Announcing PR Daily’s 2021 Nonprofit Communications Awards finalists

Congratulations to this year’s list of outstanding finalists!

By Ragan Staff
Aug. 17, 2021

PR Daily’s 2021 Nonprofit Communications Awards finalists represent the people, teams and organizations whose campaigns, partnerships and projects helped build awareness of or raise funds for important causes, initiatives, organizations and programs.

Their powerful storytelling was put on display and led to success for their organizations or clients, and we congratulate these impressive finalists on their successful work.

Scroll down to see who made this year’s list, and stay tuned for the winner announcement in late September.

Grand Prize: Nonprofit Communications Campaign of the Year

American Gas Association: #FuelingOurCommunities
American Kidney Fund: Helping patients through COVID-19: American Kidney Fund
CompTIA: + Means Support
Inspira Health: Blue Hearts for Heroes
League of Women Voters Education Fund: VOTE411
Ronald McDonald House Charities Bay area: Steady Through The Storm: 2020-21 Comprehensive Communications Campaign

Grand Prize: Nonprofit Communications Professional of the Year

Christopher Lloyd: Aspire Indiana Health
Kevin Wong: The Trevor Project

Grand Prize: Nonprofit Communications Team of the Year

CompTIA: B2C Marketing Team
Milton Hershey School: Office of Communications
New Hampshire Public Radio: Marketing and Communications Department
Seattle Indian Health Board: Seattle Indian Health Board Communications
The American Cleaning Institute: Small Team Raises Loud Voice to Educate Consumers on Correct COVID-19 Cleaning Practices

Advocacy or Awareness Campaign

Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics: National Nutrition Month® 2021
Accion Opportunity Fund: #SmallBusinessStrong
AltaMed Health Services: My Vote, My Health™
Barbara Sinatra Children’s Center: Fight Child Abuse Campaign
Casey House: Untold Stories of Stigma
ECMC Group: Question The Quo: Empowering Teens on their Higher Ed Journey
League of Women Voters Education Fund: VOTE411
MLC & Co.: Leveraging crisis communications into long-term success
The TASC Group: Choose Healthy Life Black Clergy Action Plan
World Vision International: Internal Communications Team

Annual Report

Centerstone: Centerstone’s FY2020 Annual Report
Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History: External Affairs Department
Healthcare Businesswomen’s Association: HBA Annual Report
International Erosion Control Association: IECA
Ontario Federation of Agriculture: OFA Today – 2021 Edition
The Catholic Foundation: 2020 Annual Report
United Way of Southwest Michigan: We Were Built For This

Blog

American Kidney Fund: Helping patients through COVID-19: American Kidney Fund
SeriousFun Children’s Network: SeriousFun Digital Content Initiative

Branding or Rebranding Campaign

GBU Life: GBU Financial Life Rebrand
San Antonio Museum of Art: San Antonio Museum of Art: Awareness & Membership Campaign
UC Riverside: Brand Visual Identity Initiative

Community-Nonprofit Partnership

Devils River Conservancy: The Devils River Conservancy Membership Program
Jesse Lee Church: Jesse Lee Church Homemade Pumpkin Patch
Megaworld Foundation, Inc.: Taking the Extra Mile for the Last Mile
Providence Day School: Loaves & Fishes Campaign
UPMC Center for High-Value Health Care: Freedom House 2.0

Corporate-Nonprofit Partnership

Alorica: Miles 4 MLBA
First Book: Empowering Educators
Special Olympics International: School of Strength
The Trevor Project: Crisis Contact Simulator Launch

Covid-19 Communications

American Heart Association: Corporate Communications
American Kidney Fund: Helping patients through COVID-19: American Kidney Fund
American Medical Association: Putting Science First in The Fight Against COVID-19
Argentum: Argentum COVID-19 Communications
Boys & Girls Clubs of Palm Beach County: Response, Recovery & Resilience
CAP Tulsa: CAP Tulsa Marketing & Communications
Center for Dairy Excellence: Still Farming for You: Dairy & COVID-19
League of Women Voters Education Fund: VOTE411
OCLC, IMLS, and Battelle: REopening Archives, Libraries, and Museums (REALM) project
Rush University System for Health: Rush Covid-19 Marketing and Communications Campaign
The American Cleaning Institute: Cutting Through the Noise: American Cleaning Institute Launches Multi-Pronged Effort to Educate Americans on COVID Cleaning
The New York Women’s Foundation: 2020 Resilience NYC: COVID-19 Response and Recovery Fund
The PepsiCo Foundation: Meals to You

Digital Publication

Centerstone: Centerstone’s FY2020 Annual Report
Generation180: Digital Publication: Flip The Script Newsletter
Ontario Federation of Agriculture: OFA Today – 2021 Edition
University of Notre Dame: NDWorks Weekly

Diversity: Equity and Inclusion Communications

Alorica: Alorica’s DEI Communications Campaign
Children’s Health: Children’s Health Introduces Employee and Community Resources Amidst Racial Injustice
Corazon Latino: Healthy Forest Healthy People Online
First Book: Empowering Educators
National AfterSchool Association: Create a Comprehensive Equity Strategy
Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA): SEPTA Diversity, Equity, and Belonging: Where Differences Power Innovation
YWCA Northern New Jersey: Community Connections

Event PR and Marketing

Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Mid-South: Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Mid-South Virtual SportsBall
City of Hope Orange County: Hope Lives in OC
NDSC: Soiree of Stars Gala
SeriousFun Children’s Network: SeriousFun for All

Fundraising & Donor Relations Campaign

Center for Parent and Teen Communication: 1-Minute Parenting Animation
Kean University Foundation: Kean University Foundation FY20 Annual Report
KQ Communications: Saving ACE Prevention Support
United Way of the National Capital Area: UWNCA EAF, FEC and Do More 24

Marketing Campaign

Cru: Wellness Resources
League of Women Voters Education Fund: VOTE411
National Association of REALTORS®: C2EX Challenge: Level-Up
National School Boards Association: NSBA 2021 Online Experience

Media Relations Campaign

American Humane: American Humane 2020 Hero Dog Awards
Camino Public Relations: 2021 Media
Children’s Health: Children’s Health and COVID-19, A Call to Action and Education
Evoke KYNE and National Foundation for Infectious Diseases: Stop the Spread: COVID-19: Influenza and Pneumococcal Disease Awareness Campaign
Generation180: Media Relations: Virginia General Assembly 2021
iQ 360: Movers and Shakas: Reimagining Hawaii’s Tourism Industry
Susan Davis International: Opening of the National Museum of the United States Army
The Jewish Theological Seminary: New Chancellor Rollout

Print Publication

GBU Life: The Reorter
International Erosion Control Association: IECA
National Association of REALTORS®: Social Media for Associations Booklet
Ontario Federation of Agriculture: OFA Today – 2021 Edition
U.S. Masters Swimming: SWIMMER magazine

Video

Aspire Indiana Health: For Milo
Corazon Latino: Healthy Forest Healthy People Online
Foundation for Chiropractic Progress: I Know Pain
League of Women Voters Education Fund: VOTE411
National Association of REALTORS®: First-Time Buyer
Pittsburgh Technical College: Where Knowledge Meets Know-How: Day in the Life campaign

Visual Storytelling