WINNERS
AWARDS OF DISTINCTION
Corporate/Nonprofit Partnership of the Year
Corporate/Nonprofit Partnership of the Year
Honorable Mentions
- Goodwill Industries of Upstate/Midlands South Carolina & LineZero: Transforming Workplace Culture Through Connection, Recognition and Belonging
- Nicor Gas: Homes for Tomorrow: Nicor Gas and Habitat for Humanity redefine affordable, energy-efficient living
Corporate/Nonprofit Partnership of the Year
Nonprofit Communications Campaign of the Year
Nonprofit Communications Campaign of the Year
Honorable Mentions
- 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
- UCI Health: Discover UCI Health — Irvine
- UNICEF USA: UNICEF USA “We Won’t Stop Delivering What Matters Most”
Nonprofit Communications Campaign of the Year
Nonprofit Communications Team of the Year
Nonprofit Communications Team of the Year
Honorable Mentions
- ASPCA: ASPCA Communications Team
- New Heights Communications
- 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
Nonprofit Communications Team of the Year
CAMPAIGNS AND COMMUNICATION
Advocacy or Awareness Campaign
Advocacy or Awareness Campaign
Honorable Mentions
- 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
Advocacy or Awareness Campaign
Annual Report
Annual Report
Honorable Mentions
- AdventHealth Foundation Central Florida: Spirit of Giving Magazine
- International Women's Forum: International Women's Forum 2025 Annual Impact Report
- Suncoast Credit Union: Marketing Team
Annual Report
Article
Article
Honorable Mentions
- American Academy of Physician Associates: External Affairs & Outreach
Branding or Rebranding Campaign
Branding or Rebranding Campaign
Honorable Mentions
- 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
- 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
Branding or Rebranding Campaign
Community Impact Report
Community Impact Report
Honorable Mentions
- OneSchool Global: From Local Action to Collective Impact
Community Impact Report
Community-Nonprofit Partnership
Community-Nonprofit Partnership
Honorable Mentions
- 50th Parallel Public Relations Inc.: Preparing Our People: Te’mexw’s Treaty Communications Partnership
- 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
Community-Nonprofit Partnership
Content Marketing Strategy
Content Marketing Strategy
Honorable Mentions
- Asbury Communities: Ask Asbury
- The Dairy Alliance: Milk's Got Game®
Content Marketing Strategy
Corporate-Nonprofit Partnership
Corporate-Nonprofit Partnership
Honorable Mentions
- National 4-H Council: 4-H Signing Season
- Nicor Gas: Homes for Tomorrow: Nicor Gas and Habitat for Humanity redefine affordable, energy-efficient living
- Suncoast Credit Union: Marketing Team
- Susan G. Komen: J.Crew Group
- The PepsiCo Foundation: The PepsiCo Foundation and WaterAid Nigeria
Corporate-Nonprofit Partnership
Crisis Communications
Crisis Communications
Honorable Mentions
- Food Bank For New York City: Marketing & Communications Team
Employee Communications
Employee Communications
Honorable Mentions
- 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
Employee Communications
Event PR and Marketing
Event PR and Marketing
Honorable Mentions
- 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
Event PR and Marketing
Executive Visibility Campaign
Executive Visibility Campaign
Honorable Mentions
- FleishmanHillard and The White House Historical Association: Elevating the Voice of White House History for America 250 and Beyond
Executive Visibility Campaign
Fundraising Campaign
Fundraising Campaign
Honorable Mentions
- 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
Fundraising Campaign
Grassroots Campaign
Grassroots Campaign
Honorable Mentions
- AARP: AARP Celebrates Social Security's 90th Anniversary
- Nuclear Matters
Influencer Communications
Influencer Communications
Honorable Mentions
- UPMC: UPMC Influencer Marketing Patient Stories
Influencer Communications
Marketing Campaign
Marketing Campaign
Honorable Mentions
- 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
- Vibrant Brands: NYS OPWDD #MoreThanWork Campaign
Marketing Campaign
Media Relations Campaign
Media Relations Campaign
Honorable Mentions
- 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
Member & Volunteer Communications
Member & Volunteer Communications
Honorable Mentions
- SMACNA: Member Email Communication
- SMACNA: SMACNews
- The American Board of Anesthesiology: 2025 MOCA Communications Campaign
Member & Volunteer Communications
Multi-channel Campaign
Multi-channel Campaign
Honorable Mentions
- 5by5 Agency: charity: water Experience Lab
- 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”
Multi-channel Campaign
Podcast
Podcast
Honorable Mentions
- Code for America: The Government Fix Podcast
PR Campaign
PR Campaign
Honorable Mentions
- 3rd3rd Marketing: Raising Simpson’s Visibility Through Strategic Public Relations
- The Harris Agency: Bridging the Gap Between Ambition and Opportunity
PR Campaign
PR or Marketing on a Shoestring Budget
PR or Marketing on a Shoestring Budget
Honorable Mentions
- 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
PR or Marketing on a Shoestring Budget
Public Affairs Campaign
Public Affairs Campaign
Honorable Mentions
- 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
Public Affairs Campaign
Publication
Publication
Honorable Mentions
- American Physiological Society: The Physiologist Magazine
- Texas Tech University System: Impact
Publication
Purpose-Driven Communication
Purpose-Driven Communication
Honorable Mentions
- 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
Purpose-Driven Communication
Research, Measurement & Insights
Research, Measurement & Insights
Honorable Mentions
- American Gaming Association: Illegal Market Gaming
- Life Enriching Communities: Mining Data for Effective Advertising
- 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
Research, Measurement & Insights
Social Media Campaign
Social Media Campaign
Honorable Mentions
- AltaMed Health Services: Breast Cancer Awareness
- Cornerstone Government Affairs: Coming Together as One Voice to Save Lives: OVAC’s Social Campaign to Strengthen Federal Funding for Cancer Research & Prevention
- MKC Strategies & ECNL: ECNL “A Day in the League”: Inspiring, Showcasing, Celebrating the commitment of top youth athletes
- Pipitone: Pressley Ridge: Home is Where Hope Grows
Social Media Campaign
Video
Video
Honorable Mentions
- 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
- 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
Video
Visual Storytelling
Visual Storytelling
Honorable Mentions
- AdventHealth Foundation Central Florida: Spirit of Giving Magazine
- The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty: From Storybooks to the Supreme Court: Visualizing Mahmoud v. Taylor
Visual Storytelling
Website
Website
Honorable Mentions
- 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
- 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
