What Fahrenheit Creative Group does

Fahrenheit Creative Group, LLC is a Black-owned, full-service marketing communications agency headquartered at 620 N. State Street in Jackson, Mississippi. Founded in 2011 by co-founder and principal Jason Thompson, the firm delivers an integrated suite of creative and marketing services — including branding, graphic design, video production, motion graphics, website design and development, public relations, social media management, market research, experiential marketing, and event planning — to nonprofits, philanthropic foundations, and government agencies whose missions center on equity, public health, civic engagement, education, workforce development, and social justice. The firm operates as Fahrenheit Creative Group, LLC (Mississippi LLC), uses the trade name 'FCG', and maintains an active content blog (Creativ Climat) and a book club as part of its internal learning culture.

The agency's revenue model is project- and contract-based professional services, with no standalone software product, no public API, and no disclosed pricing — engagements are negotiated on a quote basis as discrete campaigns or retainers. The go-to-market is direct and relationship-led, with the team of approximately 10-11 members engaging prospects via phone, email, the company website, and deep community networks across the U.S. Southeast and increasingly at the national level. Customer concentration is concentrated in three vertical segments — nonprofit organizations, philanthropic foundations, and state/local government agencies — with a portfolio that includes the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, ACLU Southern Collective, the National Network of Public Health Institutes, the CDC Foundation, the Voter Participation Center, the Mississippi Department of Mental Health, Jackson Public Schools, the Woodward Hines Education Foundation, and the Emmett Till Interpretive Center, among others.

The firm is bootstrapped and founder-owned: no funding rounds, no parent company, no disclosed institutional investors, and no subsidiaries are evidenced in the input data. Its competitive position rests on the cultural competency and lived experience of a team drawn primarily from Mississippi institutions — including the University of Mississippi, Jackson State University, Tougaloo College, Belhaven University, Alcorn State University, and Millsaps College — combined with 15 years of embedded relationships in the Southern mission-based ecosystem. Notable outcomes include multi-state voter registration video campaigns, statewide opioid awareness efforts that earned multiple PRism awards from the Public Relations Association of Mississippi, and brand and website launches for new public health institutes.

Name

Fahrenheit Creative Group

Legal name

Fahrenheit Creative Group, LLC

Website

https://fcgworks.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2011

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Fahrenheit Creative Group is a Black-owned, full-service marketing agency in Jackson, Mississippi, providing branding, video production, web design, PR, and experiential marketing services to nonprofits, foundations, and government agencies focused on equity, public health, and civic engagement.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Marketing & Advertising Services

NAICS

Advertising, Public Relations, and Related Services (5418), Graphic Design Services (541430), Graphic Design Services (54143)

SIC

Services-Advertising Agencies (7311), Services-Advertising (7310)

akta.pro primary industry

Creative & Brand Campaign Development (BPAFAAAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Cause/Sustainability & Purpose-Driven Creative Agencies (MPAAAAAL), Nonprofit & Cause Communications (BPAFADAK), Creative Concepting & Campaign Development (BPAFAEAD)

Keywords

• Creative marketing services
• Branding and graphic design
• Video production agency
• Public relations services
• Experiential marketing agency

Headquarters

HQ city

Jackson

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Professional Services - Marketing & Creative Services: Full-service marketing agency revenue derived from providing branding, graphic design, video production, web design, public relations, social media management, market research, communications strategy, experiential marketing, and event planning services to nonprofit organizations, foundations, and government agencies on a project and retainer basis.

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Fahrenheit Creative Group is a Black-owned, full-service marketing communications firm that delivers branding, graphic design, video production and motion graphics, web design and development, public relations, social media management, market research, and experiential marketing and event planning. Engagements are sold as project-based or retainer professional services to nonprofit organizations, philanthropic foundations, and state and local government agencies advancing social-justice, public-health, civic-engagement, and education missions.

Product overview

Fahrenheit Creative Group is a Black-owned, full-service marketing agency offering a comprehensive suite of creative and marketing services to non-profits, government agencies, and foundations. The company's service offerings span communications strategy and implementation, branding and graphic design, website design and development, public relations, social media management, video production and motion graphics, event planning and experiential marketing, market research (including focus groups, online polling, and key informant interviews), and community engagement. Their work is focused on supporting mission-based organizations in public health, voting rights, education, workforce development, and social justice. The agency does not offer a standalone software product but delivers professional services through named campaign and project engagements.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Branding and Identity Design Brand strategy, naming, logo design, visual identity systems, and brand-refresh services for nonprofit, foundation, and government clients (e.g., Missouri Public Health Institute, Skill UP Mississippi, Stand Up, Mississippi).
• Graphic Design Graphic design services for collateral, reports, infographics, social-media assets, campaign artwork, and publications, delivered to mission-based organizations across public-health, civic-engagement, education, and workforce-development engagements.
• Video Production End-to-end video production including pre-production, on-location shoots across multiple cities, post-production, and copywriting for advocacy and public-health clients (e.g., Voter Participation Center, ACLU Southern Collective GOTV).
• Motion Graphics Motion graphic design and animation services used in voter-registration, opioid-awareness, and public-health campaigns to extend storytelling across digital channels.
• Web Design and Development Website design and development, including WordPress with SharePoint integration, custom iconography, and content architecture for nonprofit and government clients (e.g., Missouri Public Health Institute, Stand Up, Mississippi, JPS-Hinds Pre-K Collaborative).
• Public Relations Public relations services including media strategy, messaging, earned-media outreach, and onsite event PR support for nonprofit, foundation, and government clients such as NNPHI, the Stand Up, Mississippi / OWAI opioid-awareness campaigns, and the Mississippi Department of Mental Health.
• Social Media Management Social media strategy, content production, and ongoing management for clients across public-health, education, and civic-engagement portfolios (e.g., JPS-Hinds Pre-K Collaborative).
• Event Planning and Experiential Marketing Live experiential marketing and event-planning services including community festivals (Homegrown Utica Fest), charter-bus enrollment tours (JPS-Hinds Pre-K Enrollment Tour with DJ and food incentives), Read Across Jackson Day, and community health events with brand ambassadors on the Mississippi Gulf Coast.
• Market Research Primary and secondary research services including focus groups, online polling, opinion polling, and key-informant interviews to inform communications strategy for civic-engagement and public-health campaigns (e.g., SHEA, ACLU Southern Collective GOTV).
• Communications Strategy Strategic communications planning, message development, GOTV strategy, and campaign strategy for nonprofit, foundation, and government clients across public health, civic engagement, and social-justice portfolios.

