Caplan Communications

Caplan Communications is a strategic communications and advocacy firm that has advised mission-driven organisations since 2004. Its campaigns target policy, regulatory and funding decisions, from Capitol Hill to state capitals, on issues such as public health, the environment, clean energy and civil rights.

What Caplan Communications offers

• Policy and institutional communications — messaging timed to legislative, regulatory and legal processes.
• Narrative strategy and campaigns — framing issues to shape public understanding and decisions.
• Crisis and rapid response — handling urgent news and reputational threats.
• Earned media — proactive news coverage for clients.
• Author positioning — strategy for book launches.

Who it works with

Clients are advocacy groups, unions and nonprofits working on civil rights, sustainability, environmental protection, wilderness defence and economic opportunity. Case studies include UNITED SIKHS, AFGE Council 238 and Save the Housatonic.

Key facts

• Founded: 2004
• Track record: more than 197 campaigns for more than 49 organisations