One of TakeTwo’s long-standing clients is You Gotta Believe! (YGB) The Older Child Adoption & Permanency Movement. YGB exists for one reason – to find forever families for foster youth close to aging out of the system alone. The organization believes everyone deserves family – and ultimately does better in life with a family behind them, supporting and loving them in good times and bad.

“TakeTwo has been great to work with. Both willing and able, they have helped keep us focused on the right things in terms of getting our development and fundraising activities up and running, and have made a real difference in helping us step up the quality and nature of our externally focused communication materials. We’d happily TakeTwo more!”

—Diggi Thomson, President of the Board of Directors, You Gotta Believe! Adopting Older Kids and Youth

Together, YGB and TakeTwo have weathered NYC funding cuts and leadership transitions, and also many successes, such as diversifying the organization’s funding base to include government grants, major donors, a signature fundraising event, board giving, and grants from private and corporate foundations. We have redone the YGB website together, secured charity spots in the NYC marathon, and enjoyed tremendous visibility through media and high-profile events. We now comfortable raise $1.3 million every year – and it is all so rewarding when you know it is for the kids.  There is nothing better than doing the work that enables the mission to continue.

“TakeTwo and specifically Stephanie Arcella, has been an amazing support to You Gotta Believe for the past 6 years.  She has become an integral part of our organization and always goes above and beyond any expectation we could have for her.  She has relieved such an enormous burden from the rest of us by handling virtually all aspects of our development from researching potential funders to developing proposals and then doing all the required follow-up and reports.  She has also taken a huge part in supporting our special events coordinating endless pieces of the complex puzzle.  Our CFO and I know that she is dependable, reliable, timely, efficient, and always keeps the two of us on track.  I could not recommend them strongly enough for anyone who needs any development work of the highest caliber.”

-Mary Keane, Executive Director, You Gotta Believe!