It's that time of year again, when the best nonprofit PR initiatives are feted by PR News in the Nonprofit Awards luncheon (National Press Club, Washington, D.C., November 8) and special issue.
Below are this year's finalists, plus our nonprofit "People of the Year." For complete campaign information, or to register for the luncheon, visit prnewsonline.com.
Advocacy Campaign and Lobbying Efforts
- American Heart Association
- Fallon
- Google, Inc. - United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Impact Public Affairs
- World Wildlife Fund - International Tiger Coalition
Corporate Partnership/s
- Google, Inc. - United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Pacific Gas & Electric Co
- Peppercom
- Rogers & Cowan
- Sodexho Foundation
Crisis Management
- American Veterinary Medical Association
- AZA and PCI
- RKConnect
- Sides & Associates
Employee Communications
- Aspen Marketing Services
- Blood Bank of San Bernardino and Riverside Counties
- Limelight Community
- Peel District School Board
Event PR
- Cable Positive
- Cone LLC - American Heart Association
- International Code Council
- JHG-Townsend
- JS2 Communications
- Louisiana Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism
- Ogilvy Public Relations
- The ONE Campaign
External Publication
- Children's Medical Center
- Nevada Cancer Institute
- Seattle City Light
- The Allstate Foundation
Fundraising and Membership Campaign
- Central Virginia Foodbank and Meals on Wheels Serving Central Virginia
- Cone LLC
- Gish, Sherwood & Friends
- Martz Agency
- UN Foundation
Interactive PR and Marketing
- American Society for Microbiology
- Cone LLC - Alliance For Climate Protection
- Converseon
- GMMB
- MMI
- Weber Shandwick for Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation
Internal Publication
- Baylor Health Care System
- Ogilvy PR with the Soap and Detergent Association
- The Mount Sinai Medical Center
Marketing Communications
- Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption
- American Legacy Foundation & the ad*itive
- United Cerebral Palsy with BlueCurrent Public Relations
- YAI/National Institute for People with Disabilities
Media Relations Campaign
- AAA of Northern California
- Caron Treatment Centers
- Colorado State University
- Edelman
- Jackson Spalding
- JohnstonWells Public Relations
- Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Innovators Awards at Johns Hopkins with
M Booth & Associates
- MWW Group
- Sacramento
- Weber Shandwick for Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation
PR on a Shoestring
- American Institute of Certified Public Accountants - AICPA
- Impact Public Affairs
- Philadelphia Convention & Visitors Bureau
- Philosophy Communications
- the bounce agency
Press Releases
- AICPA- Helping Americans Get on the Financial Literacy Track
- Guise Marketing & PR
- Robinson Packer Company
- University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Public Service Campaign
- Cable Positive
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; National Center for Injury
Prevention and Control
- CMT
- Fleishman-Hillard
- Impact Public Affairs
Web Site
- Cohn & Wolfe and Starlight Starbright
- Women of the Storm
- Nevada Cancer Institute
- UN Foundation
- United Negro College Fund, Inc.
Nonprofit PR Professionals of the Year: VP
- Ellen Lewis - Sesame Workshop
- Phil Zepeda, America's Second Harvest
Nonprofit PR Professionals of the Year: Director
- Emily Callahan - Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation
Nonprofit PR Professionals of the Year: Manager
- Tvon-Lourie Keels - Interfaith Ministries for Greater Houston
For advertising opportunities, please contact Diane Schwartz at [email protected].