Awards

This year's NonProfit PRO Risings Stars are Briana Berger, Cari Guthrie Cho, Billy Grace, Beau G. Heyen, Colby Jubenville, PhD, Christina Lindsey and Dwilene Lindsey...

Waste Not is a nonprofit organization that collects an average of 8,000 to 10,000 pounds of excess perishable food daily and delivers the food to over 100 agencies that feed the hungry, which include schools, after-school programs, daycare centers, rehabilitation centers, transition homes...

Moshe Hecht dedicates his life to advancing philanthropy through the use of technology. He has been a critical part of developing and growing Charidy, a crowdfunding platform that leverages the psychology of giving with offline support and online magic...

Paisley Demby has dedicated his life to serving the underserved for the past 15 years. For the past seven years, he has been marketing and recruiting small business owners to apply for the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses Program offered at LaGuardia Community College...

What makes Linda-Adèle Foley fundraiser of the year? She goes beyond the borders of fundraising to a personal approach to each contributor. No matter what, Foley makes everyone feel a part of the change with their giving. She understands that each donor wants to feel their donation or contribution makes a difference...

The Navy League of the United States is a nonprofit organization that is dedicated to enhancing the morale of active-duty personnel and their families, informing Congress and the American public of the importance of strong sea services and supporting youth through programs...

Before February 2013, the museum’s operating budget was in the negative and the educational programs were stagnant. Since her appointment to executive director of the Annapolis Maritime Museum, Alice Estrada has successfully developed and executed a bold new vision for the expansion of the museum’s facilities, exhibits and programs...

Vincent Strully Jr. founded The New England Center for Children (NECC) over 40 years ago with the vision of becoming the global leader in provision of effective, evidence-based educational services for the millions of underserved children with autism, along with their families...

Back in 2004, Michele Boston was at the height of her career. She was a CEO for Boston Health Care System, was previously was a director for Children Services in Illinois and was an associate professor at William Mitchell College of Law, where she taught mental health law...

One of the hardest things that we have to do is pick one—just one—in each category from the hundreds of submissions that we receive for the Nonprofit Professionals of the Year Awards. Each letter we receive from your family members, your friends, your colleagues and even your aquaintances about the great things that you do takes us down another emotional roller coaster...