The top podcast agencies for nonprofits and mission-driven organizations
These agencies have produced podcasts for nonprofits, universities, government agencies, associations, and advocacy groups.
Agencies qualified for this list on four broad criteria: verified work with mission-driven organizations, with at least one client named on the agency's own site or in press coverage; whether the agency sells strategy or only production; willingness to work inside a communications approval process; and an approach to measurement for shows that aren’t funded by advertising.
The list was assembled from each agency's website, press releases in Podnews and Sounds Profitable, award announcements, and third-party directories, then checked for evidence that the agency is still taking work in 2026. The agencies below appear in alphabetical order. This is not a ranking.
CitizenRacecar
David Hoffman founded CitizenRacecar in 2012 and remains its principal. The agency describes itself as a full-service audio production agency for nonprofits, government agencies, and companies.
Three of its shows won awards in the third annual Anthem Awards. Formative, made with the after-school nonprofit New York Edge, won gold in Education, Art and Culture. Undiscarded: Stories of New York, made with the museum The City Reliquary, won silver in the same category. Fish of the Week!, made with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, won bronze in Sustainability, Environment and Climate. Formative later won a Davey Award for Best in Show, Podcasts, Social Good.
Services: Podcast strategy and discovery, script writing, talent booking, studio and field recording, narrative production, original music and sound design, series branding, promotion and paid distribution
Industries served: Nonprofits, government agencies, museums and cultural institutions, education, corporate clients
Notable clients: New York Edge, The City Reliquary, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Best for: Nonprofits and federal agencies producing a documentary or scripted series
Website: citizenracecar.com
Hueman Group Media
Camille Laurente co-founded Hueman Group Media with Maverick Aquino and serves as CEO. She practiced corporate law before moving into media and holds a master's degree from Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs, where she specialized in media, advocacy, and communications. The company is woman- and minority-led.
Its work has won a Webby. Shows include System Catalysts, hosted by Jeff Walker and English Sall, which reached its fifth season in 2025 and covers philanthropy, systems change, and social entrepreneurship.
Services: Show development, podcast production, video, distribution, audience growth, social impact communications strategy
Industries served: Global NGOs, foundations, purpose-driven companies, advocacy organizations
Notable clients: The Elders, B Lab, Open Government Partnership, MIT Solve, Vodafone Americas Foundation, New Profit, The Aspen Institute
Best for: International NGOs and foundations working on climate, gender equity, or social justice
Website: huemangroupmedia.com
JAR Podcast Solutions
Roger Nairn and Jen Moss founded the company as JAR Audio in 2017 and rebranded it as JAR Podcast Solutions in August 2025. Nairn is CEO, and Moss is chief creative officer.
The company is organized around a framework they call Job, Audience, Result. Clients answer three questions before production planning: who the show is for, why that audience will choose it, and what should change after they listen. Every engagement includes strategic planning, audience analysis, host casting, audio and video production, analytics dashboards, and distribution. For measurement, the agency works with the research firm Signal Hill Insights to track brand lift and purchase consideration rather than downloads alone. It does not publish pricing.
Services: Branded podcast strategy, audio and video production, internal podcasts, audience growth and distribution, measurement and reporting, white-label production
Industries served: Enterprise brands, financial services, higher education, technology, and entertainment
Notable clients: The Wharton School, Amazon, RBC, American Express, Cirque du Soleil
Best for: Organizations that need to show objectives and measurement defined before production
Website: jarpodcasts.com
Larj Media
Tina Nole, a former broadcast journalist, founded Larj Media in 2011 and serves as owner and chief creative officer.
Its credits include Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer for Civic Ventures, 10x Bolder for The B Team, Hello Somebody with former Ohio state senator Nina Turner, and Living Change with climate advocate Andrea Learned.
The agency also runs an on-site recording service for conferences and events, and its catalog includes true crime work.
