Luncheon | Sept. 30, 2026 | 12-2:30 PM | NYC
Luncheon | Sept. 30, 2026 | 12-2:30 PM
New York City, NY
Celebrate the year’s standout nonprofit communications work
in New York City
Congratulations to this year’s finalists in PR Daily’s Nonprofit Communications Awards!
This year’s finalists’ work stood out among this year’s entries, earning recognition alongside organizations, teams and communicators using communications to inform communities, inspire action, build trust
and support important causes.
Now, that work gets its moment in the room.
Join us on September 30, 2026, at The Yale Club in New York City for PR Daily’s Nonprofit Communications Awards Luncheon. This special afternoon will honor this year’s finalists and reveal the winners live.
Attend With Your Team
Great nonprofit communications work rarely happens alone.
Bring the colleagues, clients, partners, board members or leaders who helped bring your work to life. Reserved tables of 10 are available for finalist organizations that want to celebrate together, and individual tickets are available for finalists and guests.
A table gives your team a shared moment to be recognized, hear the winners announced and celebrate the work in a setting worthy of the achievement.
Space is limited, and tables are expected to fill quickly as finalist teams make plans to attend. We recommend reserving your seats early.
WHAT TO EXPECT
A memorable experience worthy of your finalist achievement
Live announcement of
Nonprofit Communications Awards winners
Nonprofit Communications Awards winners
A celebratory luncheon recognizing excellence in Nonprofit Communications
Networking with communications leaders and peers from top organizations
FINALISTS
AWARDS OF DISTINCTION
Finalists:
- Genesis Motor North America: Genesis Invitational - California Rises Initiative
- Goodwill Industries of Upstate/Midlands South Carolina: Goodwill Industries of Upstate/Midlands South Carolina
- Nicor Gas: Homes for Tomorrow: Nicor Gas and Habitat for Humanity redefine affordable, energy-efficient living
Finalists:
- Ágora: Campaña de Relaciones Públicas para Casa de la Amistad
- Cleary Strategies & The Seeing Eye: Mission Critical: Recruiting Volunteer Puppy Raisers
- Colorado Gives Foundation: Easily the best day to give
- Momentum Communications Group: Feeding New York in Crisis: Mobilizing Media and Advocacy During the SNAP Funding Lapse
- Muscular Dystrophy Association: MDA 75th Anniversary: Legacy, Impact, Momentum
- SELCO Community Credit Union: SELCO Steps Up
- Starlight Children's Foundation: Give Happiness 2026
- UCI Health: Discover UCI Health — Irvine
- UNICEF USA: UNICEF USA “We Won’t Stop Delivering What Matters Most”
Finalists:
- ASPCA: ASPCA Communications Team
- New Heights Communications
- Nuclear Energy Institute: External Communications Team
- Pence Media Group: National FFA Organization 2025 Strategic Public Relations Campaign
- The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty: Storytelling at the Supreme Court
- The Huntington: Communications and Marketing Team
CAMPAIGNS AND COMMUNICATION
Finalists:
- 5by5 Agency: charity: water Experience Lab
- AARP: AARP Celebrates Social Security's 90th Anniversary
- American Society of Hematology and FleishmanHillard: Fight4Hematology
- Arthritis Foundation: Green Heart Fridays: Turning a Community Symbol into National Arthritis Awareness
- Avoq on behalf of PBS: Viewers Like Me
- International Code Council: Building Safety Month
- Penn State's Office of Strategic Communications: Research or Regress: Transforming How People Understand Research
- UFCW Local 832 (UFCW): Let's Be Blunt
Finalists:
- AdventHealth Foundation Central Florida: Spirit of Giving Magazine
- International Women's Forum: International Women's Forum 2025 Annual Impact Report
- Loyola Academy: Profiles of Generosity Loyola Academy Annual Report 2024–25
- Suncoast Credit Union: Marketing Team
Finalists:
- American Academy of Physician Associates: External Affairs & Outreach
- Northwell Foundation: Treating patients fully: Philanthropy advances mental health care across Northwell's community
Finalists:
- Alloy Marketing: From Local to Leading: Repositioning NCH as the Region’s First Choice for Care
- Coley Porter Bell: The SCAN Foundation
- French/West/Vaughan: FWV Works Behind the Scenes to Reveal Dolly Parton Children’s Hospital
- Hyundai Hope on Wheels: Hope, Love, and Recovery: Hyundai Hope on Wheels’ Global Rebrand
- International Coaching Federation: ICF Rebranding
- OCCH: OCCH Rebranding Campaign
- Pugh & Tiller: Modernizing the National Board of Podiatric Medical Examiners
- The Huntington: The Huntington Rebrand
- United Way of Greater Newark & Global Strategy Group: Branding The Hub
Finalists:
- OneSchool Global: From Local Action to Collective Impact
