Star Bright!

But with close to 150 nominations across six categories and only about 15 awards to give out, move they must.

Judges this year included Jeff Jowdy, president of Lighthouse Counsel and a member of the FundRaising Success Editorial Advisory Board; global fundraising and social-media consultant Ephraim Gopin; and Cheryl Pond Rose, a freelance writer who specializes in writing about nonprofits and fundraising. On behalf of the FundRaising Success staff, I want to thank them, as well as everyone who took the time to make a nomination. But especially, I want to thank all of our winners, our nominees and all of you who work with such drive, passion and dedication to the fundraising and nonprofit sector.