Nancy Ruzow

Nancy Ruzow is a 2025 AIGA Connecticut Fellow, award-winning graphic designer, typography professor, and founder of Ruzow Graphics. For more than 40 years, she has helped nonprofits, associations, higher education institutions, and purpose-driven organizations communicate with greater clarity, credibility, and impact.

Her work is built on a simple belief: people cannot act on what they do not understand.

As both a practicing designer and educator, Nancy has spent decades studying how design influences comprehension, trust, engagement, and decision-making. That perspective shapes every project she leads, from annual and impact reports to donor communications, fundraising materials, and brand refreshes.

Nancy developed the Readability Drives Revenue™ Method, a structured approach that helps organizations transform complex information into communications that are easier to navigate, easier to understand, and more likely to inspire action. By combining typography, information design, and visual storytelling, she helps organizations strengthen donor relationships, build credibility, and communicate their mission with confidence.

Through Ruzow Graphics, Nancy partners directly with mission-driven teams to create annual reports, impact reports, donor communications, fundraising materials, and brand identity systems that connect organizations with the audiences they serve. Her work has earned more than 80 national design awards and helped nonprofits communicate the value of their work with greater clarity.

Based in Connecticut and New York City, Nancy serves as a strategic design partner to organizations that understand that communication is not decoration. It is one of their most important tools for advancing their mission.

Award-winning graphic designer helping nonprofits clarify their message and fund their mission. Annual reports, donor communications, and brand identity for nonprofits, associations, and higher education institutions.