- University of California Health: Evolving UC Health’s Community Engagement Narrative
Finalists:
- 50th Parallel Public Relations Inc.: Preparing Our People: Te’mexw’s Treaty Communications Partnership
- AstraZeneca Foundation: Creating Health Access for Next Generation Equity (CHANGE)
- Genesis Inspiration Foundation: Where Healing Meets Creativity: California Rises and the Power of Youth Arts
- The Abbi Agency: The Life You Can Save & Founders Pledge Rapid Response Fund
Finalists:
- Air Force Museum Foundation: Runway to Reach: Expanding Mission Awareness and Impact through Deep Audience Understanding
- Asbury Communities: Ask Asbury
- The Dairy Alliance: Milk's Got Game®
Finalists:
- National 4-H Council: 4-H Signing Season
- Nicor Gas: Homes for Tomorrow: Nicor Gas and Habitat for Humanity redefine affordable, energy-efficient living
- Providence Swedish: Seattle Sounders sports partnership
- Suncoast Credit Union: Marketing Team
- Susan G. Komen: J.Crew Group
- The PepsiCo Foundation: The PepsiCo Foundation and WaterAid Nigeria
Finalists:
- Food Bank For New York City: Marketing & Communications Team
- Planned Parenthood Federation of America: Planned Parenthood Action Fund, I’m For Planned Parenthood, I Fight For Planned Parenthood
Finalists:
- City of Hope Orange County: Marathon Toward Day One
- Compass Health: Compass Health's The HUB
- Hyundai Motor America: Hyundai and Genesis: Progress with Purpose Corporate Social Responsibility Newsletter
- UC San Diego Health – Office of Experience Transformation: Leading the Way: Quiet, Restful, and Healing
Finalists:
- All Points Public Relations: Chicago Coalition for Family Building Annual 5K & Fun Run
- American Gaming Association: G2E
- City of Hope: This is Hope: Opening Orange County's Only Cancer Specialty Hospital
- KCSA Strategic Communications: KCSA Strategic Communications x Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS)
- Pence Media Group: 25th Anniversary Safe Haven Law Celebration in Indiana
- Penn State THON: THON 2026
Finalists:
- FleishmanHillard and The White House Historical Association: Elevating the Voice of White House History for America 250 and Beyond
- Providence: Providence CEO Executive Visibility Campaign
Finalists:
- Guide Dogs for the Blind: Guide Dogs for the Blind's Day of Giving (DOG)
- Make-A-Wish America: Make-A-Wish “WishMakers Wanted” Campaign for World Wish Month
- The Source LGBT+ Center: Build to Belong
- The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center: Only Possible Here, The Campaign to End Cancer
Finalists:
- AARP: AARP Celebrates Social Security's 90th Anniversary
- National 4-H Council: Beyond Ready: How 4-H Mobilized Communities Nationwide from Signing Season to State Fairs
- Nuclear Matters
Finalists:
- American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP): Lifesaver Ambassadors
- UPMC: UPMC Influencer Marketing Patient Stories
Finalists:
- Advocate Health: Friends Tell Friends About Our OB-GYNs
- AIA: Membership Marketing
- Broward County Library: Freegal Quest
- Call of Duty Endowment: (C.O.D.E.) Legacy: Tracer Pack (#CODELegacy)
- Kesem: Joy Out Loud: Children Facing a Parent's Cancer Awareness Month
- LeadingAge PA: Careers to Love
- OpAD Media Solutions, LLC.: Open Enrollment by OpAD Media Solutions, LLC. For NY State of Health
- Starlight Children's Foundation: Give Happiness 2026
- Vibrant Brands: NYS OPWDD #MoreThanWork Campaign
Finalists:
- APCO: “It’s On Us” 2025-2026 Respiratory Season Campaign
- Children's Health: Protecting Texas Families: Children’s Health Leads Measles Education Effort
- Momentum Communications Group: Feeding New York in Crisis: Mobilizing Media and Advocacy During the SNAP Funding Lapse
- Nationwide Children's Hospital & The Kids Mental Health Foundation with MediaSource: 2025 Back to School Campaign
- The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center: Media relations: Highlighting Breakthrough for Cancer Research and Treatment
Finalists:
- Cleary Strategies & The Seeing Eye: Mission Critical: Recruiting Volunteer Puppy Raisers
- SMACNA: Member Email Communication
- SMACNA: SMACNews
- The American Board of Anesthesiology: 2025 MOCA Communications Campaign
Finalists:
- 5by5 Agency: charity: water Experience Lab
- AARP: AARP Celebrates Social Security's 90th Anniversary
- City of San Antonio: FY2026 City Budget Town Halls
- Clarion Housing Group: Celebrating 125 years of Clarion Housing Group
- French/West/Vaughan: FWV Works Behind the Scenes to Reveal Dolly Parton Children’s Hospital
- National 4-H Council: Wicked For Good
- The Philadelphia Inquirer: Philly Gives
- UNICEF USA: UNICEF USA “We Won’t Stop Delivering What Matters Most”
Finalists:
- Code for America: The Government Fix Podcast
