Gold (Awards) Rush

As we say around the house to our 2-year-old grand-beauty, Juniper — oh, my goshers! Gold Awards time is not only here, but the deadline is darn close! (Well, we only say the first part — she’s a little young to care about the Gold Awards.)

The deadline for getting in your entries for FundRaising Success’ eighth annual Gold Awards for Fundraising Excellence is Aug. 26 — please note, that’s the delivery cutoff, not postmark. Winners will be announced in the October issue of FundRaising Success.

The awards change a little each year based on observations made the previous year, so our categories look a little different for 2013. They are:

Direct Mail
Organization’s Annual Operating Budget $10 million or Over
Organization’s Annual Operating Budget Under $10 million

Multichannel
Organization’s Annual Operating Budget $10 million or Over
Organization’s Annual Operating Budget Under $10 million

E-mail
Organization’s Annual Operating Budget $10 million or Over
Organization’s Annual Operating Budget Under $10 million

Special Events
Organization’s Annual Operating Budget $10 million or Over
Organization’s Annual Operating Budget Under $10 million

Telemarketing
Organization’s Annual Operating Budget $10 million or Over
Organization’s Annual Operating Budget Under $10 million

Social-Media Mastery
Does your organization have a stellar social-media strategy that paves the way for the deep donor engagement that eventually fuels fundraising? Have you pulled off a masterful campaign on social media?

Website
What makes your organization’s website a fundraising powerhouse?

On the Edge
Any campaign that pushes the envelope (and/or the bounds of reason). If it was daring overall or even just for your organization, we want to hear about it!

You can get an entry form, tracking sheet and additional information here, then get moving! We look forward to seeing your entries.