The New York Times Company 2011 Nonprofit Excellence Awards Winners
June 23, 2011
The fifth annual New York Times Company Nonprofit Excellence Awards held on June 23 recognized City Harvest, Harlem Academy and Sanctuary for Families as the sector’s best-managed nonprofits.
The Awards, presented at TheTimesCenter, honor and encourage outstanding management practices among New York’s large and diverse nonprofit community. A two-hour Best Practices workshop moderated by Jack Rosenthal proceeded the presentation of the awards.
In addition to the cash awards noted above, winning organizations also receive scholarships for Programs in Social Enterprise for Nonprofit Professionals at The Institute for Not-for-Profit Management Program of Columbia Business School. Ray Horton, director the Institute presented the awards along with Hildy Simmons, chair of the Selection Committee.
The 2011 Winners Harlem Academy received the Gold prize for Overall Management Excellence and an award of $25,000. City Harvest was awarded the Silver prize for management excellence with a prize of $10,000. Sanctuary for Families received the Bronze prize for management excellence and a $5,000 prize. |
A total of 60 qualified applications were received for this year’s program. The program is a collaborative effort among The New York Times, Philanthropy New York, and NPCC. Aditi Davray manages the program for NPCC. Additional financial and in-kind support in the past year was provided by The Clark Foundation, Google Inc., Ford Foundation, McGladrey & Pullen, LLP, Fund for the City of New York, The New York Community Trust, New York Life Foundation, Wells Fargo, The Venable Foundation and Community Resource Exchange. The reception was courtesy of The New York Times Wine Club.
Hildy Simmons announced that there will be a sixth round next year, thanks to a recent grant from The New York Community Trust, and the program will be expanded and renamed the 2012 New York Community Trust-New York Times Company Nonprofit Excellence Awards. Simmons thanked all of the groups that applied to the program and urged them to apply again for next year.
Read a summary about the winning organization's best practices.
Read The New York Times Company press release.
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The New York Times Company 2011 Nonprofit Excellence Awards Finalists
May 5, 2011
NPCC is delighted to announce the six finalists for the fifth annual New York Times Company Nonprofit Excellence Awards.
The awards, a collaboration of NPCC, Philanthropy New York and The New York Times Company, honor outstanding management practices and encourage innovation and communication among the large and diverse nonprofit communities of New York City, Long Island and Westchester. The finalists are recognized for management excellence rather than program content and vary in size and services offered.
The 2011 Finalists . . . City Harvest — www.cityharvest.org— exists to end hunger in communities throughout New York City through food rescue and distribution, education and other practical, innovative solutions. City Parks Foundation — www.cityparksfoundation.org— offers programs and community building initiatives throughout the five boroughs that reach more than 600,000 people each year, contributing to the revitalization of neighborhoods. Harlem Academy — www.harlemacademy.org— is an independent school that offers merit-based, needs-blind admissions. Working in partnership with families, its goal is to prepare each student to enter and thrive at a top secondary school. Heart of Brooklyn — www.heartofbrooklyn.org— is a consortium of the leading cultural institutions located near Grand Army Plaza in central Brooklyn: Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Brooklyn Children’s Museum, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Public Library, Prospect Park and Prospect Park Zoo. New York City Outward Bound — www.nycoutwardbound.org— helps students from underserved communities build the foundation of knowledge, skills and habits of mind that prepare them for success in college, careers and citizenship. Sanctuary for Families — www.sanctuaryforfamilies.org— is dedicated to the safety, healing and self-determination of victims of domestic violence and related forms of gender violence through comprehensive services for its clients and their children, outreach, education and advocacy. |
The Awards Ceremony will be held on Thursday, June 23 from 2-5:30pm, during which a Best Practices Workshop will feature the three winning organizations sharing their management practices.
A total of $40,000 will be awarded to three organizations: The Gold prize winner will receive $25,000, the Silver prize winner, $10,000 and the Bronze winner, $5,000. Each of the winning organizations will also receive scholarship support to the Social Enterprise Programs in Executive Education at Columbia Business School. A reception will follow the presentation of the awards.
To register, go to www.nycharities.org/event/event.asp?CE_ID=4494.
