PR Daily is proud to announce the finalists for the 2024 Nonprofit Communications Awards. From exceptional client service and strategic vision to outstanding creativity and innovation through groundbreaking campaigns, these finalists are setting new standards in the industry. By delivering impactful storytelling and promoting diverse and inclusive communications, these organizations and professionals are recognized for their exemplary work and move on to the next stage of the competition.
“Congratulations to all the finalists in PR Daily’s Nonprofit Communications Awards!” said Brendan Gannon, senior marketing manager for awards programs. “Nonprofit communicators strive to make the world a better place, and we’re grateful for the excellence of their efforts.”
Read on to see the finalists across all categories who have moved on to this next step. Then, join us as we announce and celebrate the winners at PR Daily’s Nonprofit Communications Awards luncheon on Sept. 27 at the Yale Club in New York City. Teams will celebrate with other finalists and connect with influential professionals whose work built awareness and drove results for important causes.
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Grand Prize
Corporate/Nonprofit Partnership of the Year • Nonprofit Communications Campaign of the Year • Nonprofit Communications Rising Star of the Year • Nonprofit Communications Team of the Year
Campaigns and Communication
Advocacy or Awareness Campaign • Branding or Rebranding Campaign • Community-Nonprofit Partnership • Content Marketing Strategy • Corporate-Nonprofit Partnership • Crisis Communications • CSR/ESG Initiatives • Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Communications • Employee Communications • Event PR and Marketing • Fundraising & Volunteer Communications • Innovation in Nonprofit Communications • Marketing Campaign • Media Relations Campaign • Multi-channel Campaign • PR Campaign • PR or Marketing on a Shoestring Budget • Public Affairs Campaign • Re-engagement Strategy • Social Media Campaign • Visual Storytelling
Communications Assets
Annual Report • Digital Content • Podcast • Publication/Report • Video • Website
Grand Prize
Corporate/Nonprofit Partnership of the Year
BELFOR Property Restoration: National First Responders Day Initiative
Connected Nation: Teens Teach Tech
Learning Undefeated: PORT-Able Learning Lab
Nonprofit Communications Campaign of the Year
Communications INC: High Seas Treaty Signing and Race for Ratification launch
Concern Worldwide US: Unite to Fight Hunger
Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation: Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation’s “It Takes Guts” Award Contest
PriceWeber: “Believe Me: Help and Hope for Sexual Assault Survivors”
Providence Regional Medical Center Everett: Work Stoppage Communication
The GRACE Foundation of NY: The World’s Largest Human Infinity Symbol
The Motorcycle Safety Foundation: MSF 50th Anniversary
United Methodist Communications: #BeUMC
Nonprofit Communications Rising Star of the Year
Maryanna Antoldi: AARP Florida
Tori Martel: Allergy & Asthma Network
Nonprofit Communications Team of the Year
AARP Foundation: AARP Foundation
CCI Health Service: CCI Health Services Marketing & Communications Team
FHI 360: FHI 360 Corporate Communications
Campaigns and Communication
Advocacy or Awareness Campaign
Arthritis Foundation: 75th Anniversary Lights
Broward County Library: Freedom to Read Campaign
Care New England: Butler Teen Mental Health Campaign
Communications INC: Deep-sea mining at the ISA
Communications INC: High Seas Treaty Signing and Race for Ratification launch
Lutheran Social Services of the National Capital Area: After the 90-Days: Afghan Allies and the New American Dream
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory: NASA’s Message in a Bottle
NewYork-Presbyterian: NewYork-Presbyterian
Northeast Florida Healthy Start Coalition: Hey, Mama
Orphans Feeding Foundation: Stolen Voices
PriceWeber: “Believe Me: Help and Hope for Sexual Assault Survivors”
Storytelling for Good: Delta Sigma Theta Fights Texas SB1
The Joyce Foundation: Lunch and Learn Gun Violence Prevention Webinar Series
The Motorcycle Safety Foundation: MSF 50th Anniversary
Branding or Rebranding Campaign