Quantifiable outcome

• Helped Jackson Public Schools communicate Pre-K enrollment options to families, supporting the district's commitment to serving every four-year-old in Jackson.
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers15 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Mississippi Center for Cultural Production (Sipp Culture)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFCG was engaged by Sipp Culture to develop the Homegrown Utica brand and support the planning, implementation, and engagement efforts for the Homegrown Utica Fest as part of the One Nation/One Project initiative in Utica, Mississippi.
• National Network of Public Health Institutes (NNPHI)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFCG has an ongoing partnership with NNPHI providing communications strategy and design services across multiple public health portfolios, including COVID-19 response, tobacco cessation, and physical activity initiatives. FCG also provides onsite PR support at NNPHI's annual National Conference on Tobacco or Health.
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) / CDC FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFCG is working with NNPHI on a project with the CDC and Public Health AmeriCorps to update CDC's foundational public health training, specifically on the next phase of the Public Health Learning Navigator.
• African American Research Collaborative (AARC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFCG worked with AARC and Voter Participation Center to develop video content using messages and themes from AARC's research on effective messengers for voter registration among Black Americans. AARC's research identified Black college professors as the most effective messengers.
• Missouri Center for Public Health Excellence (MOCPHE)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFCG worked with MOCPHE to create a new brand and website for the launch of the Missouri Public Health Institute, representing the diverse needs of Missouri's four geographic regions.
• Head Start Programs and Community Health Centers (Mississippi Gulf Coast)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLocal partner organizations including Head Start programs and community health centers on the Mississippi Gulf Coast partnered with FCG to conduct live community events for the SHEA breastfeeding awareness campaign, with trained brand ambassadors engaging Black women directly.
• W.K. Kellogg FoundationminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerVon Gordon, Creative Projects Manager at FCG, is a member of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation's Community Leadership Network.
• The Alluvial CollectiveminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerVon Gordon, FCG's Creative Projects Manager, previously served as Executive Director & Youth Engagement Manager for The Alluvial Collective (formerly the William Winter Institute for Racial Reconciliation), where he developed youth programs and organized the first Statewide Student Summit on Race.
• Operation Shoestring and Mississippi Afterschool NetworkminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerVon Gordon serves on the boards of Operation Shoestring and the Mississippi Afterschool Network, organizations FCG collaborates with in the Mississippi community.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Burrell Communications Group: Long-established, Black-owned, full-service advertising and communications agency headquartered in Chicago. Comparable to Fahrenheit Creative Group in its minority-owned, full-service model and emphasis on reaching multicultural audiences, though it operates at significantly larger scale.
• Carol H. Williams Advertising: Black-owned, full-service advertising agency founded in 1986 with deep experience serving corporate, government, and multicultural clients. Directly comparable as another minority-owned, full-service creative shop with a mission-driven, multicultural focus.
• Citizen Group: Purpose-driven creative and communications agency serving nonprofits, foundations, and mission-driven brands across branding, campaigns, and content. Highly comparable to Fahrenheit Creative Group's full-service, cause-focused model serving similar nonprofit and foundation clients.
• Purpose: Strategy and creative agency purpose-built for campaigns that advance social and environmental causes, working with nonprofits, brands, and foundations. Comparable in delivering campaigns and brand work for mission-driven clients, though typically at larger scale and with stronger strategy/research emphasis.
• UniWorld Group: Black-owned, multicultural advertising and marketing agency offering branding, media planning, digital, and public relations. Directly comparable in being a minority-owned full-service agency whose value proposition centers on cultural competency and diverse audience reach.
• Fenton Communications: Social impact communications firm serving nonprofits, foundations, and progressive causes with PR, digital, and creative services. Comparable as a mission-driven, full-service communications shop targeting the same nonprofit, foundation, and advocacy segments.

Emerging players

• Big Duck: Communications firm specializing in branding, marketing, and fundraising strategy for nonprofits. Comparable as a niche agency focused on nonprofit and cause clients, though narrower in scope than Fahrenheit Creative Group's full-service offering.

Others

• DoSomething Strategic: Youth-focused nonprofit that runs cause-driven campaigns alongside its in-house creative team. Comparable in mission-driven creative work targeting underrepresented communities, though it is primarily a nonprofit operating its own campaigns rather than a fee-for-service agency.
• Sparks & Honey: Cultural insight and strategy consultancy that helps brands and organizations connect with emerging cultural audiences and communities. Comparable as a partner/adjacent firm working on cultural relevance and community-focused campaigns, though its emphasis is research and strategy rather than full-service creative execution.

Broad incumbents

• The Ad Council: Nonprofit organization that produces public service campaigns for causes including public health, civic engagement, and education. Comparable in mission and client overlap (public health, civic engagement) and as a producer of cause-driven campaigns, though it operates as a producer/convener rather than a paid agency.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/fcgworks
• Facebookfacebook.com/fcgworks
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/fahrenheit-creative-group-llc

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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