Awards

The 36th Annual Friends of Father Baker Reception pulled in over $120,000 in revenue and involved 4,552 donors who gifted an average of $254.10—no small feat! And while the campaign fell a bit short on their fundraising goal of $125,000, the event pulled in an additional 20 individual donors compared to the year prior...

Looking at the Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh numbers alone from their “The Church Alive!” campaign, it’s a remarkable example of a campaign done well. Aside from the beautifully designed appeal, which details everything you need to know about the organization, you can really get a sense of what the community of this organization is all about…

This was a difficult decision to make, but we chose Camphill because the campaign improved dramatically over last year’s impressive results, while showing how powerful and effective social media can be for smaller organizations...

Riley’s Children Foundation, the fundraising arm of Riley’s Hospital for Children, aimed to introduce an additional touchpoint to their target audiences, which comprised of current and one-year lapsed donors, supporters giving at least $1,000 annually and under $1,000 prospects...

The Charleston Animal Society’s annual Chili Cook-Off and Oyster Roast surpassed its initial predictions by a mile … and a half! It resulted in an income of over half a million, which exceeded its estimated $375,000 goal by a whopping 34 percent...

All of the entries are strong, well thought-out campaigns. The differentiator for Judicial Watch is its copy. Judicial Watch really leverages the core issue that motivates its donors: Judicial Oversight. The included letter is a little long, but full of benefits to donors in the form of issues Judicial Watch is working for on their behalf...

You can tell that there was tremendous effort put into this campaign, and it was well received. The campaign utilized a combination of several outbound components (post mailing, email series, video and thank-you postcards) and received a great response rate at 24.62 percent...

The challenge and complexity of this campaign along with its use of data and segmentation strategy is truly impressive. While this was a difficult campaign to pull off due to the fact that its email open rates were declining, it was executed remarkably well...

It’s clear that The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art took the time to develop and create a visually appealing campaign, because in the direct mail piece, you can see a number of beautiful images of the organization’s artwork...

We are continuously awestruck by witnessing the great things that each and every one of you does in the name of social good. The commitment, the passion and more importantly, the resilience that we see literally takes our breath away. We consider ourselves incredibly lucky and are so thankful to be a part of such an amazing, thoughtful, selfless, giving community...