up.