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The 2011 Nonprofit Excellence Awards Semifinalists
February 25, 2011
The New York Times Company, NPCC and Philanthropy New York have announced 10 semifinalists for the 2011 New York Times Company Nonprofit Excellence Awards. Now in its fifth year, the awards honor outstanding management practices and educate nonprofit organizations throughout New York’s large and diverse nonprofit community about excellent management practices. Since 2007, NPCC and Philanthropy New York have joined the Times Company in managing this program. All 501(c)3 nonprofit organizations based in New York City, Long Island and Westchester are eligible to apply. The Awards help leaders improve the management of their organizations and inform all New Yorkers about management excellence in nonprofit organizations.
The semifinalist organizations, which vary in size and in the types of services they offer, were chosen by the program’s Selection Committee for their outstanding management. Six finalists will be announced in April, and three winners will be awarded at a ceremony and best practices workshop on June 23 at TheTimesCenter.
The 2011 Semifinalists Center for Alternative Sentencing and Employment Services — www.cases.org City Harvest — www.cityharvest.org City Parks Foundation — www.cityparksfoundation.org Community Access — www.communityaccess.org Harlem Academy — www.harlemacademy.org Harlem Educational Activities Fund — www.heaf.org Heart of Brooklyn Cultural Institutions — www.heartofbrooklyn.org New York City Outward Bound — www.nycoutwardbound.org Sanctuary for Families — www.sanctuaryforfamilies.org Women’s Housing and Economic Development Corporation — www.whedco.org |
The New York Times Company press release is at http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=105317&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1532715&highlight.
More about the Awards
The fifth annual Nonprofit Excellence Awards recognize the enormously important roles played by thousands of New York's nonprofit organizations in improving our lives and communities. These Awards help nonprofit leaders improve the management of their organizations and inform all New Yorkers about management excellence in nonprofit organizations.
Winning organizations will be recognized for excellent achievement in management at a special Awards Presentation in June, 2011, at The New York Times. Winners will receive cash awards, special mention in The New York Times, and a scholarship towards tuition at Social Enterprise Programs in Executive Education at Columbia Business School.
All 501(c)(3) nonprofits in the New York City area are invited to apply. This is your opportunity to tell all New Yorkers - and the world - what your organization accomplishes and how you manage to make it possible. What makes your organization unique? How do you embody the best of nonprofit management practice?
Although the application deadline was November 15, 2010, the applications and guidelines for the 2011 Awards are still available at http://nytawards.fcny.org for referral (they are subject to change for the 2012 round).
During September and October 2010, NPCC offered seven Application Clinics and seven Pathways to Excellence Workshops to share best practices and lessons from the past four years’ winners. Each Pathways Workshop, based on Seven Areas of Nonprofit Excellence, showcased two past winning organizations and a Selection Committee member. Over 380 people representing some 230 New York nonprofits attended the sessions, which featured a panel discussion, practical take-home exercises specific to each topic, and interactive question and answer sessions. Material presented at these sessions — including tips, strategies, worksheets, and more — is available to download at http://nytawards.fcny.org/npea/workshops.
Application Process
The three-stage application process includes two stages of written applications and a site visit. Applicant organizations are required to address the seven key areas of nonprofit management below. The strongest applications are from those organizations where discussion and reflection have been invested by staff, board, volunteers and other stakeholders prior to completing their applications.
- Overall management focus on results
- Governance structure that moves the organization forward
- Strong, transparent and accountable financial management
- Inclusive, diverse and responsive organizational practices
- Enlightened use of human resources and technology
- Regular and effective communications
- Effective, ethical fundraising and resource development
Read more about the seven areas of nonprofit excellence here.
Co-sponsors
The Nonprofit Coordinating Committee of New York serves as the tax-exempt manager of this program, in collaboration with The New York Times Community Affairs Department and Philanthropy New York. Additional financial and in-kind support in the past year was provided by The Clark Foundation, Google Inc., the Surdna Foundation, McGladrey & Pullen, LLP, the Fund for the City of New York, Social Enterprise Programs in Executive Education at Columbia Business School, The New York Community Trust, New York Life Foundation, The Venable Foundation, Wells Fargo, Community Resource Exchange and the Altman Foundation.