Anti-Cruelty: Anti-Cruelty Rebrand
Brooklyn Org: Brooklyn Org Brand
FHI 360: FHI 360 Corporate Communications
Ideas On Purpose: Bloomberg Philanthropies’ Global Cities Impact Communications Series
Oceantic Network: Oceantic Network Rebranding Campaign
Utah Valley University: Branding & Awareness Campaign
Western Resource Advocates: A New Look for the West: WRA’s New Brand
Community-Nonprofit Partnership
Code for America: FormFest: Building Better Government One Form at a Time
Community Care Behavioral Health Organization: Our HAIR Campaign
EECU Credit Union: EECU x Fort Worth ISD “Stuff the Bus” Winter Clothing Donation Campaign
GBU Foundation: Community Grant Awards
Megaworld Foundation: “Walk Into Your Future” Scholarship Caravan
Sēd: Get Joy Saves Halloween for Dogs
AHIP: Content Marketing Strategy
OSF HealthCare: Pregnancy & Birthing Content Journey
PriceWeber: “Believe Me: Help and Hope for Sexual Assault Survivors”
Reading Is Fundamental: Rally to Read 100
Corporate-Nonprofit Partnership
Alorica: Making Lives Better with Alorica
Diversity Marketing Consortium: Diversity Marketing Consortium
ESPN: ESPN’s Wish Granting
Learning Undefeated: PORT-Able Learning Lab
Milton Hershey School: 2023 Hershey Sprint Car Experience
American Medical Association: Mifepristone Work, AMA Media Relations Team
Conway Regional Health System: Insurance Payor Negotiations
PRCN Procontent: One breath — the right to home treatment under a ventilator
Providence Regional Medical Center Everett: Work Stoppage Communication
Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A.: Konica Minolta’s 2023 Corporate Social Responsibility Initiatives
TEAM LEWIS Foundation: TEAM LEWIS Foundation Supports 1,500+ Causes Globally
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Communications
DonorsChoose: Identity-Affirming Digital Content
Melwood, Children’s National Hospital, Curley Company and Contrast & Co.: Camp Accomplish Collaboration
American Medical Association: AMA Employee Communications
Children’s Health: Employee Photo Mosaic Celebrates Team and Workplace in Unique Activation
City of Hope Orange County: OC Marketing & Communication
Goodwill of North Georgia: The Hub
HIROC: HIROCafé
Providence Regional Medical Center Everett: Work Stoppage Communication
Great Jobs KC: Great Jobs KC x GMA3
Mighty Engine: UNCF UNITE 2023
Sēd: Get Joy Saves Halloween for Dogs
Fundraising & Volunteer Communications
AARP Foundation: AARP Foundation
Minds Matter Bay Area: Back to School Night Fundraiser
University of Central Florida: UCF Day of Giving 2023
Innovation in Nonprofit Communications
Chesapeake Regional Healthcare: The Lifesavers of Chesapeake Regional
Orlando Health with MediaSource & Mastercard: The Test & Learn Approach: Quantifying the Business Impact of Earned Media in Nonprofit Healthcare
The Marfan Foundation: Marfan Awareness Month 2024
Call of Duty Endowment: Loot for Good
Iowa Pork Producers Association: Purchase Moore Hamann Bacon
Ohio Association of Foodbanks: Understanding Ohio’s Medicaid Changes — How Get Covered Ohio Can Help
PriceWeber: “Save My Human”
San Antonio Sports: San Antonio Sports: Activate
Starlight Children’s Foundation: Starlight’s Power of Play Campaign
United Methodist Communications: #BeUMC
American Diabetes Association: 83rd Scientific Sessions Media Relations
Berkeley Communications: Employer Power in Healthcare: A bold move to reshape the system
Children’s Health: Children’s Health Tackles Youth Mental Health Crisis with Targeted Earned Media Strategy
City of Hope Orange County: The Younger Face of Cancer
Daily Bread Food Bank: Who’s Hungry
Dittoe PR: Evans Scholars Foundation
Ellis Marsalis Center for Music: Branford Marsalis Returns Home to Become Artistic Director of Non-Profit Named for His Father
Environmental Defense Fund: MethaneSAT Campaign
NewYork-Presbyterian: NewYork-Presbyterian Raises Awareness of Groundbreaking Advance in the Treatment of Sickle Cell Disease Through One Patient’s Inspiring Story and Physician Expertise
Otter PR: Music Beats Cancer Nonprofit Communications Award Submission for Otter PR
PriceWeber: “Believe Me: Help and Hope for Sexual Assault Survivors”
Providence Regional Medical Center Everett: Work Stoppage Communication
Sēd: Get Joy Saves Halloween for Dogs
