• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content

Status ForwardStatus Forward logo

Web design and marketing for the outdoor industry and conservation based non-profits

  • Let’s Talk
  • Work
  • Services
  • About Us
  • Case Studies
  • Follow Status Forward on Facebook
  • Follow Status Forward on Instagram
  • Follow Status Forward on Twitter
  • Follow Status Forward on LinkedIn

Stand Up Initiative

Pro Bono Marketing Services to Support Those Who Protect and Steward the Outdoors

The Stand Up Initiative is a pro bono marketing program designed to help environmental and conservation-oriented nonprofits continue fighting the good fights. 

The Initiative was launched in 2016 by Darby Communications, an Asheville-based boutique PR and digital marketing company, in response to the challenges environmental non-profits have faced as a result of our political climate. Status Forward joined the effort in 2020, and couldn’t be more pleased to lend our skills to support the work of our incredible participant partners. 

The Initiative includes a six-month package of consulting and marketing services ranging from PR and social media assessments to SEO and keyword research to design and web development and more. Each year, two nonprofits are selected to receive a combined total of 100 hours of pro bono work.

Stand Up 2021

This year the Initiative is expanding applications to include nonprofits working to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion in the outdoors. 

The application process is open now through November 27, 2020. Regional and national nonprofits are encouraged to apply.

Apply Now

2020 Stand Up Partners

This past year we worked two incredible organizations working to protect and steward the outdoor places we treasure.

Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation
San Juan Mountains Association

Each Initiative engagement is different based on the needs of each partner. To understand what a project may look like for your nonprofit, read our San Juan Mountains Association Project Case Study. 

Blazing new trails?
Let's move forward.

Book a Call
Status Forward logo

191 Lyman Street, Studio 320
Asheville, NC 28801
828.338.9145

JOURNAL CONTACT

© 2023 Status Forward

Privacy Policy