Winner: National Education Association — Students Before Profits: The fight against corporate educations reform in York, PA and nationwide Former Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett was pushing York City’s emergency manager David Meckley to completely privatize… Continued
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Nonprofit PR Awards 2015: Natural Disaster/Crisis Communications
March 12th, 2015 by Mark RenfreeWinner: The Allstate Foundation and Points of Light — Disaster Preparedness Kit Building Events To help 1.5 million Americans be more prepared for disasters, The Allstate Foundation partnered with Points of Light to support the… Continued
Nonprofit PR Awards 2015: PR on a Shoestring Budget
March 12th, 2015 by Mark RenfreeCo-Winner: FleishmanHillard — The St. Baldrick’s Foundation Since 2007, FleishmanHillard has partnered with St. Baldrick’s, the largest nonprofit funder of childhood cancer research, to build a dynamic media and public relations program that showcases stories… Continued
Nonprofit PR Awards 2015: Public Affairs/Issues Management
March 12th, 2015 by Mark RenfreeWinner: Jasculca Terman Strategic Communications — The Chicago Community Trust The Chicago Community Trust connects the generosity of donors with community needs by making grants to organizations working to improve metropolitan Chicago. As it approached… Continued
Nonprofit PR Awards 2015: Public Service
March 12th, 2015 by Mark RenfreeWinner: The TASC Group — Athlete Ally’s and All Out’s Principle 6 Campaign In 2013, Athlete Ally and All Out, nonprofits that advocate for LGBT rights, launched a joint project called the Principle 6 Campaign… Continued
Nonprofit PR Awards 2015: Publications
March 12th, 2015 by Mark RenfreeCo-Winner: American Society of Clinical Oncology — The State of Cancer Care in America: 2014 In March of 2014, the American Society of Clinical Oncology released The State of Cancer Care in America: 2014, which… Continued
Nonprofit PR Awards 2015: Social Media
March 12th, 2015 by Mark RenfreeCo-Winner: JPA Health Communications — Melanoma Research Foundation: #GetNaked With melanoma diagnoses reaching nearly epidemic levels, the Melanoma Research Foundation created an advertisement to promote skin screening that used images suggesting nudity with the provocative… Continued
Nonprofit PR Awards 2015: Social Responsibility
March 12th, 2015 by Mark RenfreeWinner: Weber Shandwick and YUM! Brands — World Hunger Relief In 2007, Yum! Brands expanded its hunger relief efforts by creating the World Hunger Relief campaign to help feed hungry people around the globe. Now… Continued
Nonprofit PR Awards 2015: Video and/or Podcast
March 12th, 2015 by Mark RenfreeCo-Winner: EngenderHealth — Expanding Access to International Family Planning EngenderHealth launched the Where’s the Family Planning?! campaign utilizing a sassy tone to grab the attention of American women in their thirties and early forties. It… Continued
Nonprofit PR Awards 2015: Website
March 12th, 2015 by Mark RenfreeWinner: American Association for Cancer Research The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) is the oldest and largest scientific organization in the world focused on every aspect of high-quality, innovative cancer research. The AACR’s last… Continued