Huntsinger & Jeffer is an employee-owned firm founded by Jerry Huntsinger in 1964. Jerry established his reputation in fundraising with an international childcare organization in 1961, began our agency in 1964, and employed a marketing staff several years later.

In 1974, Don Jeffer became a partner, bringing to the company a background in industrial psychology and progressive management techniques. Transferring his skills to non-profit work, he organized the agency’s services, and began working as a consultant to several leading national non-profit organizations.

By 1976, the agency added additional staff and began to offer a full range of production and media services. In the 1980’s, H&J successfully launched affiliated divisions offering mailing list brokerage and management, acknowledgement and fulfillment, results reporting, and direct marketing services for commercial accounts.

In 1994, the company began an exciting new era – launching a transfer of agency ownership to the employees.

As early as 1995, H&J ventured into Internet fundraising and by 2000, began testing and establishing industry benchmarks for e-mail fundraising.  We were among the first to place a strong emphasis on e-fundraising as part of an overall integrated fundraising strategy. 

In 2004 and 2005 H&J continued to lead the industry with increasingly sophisticated campaigns which integrate client web sites with simultaneous e-mail and direct mail initiatives.