Services: Concept design, talent casting and coaching, story development, pre-production and post-production, on-site event recording, distribution, and audience development
Industries served: Nonprofits and philanthropy, civic and political organizations, healthcare, consumer brands
Notable clients: Civic Ventures, More Equitable Democracy, The B Team, Microsoft, Orgain
Best for: Civic and philanthropic organizations that also need event and conference recording
Website: larjmedia.com
Magnificent Noise
Eric Nuzum and Jesse Baker founded Magnificent Noise in 2018. Nuzum led NPR's podcasting effort beginning in 2005 and later ran short-form content and podcasting at Audible. Baker was Audible's vice president of original content and began her career at NPR, where she produced All Things Considered and Weekend Edition. The two have said from the start that they intend to stay small.
For The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the agency produces Immaterial, a series about the materials of art. For Emerson Collective, it produces Almost There, hosted by poet and lawyer Dwayne Betts. For Atmos Magazine, it produces The Nature Of, hosted by editor-in-chief Willow Defebaugh. Its catalog also includes Where Should We Begin? with Esther Perel, Sincerely X with TED, and a show hosted by Ford CEO Jim Farley. Nuzum writes “The Audio Insurgent,” a newsletter on podcasting and digital audio.
Services: Podcast production, creative consulting, show audits and evaluation, narrative and documentary development
Industries served: Museums and cultural institutions, foundations, media companies, publishers, independent creators
Notable clients: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Emerson Collective, TED, Atmos Magazine, Esther Perel, Ford
Best for: Organizations with a marquee host or a high-profile series concept
Website: magnificentnoise.com
Next Chapter Podcasts
Jeremiah Tittle founded Next Chapter Podcasts, and the company marked its sixth year in 2024. He worked previously at iHeart, Westwood One, SiriusXM, the BBC, and beIN Sports.
The company produces Play On Shakespeare, using modern verse translations commissioned by the Oregon Shakespeare Festival and led by the Hitz Foundation. The Ten News won the 2025 Ambie for best news podcast, and the company won eight Signal Awards across Play On, The Ten News, and BEEF with Bridget Todd. Its other shows include The 500.
Services: Scripted fiction and audio drama production, original show development, sound design and original score, talent booking, podcast production and distribution
Industries served: Arts and cultural nonprofits, foundations, kids and family media, entertainment, sports, politics
Notable clients: Play On Shakespeare, The Hitz Foundation
Best for: Arts organizations and foundations funding a scripted audio series
Website: nextchapterpodcasts.com
Podcast Allies
Elaine Appleton Grant is CEO and a co-founder of Podcast Allies, a woman-owned company. She worked at WBUR, New Hampshire Public Radio, and Colorado Public Radio, and she wrote and produced Wondery's Business Wars Daily.
The agency produces Pediatrics on Call for the American Academy of Pediatrics and Degrees: Real Talk About Planet-Saving Careers for the Environmental Defense Fund. Grant has led visioncasting workshops at Iliff School of Theology. Grant also hosts Sound Judgment, which won a Silver Signal Award in 2024.
Services: Editorial strategy and visioncasting sessions, show development, full production, host coaching, staff training, ongoing editorial consulting
Industries served: Nonprofits, public media, higher education, professional associations, environmental organizations
Notable clients: Environmental Defense Fund, American Academy of Pediatrics, University of Colorado, Iliff School of Theology
Best for: Organizations that want to develop a show and train internal staff to run it
Website: podcastallies.com
The Podglomerate
Jeff Umbro founded The Podglomerate in 2017 after working as a book publicist and serves as CEO. PR Daily named the company its 2025 Best Podcast Production and Marketing Agency.
The agency represents more than 70 podcasts, accounting for more than 30 million monthly downloads. In 2025, the New Hampshire Public Radio shows Bear Brook, The 13th Step, Outside/In, and Civics 101 joined for sales and distribution. Marketing, publicity, and monetization make up a substantial share of what the company sells alongside production. Umbro hosts Podcast Perspectives, a Signal Award-winning industry interview show.
Services: Podcast production, growth marketing, publicity, monetization and ad sales, show strategy, distribution and analytics
Industries served: Higher education, public media, media and publishing, healthcare, and independent creators
Notable clients: Harvard, Stanford, MIT, PBS, NPR, GBH, WNET, New Hampshire Public Radio, The Boston Globe
Best for: Universities and public media organizations with an existing show that needs audience growth
Website: podglomerate.com
Quill
Fatima Zaidi founded Quill in 2019, and the company now has about 20 employees. It acquired the boutique agency Origins Media Haus in 2020 and built CoHost, a podcast hosting and analytics platform that reports listenership by organization and firmographic profile alongside download counts.
