Awards

Take a look back at the 2012 Special Events Campaigns of the Year from MIND Research Institute and Avow Hospice, both of which took home gold, as well as the Lions Eye Institute for Transplant & Research, which took home silver.

As FundRaising Success gears up for the ninth annual Gold Awards for Fundraising Excellence, take a look back at last year's Campaign of the Year from Ronald McDonald House Charities (RMHC).

As FundRaising Success gears up for the ninth annual Gold Awards for Fundraising Excellence, take a look back last year's Grand Control of the Year from Union of Concerned Scientists.

Yes, it's that time of year again — the submission period for the ninth annual FundRaising Success Gold Awards for Fundraising Excellence is officially open. In fact, starting this year, entries can be submitted year-round. However, the deadline for the 2014 Gold Awards is Aug. 22 — and note, that's the delivery cutoff, not postmark.

Recently, FundRaising Success spoke with Mona Das of MOXY! and Engage With It founder Dana Weiss, both of whom work with Here's My Chance and See3 Communications on the DoGooder Awards, about the awards and how nonprofits can tackle video in their marketing strategies.

APRA is pleased to announce the recipients of its 2014 awards. Winners will be recognized at Prospect Development 2014, APRA's 27th Annual International Conference in Las Vegas.

The Jewish Federation of Delaware (JFD) has landed industry awards recognizing creativity and marketing excellence including honors from the Communicator Awards, Hermes Creative Awards, AVA Digital Awards and the 33rd Annual Rockower Awards.

JFD received two Gold Awards in the Hermes Creative Awards for its MOSHAV event poster design and the design of its organization website, ShalomDelaware.org. Hermes Creative Awards is an international competition for creative professionals involved in the concept, writing and design of traditional materials and programs, and emerging technologies.

Here's My Chance and FastFWD announced that they have been named Best City & Urban Innovation Website in the People's Voice Award Category in the 18th Annual Webby Awards. Hailed as the "Internet's highest honor" by The New York Times, the Webby Awards, presented by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences (IADAS), is the leading international award honoring excellence on the Internet.

The Association of Fundraising Professionals has awarded the AFP/Skystone Partners Prize for Research to Dr. Noah Drezner, assistant professor of higher education at the University of Maryland, College Park, for his outstanding work on identity-based donors, "Expanding the Donor Base in Higher Education: Engaging Non-Traditional Donors," published by Routledge.

Drezner’s book, deemed “excellent” by the AFP Research Council that awards the prize, adds new data and ideas to the relatively scarce literature on identity-based donors and how culture influences philanthropy.

In the 2013 FundRaising Success Gold Awards for Fundraising Excellence, food rescue organization City Harvest took home gold in the Direct Mail (Less Than $10 Million) category for its November 2012 Holiday Card Appeal.