- Impact Florida & De LeCourt: What Counts: An Audio-First Intervention for Reframing Math Education
Finalists:
- 3rd3rd Marketing: Raising Simpson’s Visibility Through Strategic Public Relations
- The Harris Agency: Bridging the Gap Between Ambition and Opportunity
- The Plasma Protein Therapeutics Association with MediaSource: IPAW 2025
Finalists:
- American Academy of Physician Associates: External Affairs & Outreach
- City of San Antonio: River Walk Survey
- Nacha: Zero Budget, Real Impact: Promoting Nacha’s 15 Under 40 Awards
- The Huntington: Keisha Raines
- University of California Health: Grow Grants: Advancing Innovation in Medical Education
Finalists:
- California YIMBY: Abundant and Affordable Homes Near Transit Act
- City of San Antonio: Sports & Entertainment District
- Groundwork Collaborative: Consumer Reports, and More Perfect Union, Same Cart, Different Price: Instacart’s Price Experiments Cost Families at Checkout
- National Confectioners Association: Sweet Land of Liberty
Finalists:
- American Physiological Society: The Physiologist Magazine
- Grand Street Settlement: My First Day The Grand Street Way
- Texas Tech University System: Impact
Finalists:
- Arthritis Foundation: Green Heart Fridays: Turning a Community Symbol into National Arthritis Awareness
- Food Bank For New York City: Marketing & Communications Team
- Hyundai Motor America: Hyundai and Genesis: Progress with Purpose Corporate Social Responsibility Newsletter
- Nardi Media LLC: Strategic Communications Campaign: Armed Services YMCA Government Shutdown Response
- Wilder: Gratitude
Finalists:
- American Gaming Association: Illegal Market Gaming
- Life Enriching Communities: Mining Data for Effective Advertising
- Milken Institute: Best-Performing Cities 2026: Resilience in a Cooling Economy
- Mission Partners, Benefit LLC: 2026 Insights on Purpose™ Report
- The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty: Data behind the debate: Insights from Becket's Religious Freedom Index
Finalists:
- Adventist Health: I Am More Than Breast Cancer
- Advocate Health: GATHER Video for Project Equinox
- AltaMed Health Services: Women’s Wellness: Fibroids & PCOS
- American Dairy Association Mideast with MediaSource: 2025 Butter Cow Campaign
- Beech Acres Parenting Center: Love Grows Here - Nico's Story
- Bethany Children's Health Center: Mattie Homes - The Dewayne Model
- Jurupa Community Services District: JCSD Picnic in the Park 20th Anniversary
- Northwell Foundation: Philanthropy advances mental health care at Northwell: Austin's Story
- Phoenix Children's Foundation: A Robot for Gabriel
- Providence: Faces of Providence Video Series
- The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center: Only Possible Here, The Campaign to End Cancer
- Tulane University: “On the Rise: Our Downtown” Video
- University of California Health: Educating legislative audiences about the power of UC PRIME
- Vibrant Brands: NYS OPWDD #MoreThanWork Campaign
Finalists:
- AdventHealth Foundation Central Florida: Spirit of Giving Magazine
- Helios Education Foundation: 20 Year Anniversary
- The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty: From Storybooks to the Supreme Court: Visualizing Mahmoud v. Taylor
Finalists:
- AIA: From Complexity to Clarity: An Audience-Driven UX Transformation of AIA.org
- American Society of Gene and Cell Therapy: ASGCT Website
- Children's Health: Modernizing Childrens.com: Building a Future‑Ready Digital Front Door
- Grand St. Settlement: www.grandsettlement.org
- International Coaching Federation (ICF): From Silos to Seamless: How the ICF Built a Website Experience Around People, Not Products
- Pacers Sports & Entertainment / Pacers Foundation: Digital Marketing Web / UX
- Pugh & Tiller: Modernizing the National Board of Podiatric Medical Examiners
- Southcoast Health: Southcoast Health Website Redesign
- The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center: Only Possible Here, The Campaign to End Cancer
Seating is limited, reserve your spot today!
A limited number of tables of 10 are available, along with individual tickets.
BEST OPTION
Table of 10
$9,699 per table
Includes:
- 10 reserved seats for your whole team
- Priority seating at the front of the room
- Exclusive branding for your company on site
- 2 bottles of champagne
- Networking reception
- 3-course luncheon
- Awards ceremony
- Crystal award to commemorate your recognition
Individual Tickets
$675 Per Person
Includes:
- Networking reception
- 3-course luncheon
- Awards ceremony
- Crystal award to commemorate your recognition
If you have any questions or need help registering, please contact Barbara Kanady at [email protected].
LOCATION
YALE CLUB
50 VANDERBILT AVE
NEW YORK, NY 10017
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