Announcing PR Daily’s 2019 Nonprofit PR Awards finalists

Nonprofit communications professionals have a difficult job. They’re tasked with creating campaigns and partnerships that are instrumental in changing lives, but they face a variety of obstacles, and have to deal with budget constraints.

PR Daily’s 2019 Nonprofit PR Awards finalists didn’t let this hold them back from creating innovative projects and campaigns, though. We’re excited to recognize this year’s finalists. Read on to learn more, and stay tuned for our winners announcement.

CAMPAIGNS

Advocacy or Awareness Campaign

• The Shepherd Centre’s Loud Shirt Day 2018, Palin Communications with the Shepherd Centre
• The Heroes Among Us, Crisp with Leukemia Research Foundation
• Better with Breakfast, Oakland Schools
• A Booster Shot for Saban Community Clinic, Olmstead Williams Communications
• Children’s Health “Beyond ABC” Builds Critical Dialogue Around Pediatric Health, Children’s Health
• Come as You Are: Expanding America’s Understanding of Eating Disorders, Momentum Communications Group with National Eating Disorders Association

Branding or Rebranding Campaign

• We Grow Stronger TOGETHER, Jewish Federation of Delaware
• Rebranding of de Beaumont Foundation, Mission Partners and Michael Paolantonio Design with de Beaumont Foundation

Community-Nonprofit Partnership

• Somewhere to Believe In, Stein IAS with Win
• Home Sweet Home—Oakland Schools Students Building a Better Tomorrow, Oakland Schools
• Strengthen Our Schools, HCP Associates

Corporate-Nonprofit Partnership

• EarthEcho Expeditions: Water by Design, Northrop Grumman Foundation with EarthEcho International

Event PR and Marketing Campaign

• 2018 Bill Foege Global Health Awards, Hope-Beckham Inc.
• International Convention 2019, Rotary International
• Bringing Suicide Out of the Shadows for Hope and Healing, Olmstead Williams Communications
• Donor Dash Celebrates Organ, Eye and Tissue Donation, Donor Alliance
• 30th Annual GLAAD Media Awards, GLAAD

Executive Visibility Campaign

• Thought Leadership, Ascension

Fundraising Campaign

• The Shepherd Centre’s Loud Shirt Day 2018, Palin Communications with the Shepherd Centre
• Patriot Golf Day, KemperLesnik with Folds of Honor

Influencer and Donor Relations Strategy

• Urban Institute Next50, Urban Institute
• Harnessing Influencers for Habitat’s “Home is the Key” Campaign, Porter Novelli on behalf of Habitat for Humanity

Social Media Campaign

• National Nutrition Month® 2019 Social Media Campaign, Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
• CUPS Donor Awareness Campaigns, Melanie Lynn Communications

Marketing Campaign

• Our Kind of Kind Video, Tri Delta

Media Relations Campaign

• Woodrow Wilson American History Initiative, ASPR
• Children’s Health Diversifies Donor Registry Through Life-Saving PR Campaign, Children’s Health
• Come as You Are: Expanding America’s Understanding of Eating Disorders, Momentum Communications Group with National Eating Disorders Association
• Indiana Kids Offered Cutting-Edge Cancer Therapy for First Time, Indiana University Health

CREATIVE PR ASSETS

Annual Report

• Annual Report, Sage Communications

Article

• Thrive, University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center
• Elizabeth Dole Foundation, Susan Davis International

Blog

• Health Beat, Spectrum Health
• Children’s Health Uses Data and Research to Create Industry-Leading Content Program, Children’s Health

Digital Publication

• REACH Magazine, Tarrant County College
• Health Beat, Spectrum Health

Print Publication

• Thrive, University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center
• REACH Magazine, Tarrant County College
• Food & Nutrition Magazine®, Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
• Renaissance Magazine Redesign for Education Retirees, Retired Teachers of Ontario

Video

• Climbing Mountains, PHASE ONE Foundation with Creel Studio
• Our Kind of Kind Video, Tri Delta
• Children’s Health Sends Support Video to WWE’s Roman Reigns After Leukemia Diagnosis, Children’s Health
• Macon Music Effect, O+B Paramore Agency with Visit Macon

Website

• de Beaumont Foundation website, de Beaumont Foundation
• Health Beat, Spectrum Health
• Children’s Health Leads Healthcare Industry with Innovative, Mobile-First Website, Children’s Health
• ACI-NA Website Redesign, Airports Council International—North America
• Site Redesign Helps Non-Profit Promote Inclusiveness on College Campuses, SPI Group with InterAction
• Website Relaunch, Cambia Health Foundation

GRAND PRIZE

Nonprofit PR Campaign of the Year

• C-CAP, A Soldier’s Child Foundation with Daryl JW Mackin
• Contemporary Muslim Fashions, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
• Strengthen Our Schools, HCP Associates

Nonprofit PR Team of the Year

• Children’s Home Society of Florida Communications Team, Children’s Home Society of Florida