Awards

2009 Nonprofit Tagline Winners Announced
November 3, 2009

The winners of this year's Getting Attention Nonprofit Tagline Awards were announced recently by Nancy Schwartz, president of nonprofit services provider Nancy Schwartz & Co. and author of the Getting Attention blog and e-update that organizes the annual competition.

CPF Named Finalist for National Advocacy Award
November 2, 2009

WASHINGTON, November 2, 2009 — The Coalition for Pulmonary Fibrosis (CPF) announced today it has been named a finalist in a national advocacy awards competition for its "CPF National Pulmonary Fibrosis Awareness Week - Changing Lives, Changing the Future" 2009 advocacy effort.

W.K. Kellogg Foundation Grant to America's Giving Challenge Significantly Increases Number of Overall and Daily Awards Offered to Nonprofit Causes
October 30, 2009

WASHINGTON, October 30, 2009 — America's Giving Challenge, a 30-day, national online competition that encourages people to leverage their social networks to recruit supporters and win cash awards for nonprofit organizations, today announced that it has received a $75,000 grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation of Battle Creek, Michigan to help mobilize participation in the last week of the Challenge.

Call for Entries: Fundraising Professionals of the Year Awards
October 26, 2009

In February, FundRaising Success will announce the winners of the fifth annual Fundraising Professionals of the Year Awards. To submit a nomination, send us an e-mail telling us who you’re nominating, in which category and why.

Older Americans Win $100,000 Prizes for New Efforts to Solve Social Problems
October 26, 2009

October 26, 2009, The Chronicle of Philanthropy — Six charity founders and entrepreneurs, with an average age of nearly 68, have won the top awards in the fourth annual Purpose Prizes, given by Civic Ventures, a think tank in San Francisco that seeks to involve older people in civic engagement.

13 Nonprofits Honored for Outstanding Taglines
October 20, 2009

Maplewood, NJ, October 20, 2009 — Both large and small nonprofits earned top honors this week for their attention-getting taglines, demonstrating again that an organization of any size can craft a powerful, pithy motto to build awareness and connect with its key audiences.

Rockefeller Foundation Gives $2.7 Million to Support Local New York City Artists Announces 2009 NYC Cultural Innovation Fund Competition Winners
October 16, 2009

New York, NY, October 14, 2009 -- Today the Rockefeller Foundation’s President Dr. Judith Rodin announced the 18 winners of the Foundation’s 2009 New York City Cultural Innovation Fund competition – and with it a $2.7 million grant to support local New York City art and artists. Each of these 18 New York City-based organizations will receive a two-year grant of up to $250,000, underscoring the Foundation’s commitment to creative expression and innovation, and the impact and influence creativity has towards social progress.

Education Agency Will Offer Grants for Innovative Ideas
October 13, 2009

October 6, 2009, The New York Times — The federal Department of Education sketched out a new nationwide competition on Tuesday under which some 2,700 school districts and nonprofit groups are expected to compete for pieces of a $650 million innovation fund.

Charity Giveaway Generates More Than 100,000 Nominations Nationwide
October 13, 2009

To mark its 25th anniversary, Nashville-based Christie Cookies is holding a charity giveaway, in which the 12 U.S.-based 501(c)(3) organizations that get the most fan nominations get to share $25,000 in prizes.So far, more than 100,000 fans have nominated their favorite charities for The Christie Cookie $25,000 Charity Giveaway, with more than 900 nonprofits and…