See all winners of PR Daily’s 2023 Nonprofit Awards
Winners were celebrated at a special awards luncheon in New York City on Thursday.
PR Daily’s 2023 Nonprofit Awards celebrated the people, teams and organizations whose work built awareness and drove results for important causes.
PR Daily hosted an awards luncheon on Sept. 28th at New York City’s Yale Club, where attendees gathered to celebrate the storytelling strategies that amplified the efforts of their clients and organizations while fostering meaningful impact.
“This year’s PR Daily Nonprofit Awards finalists demonstrate how communicators can drive change by telling and amplifying the stories of real people facing real issues,” said Ragan CEO Diane Schwartz. “By amplifying the work of the and causes they represent, these winners grant visibility to each nonprofit’s purpose and make the work resonate with diverse communities across the globe.”
PR Daily congratulates this inspiring group of leaders.
Grand Prize
Corporate/Nonprofit Partnership of the Year
Wounded Warrior Project: Combat Stigma
Allbirds & Amazon Watch: Keep the Amazon Prime
Nicor Gas: Shield of Caring
SourceCode Communications: Diversity Marketing Consortium
Nonprofit Communications Campaign of the Year
Stop AAPI Hate: No Place For Hate
Allbirds & Amazon Watch: Keep the Amazon Prime
Brodeur Partners: Returning to the Boston Marathon® Course
CableLabs and Comprise: 10G Challenge 2022
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco: Kehinde Wiley: An Archaeology of Silence
Raise Your Hand Texas: Measure What Matters
Understood.org: Understood.org Asks Parents to Be the Reason Neurodivergent Kids Thrive
Youth Resilience Activity USAID ACDI/VOCA: Youth Communication and Innovation Lab
Nonprofit Communications Professional of the Year
Nick Ragone: Ascension
Allyson Jones: National Black Child Development Institute
Heather Morgan: Children’s Home Society of Florida
Rachael Uriarte: The Archer School For Girls
Nonprofit Communications Team of the Year
World Food Program USA: Communications and Marketing Team
Chesapeake Regional Healthcare: Marketing Team
Children’s Home Society of Florida: CHS Communications, Marketing and Engagement Team
City of Hope Orange County: City of Hope Orange County marketing and communications
The Archer School For Girls: Archer School for Girls x Teen Vogue: Teen Vogue Summit 2022
Campaigns and Communication
Advocacy or Awareness Campaign
Stop AAPI Hate: No Place For Hate
Understood.org: Understood.org Asks Parents to Be the Reason Neurodivergent Kids Thrive
4media group: Too Young for This
AARP California: Supporting Family Caregivers is Worth the Cost
Association of Legal Aid Plans of Canada: Duty Counsel Day
Barbara Sinatra Children’s Center: Overcame: Art of the Abused Child
Corazon Latino Inc.: Fighting COVID-19 a ONE Health Approach
Denterlein: Yes on 2
Hager Sharp: CDC’s Excessive Alcohol Campaign
Inova: Safe@Inova – Workplace Safety Awareness Campaign
National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NFID): RSV in Focus
Raise Your Hand Texas: Measure What Matters
Branding or Rebranding Campaign
Northeastern University: Northeastern Global News
Bryson Gillette: Native Forward Scholars Fund Rebranding Campaign
Ventura County Fire Department: Ventura County Fire Department Rebranding
Community-Nonprofit Partnership
Community Legal Services: Hurricane Ian Disaster Response
GENYOUth: Mission 57: End Student Hunger
Blue Cares: We Care Kit
National Endowment for Financial Education: National Endowment for Financial Education Announces Strategic Partnership Pilot Program
Corporate-Nonprofit Partnership
Samsung & DonorsChoose: Samsung Solve for Tomorrow
Corazón Latino: Win by Serving
Nespresso x The Ali Forney Center: Nespresso x The Ali Forney Center
Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press: ProJourn
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Communications
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco: Kehinde Wiley: An Archaeology of Silence
Aspire Indiana Health: Aspire Indiana Health – DEI
Corazon Latino Inc.: JEDI
Goodwill of North Georgia: Goodwill of North Georgia’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Efforts
TEXAS YES: Noisy Trumpet Digital and Public Relations
The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons: AAOS IDEA GRANT PROGRAM – Inspiring Diversity, Equity, and Access
Email Marketing Campaign
AARP California: Supporting Family Caregivers is Worth the Cost
Completely KIDS: Completely KIDS Email Marketing Campaign
Event PR and Marketing
BRG Communications: ADA’s 82nd Scientific Sessions: Championing Diabetes Science
919 Marketing: Diapers to Dorms Dash Campaign
Brodeur Partners: Returning to the Boston Marathon® Course
Completely KIDS: Pinot, Pigs and Pours PR and Marketing Campaign
Gaylord Specialty Healthcare: Gaylord Gauntlet 5K Trail and Obstacle Run
HIROC: HIROC Hackathon
The Archer School For Girls: Archer School for Girls x Teen Vogue: Teen Vogue Summit 2022
The Castle Group: Embrace Boston
Fundraising Campaign
Northwell Health Foundation: Northwell Health Foundation Campaign Extension
Franco: The Salvation Army Great Lakes Division’s 2022 Celebrity Bell Ring Weekend
Red Havas: RBG for SOS
Global Communications Campaign
U.S. Soybean Export Council (USSEC): Promoting the U.S. Soy Sustainability Assurance Protocol (SSAP) 4x Transferable Certificates Around the Globe
WWF: TX2 Campaign
Innovation in Nonprofit Communications