Its nonprofit credits include SickKids VS for SickKids Foundation and The Beat for the Heart & Stroke Foundation. Zaidi publishes an annual “State of Podcast Agencies” report through CoHost; the 2026 edition found that 76 percent of podcast agencies operate with fewer than ten employees.
Services: Full-service podcast production, internal podcasts, video podcasts, podcast marketing, analytics through its own CoHost platform
Industries served: Healthcare, financial services, professional services, technology, foundations
Notable clients: SickKids Foundation, Heart & Stroke Foundation, Nuclear Energy Institute, The Institutes, PwC, Expedia, TD
Best for: Large foundations and health systems that need listener data for internal reporting
Website: quillpodcasting.com
Raine Media
Stacy Raine leads Raine Media, which describes itself as a boutique podcast production agency founded on the belief that stories build stronger communities, and which works with nonprofits on podcasts aimed at donors and the people those organizations serve.
The company produces two original shows, Wisdom of Age and Tell Me What It's Like, both hosted by Raine. Its portfolio page describes client projects, including a children's museum episode and a series for military families about reading, without naming the organizations.
Services: Podcast production, show development, original programming
Industries served: Nonprofits, community organizations, mission-driven groups
Notable clients: Not publicly named
Best for: Small community nonprofits working with a single point of contact
Website: rainemediaco.com
Rowhome Productions
Alex Lewis and John Myers, both veteran radio producers, launched Rowhome Productions in the fall of 2020. Myers spent more than a decade producing NPR's World Cafe and Fresh Air with Terry Gross. Lewis worked as an independent producer on How's Work? with Esther Perel, Malcolm Gladwell's Talking to Strangers, and the Peabody-nominated documentary Gospel Roots of Rock and Soul. By 2023, the company had grown from two people to more than a dozen contractors and had worked on more than 30 projects in a year.
Credits include The Statue for WHYY Studios, Many Lumens with the arts nonprofit BlackStar Projects, a Philadelphia International Records series for the record club Vinyl Me Please, and the audio documentary Thriving with the news organization Technical.ly.
Services: Show development and format design, narrative and documentary production, interview show production, scripting and story editing, sound design and mixing, audio tours, staff training
Industries served: Public media, higher education, arts and culture nonprofits, municipal and civic organizations, publishing
Notable clients: WHYY, BlackStar Projects, Mighty Writers, Eastern State Penitentiary, Temple University, Audible
Best for: Universities, museums, and arts nonprofits producing narrative or documentary series
Website: rowhomeproductions.com
Voxtopica
Richard Fawal founded Voxtopica in 2019 after 35 years in political, public policy, business, and nonprofit communications.
It released a fifth season of Feminism NOW as part of a five-year partnership with the National Organization for Women. In that season, the show's male audience doubled, and the share of younger listeners rose. Amended! Liberty's Guide to the First Amendment, made with the Frick Initiative at Washington University in St. Louis, was featured by Apple Podcasts. Other shows include The Hot Dish with Heidi Heitkamp for the One Country Project, From The Crows' Nest for the Association of Old Crows, The Science of Mentorship for the National Academies, Burned: The Price of Oil for Oil Change International, and Which Side of History with Jim Steyer.
Voxtopica publishes its own audience research, including the “Podcast Influence Voter Survey,” which found that 63 percent of registered voters say podcasts change their opinions on issues in the news. It founded the Timbre Awards, a program for public-interest audio whose first winners were announced in 2026.
Services: Podcast strategy, production, editing, sound design, distribution, audience growth, measurement, original audience research
Industries served: Nonprofits, universities, government agencies, professional associations, advocacy groups, faith-based organizations
Notable clients: Common Sense Media, Federation of American Hospitals, National Organization for Women, Washington University in St. Louis, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, and Oil Change International
Best for: Communications and public affairs teams at nonprofits, associations, and universities
Website: voxtopica.com
