Awards

Petaluma, Calif.-based Polly Klaas Foundation has been named the 2011 Missing Children Nonprofit Organization of the Year by the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.

The award was presented to Robert De Leo, the foundation's executive director by federal officials and honors the foundation for "its outstanding contributions and commitment to missing and exploited children."

Yup, folks, TODAY is the deadline for your 2012 Fundraising Professionals of Year nominations. If you haven't already made your nominations, you have until the end of the day to get them to us. The nomination period will officially close at end of business day today, Monday, Dec. 19.

Yup, folks, TODAY is the deadline for your 2012 Fundraising Professionals of Year nominations. But you know what? Take the weekend. If you haven't already made your nominations, you can have until Monday to get them to us. The nomination period will officially close at end of business day on Monday, Dec. 19.

The Skoll Foundation announced the 2012 Skoll Awards for Social Entrepreneurship Tuesday. The Skoll Award provides a three-year core operating support grant for recipients to extend their already impressive reach. This year’s Skoll Awardees join the growing global network of 91 Skoll social entrepreneurs from 74 organizations who are tackling the world’s most pressing problems.

This year's winners are Gawad Kalinga, Landesa, Nidan and Proximity Designs.

DMW Direct, a direct response advertising agency, announced that it won five MarCom Awards, an international awards competition that recognizes outstanding creative achievement by marketing and communications professionals. The company received two awards in the Platinum category, three awards in the Gold category, plus two Honorable Mentions.

Yesterday, I had the pleasure of attending the Association of Fundraising Professionals' National Philanthropy Day in New York to honor some of the fundraising sector's best and brightest — including FundRaising Success' very own editor-in-chief, Margaret Battistelli.

The Chicago White Sox were named recipients of the Commissioner's Award for Philanthropic Excellence, created in 2010 to recognize outstanding community efforts of a Major League club.

The White Sox were acknowledged Thursday by Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig and MLB at the General Managers and Owners Meetings for the "White Sox Volunteer Corps" program. The initiative is designed to activate the White Sox fan base to give back to the greater Chicago community through service. MLB will give the White Sox a $10,000 grant for the recognition.

Shining a spotlight on women executives, entrepreneurs and organizations run by women, the Stevie Awards for Women in Business announced the results of its 2011 competition Nov. 11.

Nonprofit winners include Lauren Bush, CEO of FEED, Best Executive (Nonprofit or Government); Dr. Lee Bowes, president/CEO of America Works of New York Inc., Lifetime Achievement; Elisabeth Mason, CEO of Single Stop USA, Best Executive; Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Nonprofit or Government Organization of the Year; Birds Nest Foundation, Video of the Year.

CDS Global announces that the company’s Global Marketing & Communications team has won 14 MarCom Awards in the 2011 international competition, which recognizes outstanding achievement by marketing and communications professionals, including a platinum award for a nonprofit-focused whitepaper titled "From Caging to Campaigns."

CDS Global was awarded five Platinum Awards, the event’s highest honor, as well as five Gold Awards and four Honorable Mentions for pieces ranging from multichannel marketing campaigns, marketing collateral pieces and print ads to print and electronic external newsletters, e-cards, white papers and pro bono work.

The Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) has bestowed the Barbara Marion Award for Outstanding Leadership to AFP, the association’s highest volunteer and leadership recognition, to Susan Earl Hosbach, CFRE, of Nashville, Tenn. Hosbach is currently the executive director and CEO of The Minnie Pearl Cancer Foundation and has been a member of AFP since 1994, serving in a variety of leadership positions and spearheading several important initiatives for the association.