Awards

The Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin Counties is pleased to announce that five local nonprofit organizations are the winners of its 4th Annual Nonprofits Going Green Contest. Local organizations working to “go green” were honored during the 3rd Annual e4 Sustainability Summit held on April 16, 2011, at the Waterfront and City Commons in West Palm Beach. Winning nonprofits received special grant awards ranging from $1,650 to $7,500 for their efforts to reduce, reuse and recycle.

In February, we here at FundRaising Success announced the winners of the 2011 FundRaising Professionals of the Year Awards. Throughout the year, FS will publish interviews with the winners in the Today in Fundraising e-newsletter. Up first, Fundraising Star Margaux Pagán, manager of phone and mobile marketing at the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews.

The shortlisted nominations for the Institute of Fundraising’s National Awards 2011 are announced. Among the shortlist are Organisational members Breakthrough Breast Cancer, Scope and Jewish Care.

The Awards are sponsored by Dataforce Charities, with ThirdSectorJobs.co.uk as the media partners. The National Awards are the only awards created for fundraisers by fundraisers. The winners will be announced at a gala dinner held on Monday 4th July, the first night of the Institute's three-day National Convention.

Feeding America, the nation's leading hunger-relief organization, will present The Lincy Foundation with the "Donor of the Year" Award at the national meeting of the Feeding America network in Las Vegas on Wednesday, April 13.

Since 2007, The Lincy Foundation has granted nearly $60 million to the Feeding America network. Serving the entire United States, more than 200 Feeding America-member food banks support 61,000 local agencies that address hunger in all of its forms.

The Phoenix-based Lodestar Foundation has announced the Austin-based Adoption Coalition of Texas as the winner of the 2011 Collaboration Prize.

The prize is a national award designed to identify and showcase models of collaboration in the nonprofit sector. The Adoption Council will receive the grand prize of $150,000, while the seven other finalists will receive $12,500 each.

DMW Direct, a leading direct-response advertising agency and 50-plus marketing specialist, recently garnered top honors at three industry award presentations. The agency took home a John Caples International Award, four Telly Awards and a Philly Ad Club ADDY for its work on behalf of TruMark Financial.

The Direct Marketing Educational Foundation has announced the recipients of its 2011 Rising Stars Awards and 2011 Corporate Commitment Award. The winners will be honored at the Rising Stars Awards Dinner June 21.

U.S. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island is being honored for his advocacy on behalf of the arts. Whitehouse on Tuesday is being given the National Award for Congressional Arts Leadership from the U.S. Conference of Mayors and the nonprofit group Americans for the Arts.

Thirteen-year-old Samantha Tracy became the La Grange Memorial Hospital Foundation’s youngest benefactor at 9 when she opened her backyard Samantha’s Sunnyside Café in 2007. Her efforts resulted in proceeds and related contributions of more than $1,400. In 2010, she requested that gifts for her 13th birthday benefit the hospital; nearly $600 in gifts were made in her name.

She was honored March 24 at the Foundation’s President’s Circle event. The Foundation supports Adventist La Grange Memorial Hospital through philanthropy.

The Pittsburgh Planned Giving Council (PPGC) is pleased to announce that Scott Keffer is the organization’s 2010 Allied Professional of the Year. This award recognizes professionals who have a commitment to philanthropy and promote philanthropy through their profession.

Keffer is a financial educator, author, speaker and wealth planner. He is the founder of Legacy Planning® and the creator of The Legacy Planning® Process, The Donor Motivation Program™ at http://www.DonorMotivation.com and founder of The Donor Motivation Professionals of North America™.