Our Story · Philadelphia PA

Beyond gifts
we engineer connection

NexYear started with one belief: business runs on relationships. A logo on a box isn’t enough — people remember how you make them feel.

Est. 2025Hello · nice to meet you

From a simple idea to a growing houserooted in Philadelphia · made in the USA

NexYear began with a simple idea: gifting should mean something. Too many corporate gifts arrive as an obligation — a branded pen, a basket, a box that says nothing about the sender and nothing to the receiver. We built NexYear to do the opposite: to treat every gift as a message, every unboxing as a brand moment, and every relationship as the asset it actually is.

From concept to delivery, everything runs through one house — strategy, curation, design, assembly, and white-glove fulfillment. No middlemen, no off-the-shelf filler. What started as a vision is now a growing brand redefining how businesses create connection, one gift at a time.

We’re proud to be based in the United States, rooted in Philadelphia, sourcing responsibly and building things that leave a lasting impression — not a footprint.

From DrewA note from our founder

Why I opened NexYearit started long before the first box

Drew and his sister Allyson as kids at the Washington Monument
Drew & Allyson · Washington DC

That’s me in the red shirt, and that’s Allyson next to me. I grew up around people who marked moments properly — the handwritten note, the remembered birthday, the small thing that told you someone had been paying attention. That feeling stays with you. It stayed with me.

Years later I watched businesses spend real money to win a relationship, then let it drift the day the deal closed. When a gift did go out, it was a basket or a branded pen — an obligation, not a message. Early in my career I worked for the man who wrote the book on strategic gifting, and I watched one thoughtful box do what a year of follow-up calls couldn’t.

So I opened NexYear: one house that treats every gift as a message and every relationship as the asset it actually is. Every box that leaves here carries the thing I grew up with — the feeling of being genuinely remembered.

Our promise

We don’t send gifts. We create moments people don’t forget. Make your brand felt, not just seen.

Drew Meitner, founder of NexYear
Drew Meitner
Founder · NexYear
No. 01What we stand for

Three words we don’t compromise on

Authenticity

Real brands. Real voice. Nothing off-the-shelf, nothing that could have come from anyone else.

Excellence

Quality you can feel before it’s even opened — the weight of the box, the fold of the tissue, the hand of the ribbon.

Connection

Every touchpoint should build trust, not just check a box. That’s the whole point.

Our Promise

We don’t send gifts. We create moments people don’t forget. Make your brand felt, not just seen.

No. 02The road to NexYear

Every stop taught us something

2019Wyndmoor, PA — La Salle College High School
“Boys will be boys — but La Salle boys will be gentlemen.”

Where the standard was set: presentation, courtesy, and the detail nobody asked for but everybody notices.

2023Tuscaloosa, AL — University of Alabama
“Roll Tide.”

Where scale met school spirit — and we learned what it takes to make thousands of people feel like one of one.

2024State College, PA — Penn State, Smeal MBA
“We are.”

Where strategy got its architecture: retention math, relationship capital, and systems that compound.

2025Ambler, PA — NexYear is born
“Here’s to YOUR next year.”

The house opens its doors — and every box that leaves it carries the whole road above.

No. 03Our commitments

What every project gives back

Giving Back

A portion of every project supports Clarke Schools for Hearing and Speech, helping children who are deaf or hard of hearing learn to listen and speak. Your gift gives twice.

Made in the USA

Proudly American-made and responsibly sourced. We build for a lasting impression — not a footprint — reducing waste at every step from curation to packaging.

NexYear Beyond Gifting American flag

Let’s make something worth remembering

Tell us about your clients, your team, or the moment you want to mark — and we’ll design the gesture that carries it.