Awards

Creative philanthropic approaches to schooling in Los Angeles and the arts in Chicago won recognition in the 2012 Innovator of the Year Awards handed out by The Wall Street Journal’s WSJ Magazine. Eric Eisner, a former movie and music mogul who founded the Young Eisner Scholars program to help children from some of Los Angeles’ poorest neighborhoods get to college, was named the magazine’s Innovator of the Year in education.

A look at the Direct Marketing Fundraisers Association 2012 Renewal Package of the Year winner: amfAR, the Foundation for AIDS Research December 2011 Appeal.

Senators Bob Dole and Tom Daschle, co-chairs of the Caring Institute, announced the 2012 Caring Award winners. These six amazing adults and six extraordinary youths are being acknowledged for their efforts to give back to society. They will be commemorated at the Caring Awards Ceremony at the Gaylord Palms Resort & Convention Center in Orlando, Fla., on Oct. 24., where they will be inducted into the Caring Hall of Fame.

A look at the 2012 DMFA Acquisition Package of the Year, Covenant House's 'Paint Can' package.

The Direct Marketing Association (DMA) presented its 2012 International ECHO Awards during the DMA2012 Conference & Exhibition. Nonprofit winners include GRAACC, Action Against Hunger (Spain), Arts Centre Melbourne, GivBlod, Operation Smile, Art Gallery Society NSW, Children's Medical Research Institute and Save the Children Australia.

"Overall, we saw some very strong but very traditional campaigns — very few major risks or outside-the-box approaches," judge Dane Grams said. "Was this a wise choice? It seems like it was, as most of the results we reviewed were incredibly strong."

Blackbaud announced the winners of its first ever Impact Awards. The winners were honored at bbcon, Blackbaud’s Conference for Nonprofits, held at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in National Harbor, Md.

The Association of Development Officers announces its 2012 philanthropy awards winners.

Announcing the 2012 Telemarketing Campaign of the Year: The Wilderness Society, along with the Kennedy Center.

Announcing the 2012 FundRaising Success Gold Awards for Fundraising Excellence winners.