Here are the efforts our judges chose as the best of 2006 in the FS 2007 Gold Awards for Fundraising Excellence.

By Abny Santicola and Margaret Battistelli

Got goosebumps? Yeah, so did we.

From Tim O’Leary: “If you can go through this package without getting emotional, check your pulse.”

ACQUISITION (50,000 Mailed and More)
DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS/MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES

“World Map” Acquisition Package
Submitted by L.W. Robbins Associates

Numbers
Number of Recipients: 2,400,033
Total Income Generated: $2,157,823
Average Gift: $69.88
Total Out-of-Pocket Costs: $1,224,016
Response Rate: 1.29 percent
Cost to Raise a Dollar: $0.57