American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO): ASCO Featured Voices
Bellevue University: Tuesday Takeaways
The Archer School For Girls: Archer School for Girls x Teen Vogue: Teen Vogue Summit 2022
Youth Resilience Activity USAID ACDI/VOCA: Youth Communication and Innovation Lab
Marketing Campaign
The Call of Duty Endowment: #CODVeteruns100K
4media group: Too Young for This
Jefferson Health: Don’t Delay Your Care
Renown Health: Recruitment & Retention at Renown Health
San Francisco Foundation: Celebrating 75 Years of Social Justice in the Bay Area: San Francisco Foundation
Media Relations Campaign
Brodeur Partners: Returning to the Boston Marathon® Course
TEAM LEWIS: Team LEWIS Drives National Media Awareness for Rady Children’s Hospital
Allen & Gerritsen: From local hero to national inspiration: Cancer survivor and Penn State student Tucker Haas gives back
Children’s Health: Children’s Health Supports Superhero Patients with Cape Day Campaign
Greater Phoenix Economic Council: Nonprofit Media Relations Campaign – National Media Branding
The American Academy of OrthopedicSurgeons : Experience It! AAOS 2023 Annual Meeting Media Program
The Home Depot Foundation with Big Red Rooster, MSL, PullSpark and Sunshine Sachs Morgan & Lylis: Operation Surprise 2022
Winuk Communications, Inc.: The 9/11 Community’s Campaign to Combat Saudi Arabia’s Sportswashing Tactics
PR Campaign
M-Squared Public Relations: Atlanta’s ‘Pretty Girl’ Going The Extra Mile: M-Squared Public Relations harnesses Keri Hilson’s platform to raise awareness for Meals On Wheels Atlanta
Aspire Indiana Health: Aspire Indiana Health – shoestring
Understood.org: Understood.org Asks Parents to Be the Reason Neurodivergent Kids Thrive
Public Affairs Campaign
FleishmanHillard and AARP: The Fight for Fair Rx Prices
College of American Pathologists: Multi-Channel Public Affairs Campaign to Drive Awareness of the CAP’s 2022 Priority to Advocate to Reduce Health Disparities
Denterlein: Yes on 2
Social Media Campaign
Children’s Health: Children’s Health Launches Social Media Strategy to Generate Awareness for Pediatric Cancer and Sickle Cell Disease
BoardroomPR: JAFCO Social Media Campaign
ERA Coalition: Elect Equality
Getty (J. Paul Getty Trust): Medieval Tymes
Learning Forward: Content curation – Professional learning for tired teachers – Ariel Durham
National Board of Osteopathic Medical Examiners: How DO You Love Yourself?
Visual Storytelling
Northeastern University: Northeastern University TikTok
AHIP: Health in Motion
FOUR PAWS International: Pets of War: Supporting Animals Impacted by the War in Ukraine
Fund for Women’s Equality: Equal Voice Equal Vote
Megaworld Foundation, Inc.: Creating Change, Transforming Lives: Megaworld Foundation’s Official Video
TEAM LEWIS x TEAM LEWIS Foundation: TEAM LEWIS Foundation: Connecting Communities through Creativity
TEAM LEWIS: TEAM LEWIS Showcases the Heart of Rady Children’s Hospital Through Video
Veritiv: Veritiv Designed the 2023 Cookie Rally box to introduce the new Raspberry Rally Cookie for Girl Scouts of Greater Atlanta
Communications Assets
Annual Report
Aspire Indiana Health: Aspire Indiana Health – Annual Report
Ares Charitable Foundation: Transformative Philanthropy in Action: 2022 Impact Report
Kean University Foundation: Kean University Foundation
Digital Content
Metropolitan State University of Denver: RED reboot
Truth Initiative®: While You Were Streaming: Tobacco’s Starring Role
Completely KIDS: Completely KIDS Circles eNewsletter
Kean University Foundation: Kean University Foundation
Megaworld Foundation, Inc.: A Silver Lining for Many Filipinos
National Automobile Dealers Association: NADA Website
The Cleveland Clinic: The Power of Every One Centennial Campaign Digital Impact Report
Podcast
Understood.org: Understood.org’s ADHD Aha! Podcast
AHIP: The Next Big Thing in Health
Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO): Public Health Review Morning Edition
HIROC: HIROC Healthcare Change Makers Podcast
National League for Nursing: NLN Nursing EDge Unscripted Podcast
Stanford Seed: Grit & Growth
The Conference Board: CEO Perspectives
Print Publication
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation: Little Book of Big Impact 2022 | Mission: Possible
Cape Fear Valley Health: Making Rounds Magazine
Hudson Headwaters Health Network: Hudson Headwaters Health magazine
Milken Institute: Power of Ideas
South Bay Cities Council of Governments: South Bay Watch
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation: Cleveland Clinic Magazine | The Innovation Issue (Fall 2022)
Video
Comsint / Appalachian Mountain Club: Appalachian Mountain Club: Shining Light on the Night Sky
Caption Design: Social Determinants of Health Video Series for The Dalio Center for Health Justice at NewYork-Presbyterian
Getty (J. Paul Getty Trust): Medieval Tymes
Hager Sharp: CDC’s Excessive Alcohol Campaign
Northeastern University: Northeastern University TikTok
TEAM LEWIS x TEAM LEWIS Foundation: TEAM LEWIS Foundation: Connecting Communities through Creativity
TEAM LEWIS: TEAM LEWIS Showcases the Heart of Rady Children’s Hospital Through Video
Understood.org: Understood.org Asks Parents to Be the Reason Neurodivergent Kids Thrive
Website
Northeastern University: Northeastern Global News
Community Legal Services: Hurricane Ian Disaster Response
National Automobile Dealers Association: NADA Website
Understood.org: Understood.org’s Website
For more information on our winners, check out their profiles here.