The Hodges Partnership: Serving Up Comfort: Mercy Chefs’ Response to Maui Wildfires
The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center — Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute with MediaSource: Breast Cancer Awareness Campaign Leverages Multimedia Storytelling, Driving Awareness, Donations and Mammograms
The Thomas Collective: Portraits of Hope
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center: Cancer Patient Wedding Story
American Society of Radiologic Technologists: “Be Seen” Campaign
Environmental Defense Fund: MethaneSAT Campaign
Global Strategy Group: UnidosUS’s HOME Initiative: Launching a national program to expand homeownership opportunities to four million Latinos
Metrolinx: Ontario’s One Fare Program
Milton Hershey School: The Unique Philanthropist: 100th Anniversary Campaign
Northwell Health Foundation: Baby Michael/NICU video
Ohio Department of Commerce: Recovery Within Reach
Berkeley Communications: Employer Power in Healthcare: A bold move to reshape the system
Evocati Public Relations: Launching MilitaryConnected.org in a Crowded “Sea of Goodwill”
Rady Children’s Hospital-San Diego: Rady Children’s Invitational
PR or Marketing on a Shoestring Budget
Soft Bones: World HPP Day
Storytelling for Good: SOME Trot for Hunger
Storytelling for Good: Thrive Prince George’s Launch
YMCA of Greater New York/BerlinRosen: Water Safety Month
AARP: WV Social Security Tax Relief
PRCN Procontent: Safe Hospital is a Safe Patient
High Tech High: Discover the ‘Wow’ of Project-Based Learning
The Marfan Foundation: Marfan Awareness Month 2024
Conway Regional Health System: Barbie Breast Cancer Awareness
FOUR PAWS USA: March Napness 2024
High Tech High: Discover the ‘Wow’ of Project-Based Learning
Jhpiego: TB or Not TB?
Megaworld Foundation: Mega Summer Ventures 4 All
Providence Swedish: Wellness Wednesday
The Marfan Foundation: Marfan Awareness Month 2024
AARP: Minnesota Paid Leave
American Society of Radiologic Technologists: “Be Seen” Campaign
Autoimmune Association: Autoimmune Expressions
Casey Family Programs: Thriving Families, Safer Children, Supportive Communities — 2023 Signature Report
Northwell Health Foundation: Baby Michael/NICU video
Northwell Health with MediaSource: Nonprofit Campaign Leverages Video For First-Ever Medical Breakthrough
Communications Assets
AARP Foundation: Annual Report
Casey Family Programs: Thriving Families, Safer Children, Supportive Communities — 2023 Signature Report
Centerstone: Centerstone’s FY23 Annual Report
Children’s Health: Children’s Health 2023 Beyond ABC Report and Symposium Spurs Action for Youth Mental Health Crisis
Health Center Partners of Southern California: Elevating Primary Care | 2022/23 Impact Report
Milton Hershey School: 2022-2023 Brown & Gold Annual Report
Western Resource Advocates: Western Resource Advocates’ 2022 Impact Report — Building A Better West
Children’s Health: Children’s Health Boosts Website Visits, Reaches Spanish Speaking Audience with Translation Initiative
Georgia College & State University: GCSU University Communications
Providence Swedish: Swedish Blog
AHIP: The Next Big Thing in Health
Connected Nation: Connected Nation podcast
Miami University: Major Insight
Opportunity Home San Antonio: Beyond Housing Podcast
OSF HealthCare: OSF Health Accelerated Podcast
Casey Family Programs: Thriving Families, Safer Children, Supportive Communities — 2023 Signature Report
Centerstone: Centerstone’s FY23 Annual Report
Connected Nation: Board of Director’s Report
Great Jobs KC: Great Jobs KC Newsletter
Northwell Health Foundation: Gratitude
SCAN Group: 2024 ESG Report
World Vision U.S.: World Vision magazine
AHIP: AHIP Mission Video
ASEAN-Japan Centre: Golden Bridge Short Video Campaign
CCRC: CCRC Hacker Series
Children’s Museum Houston: Children’s Boo!seum Houston
Georgia College & State University: GCSU University Communications
Miami University: When Hippo Met Watermelon: Miami University’s Viral Moment Wins Hearts
Orphans Feeding Foundation: Stolen Voices
US Youth Soccer: US Youth Soccer National Championships
Code for America: Benefits Enrollment Field Guide
Reading Is Fundamental: Website
Wellstar Foundation: Wellstar Foundation Website
YMCA of Greater Toronto: ymcagta.org