2011 Selection Committee
Hildy Simmons, chair; consultant, Philanthropic Advisory Services. Sr. Kwayera Archer-Cunningham, president and chief executive officer, Ifetayo Cultural Arts. Gary Bagley, executive director, New York Cares. John Best, director of human resources, Good Shepherd Services. Cecilia Clarke, executive director, Sadie Nash Leadership Project. Anne Coates, vice president, Alliance for the Arts. Don Crocker, executive director/CEO, Support Center for Nonprofit Management. Michael Davidson, chair, Governance Matters. Dennis Derryck, professor, Milano - The New School for Management and Urban Policy. Ernest Duncan, COO/CFO, Vera Institute of Justice. Gretchen Dykstra, consultant in strategic communications. Yancy Rubén Garrido, program officer, The Clark Foundation. Kristin Giantris, vice president NE region, Nonprofit Finance Fund. Richard Hobish, executive director, Pro-Bono Partnership. Paul J. Howard, director of development, Center for Urban Community Services. Geoffrey Knox, president and founder, Geoffrey Knox & Associates. Valyrie Laedlein, co-director, Community Resource Exchange. Sandra Lamb, president and CEO, Lamb Advisors. Judy Levine, executive director, Cause Effective, Craig Mills, grants administrator, Ford Foundation. Scott Millstein, executive director, Coro New York Leadership Center. Thaler Pekar, independent communications consultant, Thaler Pekar & Partners. Hilda Polanco, managing director, Fiscal Management Associates LLC. Robin L. Robin, director of human resources, Girls Inc.
Meryl Schwartz, portfolio manager, Blue Ridge Foundation New York.
Anne Sherman, associate director, TCC Group. Patricia Swann, senior program officer, New York Community Trust. Ann Marie Thigpen, director, Long Island Center for Nonprofit Leadership, Adelphi University. Marlyn Torres, assistant vice president, senior program officer, New York Life Foundation. George Weiner, chief technology officer, Do Something.
2010 Awards Winners
Sadie Nash Leadership Project - Gold Prize for Overall Management Excellence
God's Love We Deliver - Silver Prize for Management Excellence
New York Lawyers for the Public Interest - Bronze Prize for Management Excellence.
The Sadie Nash Leadership Project promotes leadership, activism and service among young women. Its programs are centered on the achievements of women, use of role models, service-based learning and community organizing.
God's Love We Deliver improves the health and well-being of men, women and children living with HIV/AIDS, cancer, Alzheimer ' s disease, multiple sclerosis and other life-altering illnesses by alleviating hunger and malnutrition.
New York Lawyers for the Public Interest advances disability rights, environmental justice and equality and civil rights, with a focus on health justice, through the power of community-driven legal representation and partnerships with member law firms.
As winner of the Overall Management Excellence award, Sadie Nash Leadership Project received a $25,000 cash award. The other two winners received cash awards of $10,000 and $5,000 respectively. The winners also received a total of $36,000 in scholarships to Social Enterprise Programs in Executive Education at Columbia Business School.
To read the summary of the winners' best practices, go to www.npccny.org/info/2010BestPracticesSummary.pdf.
Click here to read the Times press release.
2009 Winners
New York Cares – Winner for Overall Management Excellence
Groundwork, Inc. – Winner for Excellent Management
Vera Institute of Justice – Winner for Excellent Management
Neighborhood Economic Development Advocacy Project – Winner for Excellent Communications
A special recognition was given to two finalists, Citizens Advice Bureau and Legal Information for Families Today.
As winner of the Overall Management Excellence award, New York Cares received a $25,000 cash award. The other three winners received cash awards of $5,000 each. The six finalists received a total of $35,000 in scholarships to Social Enterprise Programs in Executive Education at Columbia Business School.
Click here to read the Times press release.
2008 Winners
Community Health Action of Staten Island — Winner for Overall Management Excellence
Harlem RBI — Winner for Excellent Communications
Ifetayo Cultural Arts — Winner for Excellent Culturally-Based Management Strategies
The Institute for Family Health — Winner for Excellent Use of Technology and Focus on Mission
To view the 2008 Awards video produced by Go Show Entertainment, visit: www.goseaentertainment.com/index.php?sub=microdocs#.
Click here to read the Times press release.
2007 Winners
Good Shepherd Services – Winner for Overall Management Excellence
Center for Urban Community Services – Winner for Excellence in Sustained Impact
Families United for Racial and Economic Equality - Winner for Excellence in Meeting Emerging Issues
WITNESS – Winner for Excellence in Communications