And the Winners Are ...
Judging for our eighth annual Gold Awards for Fundraising Excellence went bicoastal this year (well, if you count Texas as the third coast, as many Texans do).
Last tally was a total of 129 entries from 37 agencies and organizations — our largest number of entries yet, if only by a few.
Veteran judges Joe Boland, FundRaising Success' managing editor, and Paul Bobnak, director of research for DMIQ and archivist at Who's Mailing What!, made the first cut in our offices in Philadelphia. Then the finalists made their way down here to me in Texas. I spent a lovely day in a conference room at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, where Robyn Hutchinson Mendez, senior director of philanthropic resources at MD Anderson, and Cindy Gonzales, the hospital's communications specialist, joined me in making the final decisions.
Campaign of the Year: Ronald McDonald House Charities
Direct Mail ($10 Million and Up): United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
On the Edge: The Salvation Army Canada
Direct Mail (Less Than $10 Million): City Harvest and Good Counsel Homes
E-mail ($10 Million and Up): Canine Companions for Independence
E-mail (Less Than $10 Million): NARAL Pro-Choice America
Multichannel (Less Than $10 Million): African Wildlife Foundation
Multichannel ($10 Million and Up): Union Rescue Mission
Special Events: Monmouth University
Telefundraising: Democratic National Committee
Social Media: Findlay Hancock County Community Foundation
Website: Covenant House
