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About the 2013 Awards
The 2013 The New York Community Trust-New York Magazine Nonprofit Excellence Awards recognize the enormously important roles played by thousands of New York's nonprofit organizations in improving our lives and communities. Now in its seventh year, the Awards program teaches, recognizes, and encourages outstanding management practices within New York’s large and diverse nonprofit community. The program helps nonprofit leaders by spotlighting excellent management practices that enable their organizations to better serve their communities and achieve their missions.
Three winning organizations will be recognized for excellent achievement in management at a special Awards Presentation in November 2013, and will receive cash awards of $30,000, $20,000 and $10,000, respectively. They will also be recognized in New York Magazine and by WNYC, and will receive tuition scholarships for the Programs in Social Enterprise in Executive Education at Columbia Business School. This year’s cash awards and benefits are the largest in the program’s seven-year history.
All 501(c)(3) nonprofits in the New York City, Long Island and Westchester are encouraged 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 practices?
The application deadline is May 3, 2013. The guidelines and application form are at http://npexcellence.fcny.org.
Application Process
The three-stage application process includes two stages of written applications and a site visit. Applicant organizations are required to address the eight key areas of nonprofit management below. The strongest applications are from organizations where discussion and reflection have been invested by staff, board members, 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
- Appropriate and reliable information technology (IT) systems
- Regular and effective communications and use of communications technology
- Effective, ethical fundraising and resource development
Read more about the Eight Areas of Nonprofit Excellence.
Co-sponsors
The Nonprofit Coordinating Committee of New York serves as the tax-exempt manager of the program, in collaboration with The New York Community Trust and Philanthropy New York, and sponsored by New York Magazine and WNYC. Additional financial and in-kind support in the past year was provided by The New York Community Trust, New York Media, WNYC, The Clark Foundation, Taconic Foundation, McGladrey LLP, Ford Foundation, the Fund for the City of New York, and by the Programs in Social Enterprise in Executive Education at Columbia Business School.
2013 Selection Committee
Hildy Simmons, committee chair; consultant, Philanthropic Advisory Services. Richard Burns, interim executive director, The Funding Exchange. Anne Coates, vice president, arts and cultural development, Municipal Art Society of New York. Diana Davenport, vice president, administration, The Commonwealth Fund. Michael Davidson, board coach. Joyce Dudley, president and principal, Dudley Hamilton Associates. Jacqueline Ebanks, vice president of programs, New York Women’s Foundation. Sandy Fernandez, senior vice president of national initiatives, Citi Community Development. Yancy Rubén Garrido, senior program officer, The Clark Foundation. Anat Gerstein, president, Anat Gerstein, Inc. Elizabeth Guggenheimer, deputy executive director, Lawyers Alliance for New York. Dawn Khan, chief executive officer, Techs4Good. Lee Koonce, executive director, Third Street Music School. Barbara Krasne, co-founder, management consultant, KrasnePlows. Jack Krauskopf, director, Center for Nonprofit Strategy and Management, School of Public Affairs, Baruch College. Valyrie Laedlein, co-director, Community Resource Exchange. Hoong Yee Lee Krakauer, executive director, Queens Council on the Arts. Judy Levine, executive director, Cause Effective. Ira Machowsky, executive vice president, F.E.G.S Health and Human Services System. Craig Mills, director, strategic planning and communications, Raza Consulting Group. Scott Millstein, executive director, Coro New York Leadership Center. Laurel Molloy, founder & chief consultant, Innovations Quantified. Michael Naumann, managing director, Theatre Development Fund. Caroline Kim Oh, former president, iMentor. Karen Pearl, executive director, God’s Love We Deliver. Thaler Pekar, chief executive, Thaler Pekar & Partners. Hilda Polanco, managing director, Fiscal Management Associates LLC. Robin L. Robin, director of human resources, New York Hall of Science. Anne Sherman, vice president, nonprofit strategy and operations, Growth Philanthropy Network. David Sturm, independent consultant, business and technology strategy, David M. Sturm Consulting. Ann Marie Thigpen, director, Center for Nonprofit Leadership at Adelphi University. Stephanie Thomas, president, Susan Ulin Associates. Ken Walters, director, member services, United Neighborhood Houses. George Weiner, founder, Whole Whale. Doug Wingo, principal, Wingo, Inc.
2012 Winners
November 15, 2012
The winners of the 2012 New York Community Trust - New York Magazine Nonprofit Excellence Awards were announced at a ceremony at Citi on November 15, 2012. They were:
• Gold Prize for Overall Management Excellence to Red Hook Initiative in Brooklyn, which partners with community adults to nurture young people in Red Hook to be inspired, resilient, and healthy and to envision themselves as co-creators of their lives, community and society. Jill Eisenhard, founder & executive director and Lisa Cowan, board president, accepted the award and a $25,000 prize. In the wake of Hurricane Sandy, RHI has become a hub of emergency relief activities for all of Red Hook.
• Silver Prize to Harlem RBI, which uses the power of teams to coach, teach and inspire inner-city youth to recognize their potential to realize their dreams. Richard Berlin, executive director and Kenneth Rosh, board chairman accepted the award and a $10,000 prize. Harlem RBI won the Prize for Excellent Communications in 2008 and has now been recognized for its outstanding management practices.
• Bronze Prize to Open Door Family Medical Center in Ossining (Westchester) which provides quality primary health care and human services at affordable prices to the community, particularly low-income, under-served residents and those lacking access to health care. Lindsay Farrell, president & CEO and David K. Sherman, chair of the Center’s Foundation board and treasurer of its operating board, accepted the award and a $5,000 prize. Open Door is the first Westchester winner in the six-year history of the awards.
Each winner also received scholarships towards tuition at Programs in Social Enterprise in Executive Education at Columbia Business School, valued at a total of $18,000. In a Best Practices Workshop preceding the awards, Charlie Herman, business and economics editor for WNYC Radio interviewed each of the winners about how they manage their organization to achieve mission-driven results.
Read the press release at www.npccny.org/awards/2012/awards2012pr.pdf.
2012 Finalists
October 3, 2012
The six finalists for the 2012 Awards were:
Harlem RBI
iMentor
Open Door Family Medical Center
Red Hook Initiative
Women’s Housing and Economic Development Corp.
YMCA of Greater New York
Click here for a press release.
2012 Semifinalists
August 6, 2012
The ten semifinalists were:
Coalition for Asian American Children and Families
Global Kids
Harlem RBI
iMentor
Make-A-Wish Metro New York and Western New York
Open Door Family Medical Center
Red Hook Initiative
The Children's Village
Women's Housing and Economic Development Corp.
YMCA of Greater New York
The New York Times Company 2011 Nonprofit Excellence Awards Winners
The winners of the 2011 Awards were:
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.
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, winning organizations received scholarships for Programs in Social Enterprise for Nonprofit Professionals at The Institute for Not-for-Profit Management Program of Columbia Business School.
Read a summary about the winning organization's best practices.
Read The New York Times Company press release.
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.
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
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
Click here to read the Times press release.
March 1, 2013