Announcing PR Daily’s 2022 Nonprofit Communications Awards finalists

Congratulations to this year’s list of outstanding finalists!

By Ragan Staff
Sept. 28, 2022

PR Daily’s 2022 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 October.

Campaigns and Communication

Advocacy or Awareness Campaign

Central Park Conservancy: Mary Caraccioli and Central Park Conservancy MarCom Team
Coalition for Headache and Migraine Patients (CHAMP): Migraine at School & Think Talk Treat
Color Of Change: MyCrownMyWay
ECMC Group: ECMC Group Helps Teens Question The Quo in Education
NHF: Bleeding Disorders Awareness Month
The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights: Accountable Now

Branding or Rebranding Campaign

Aspire Indiana Health: Mockingbird Hill Recovery Center
Kansas College of Osteopathic Medicine: Redefining Doctor
Pet Advocacy Network: PIJAC Rebrands to Pet Advocacy Network
The Colleges of Law: The Colleges of Law rebrand

Community-Nonprofit Partnership

Christian Care Ministry / Medi-Share: 1DayLA / Mobile clinic campaign
LUNGevity Foundation: No One Missed Biomarker Testing Awareness Campaign’s “KNOWvember”
Team Rubicon: Afghan Refugee Resettlement
The Home Depot Foundation: Operation Surprise 2021

Corporate-Nonprofit Partnership

Food Bank of Delaware/DoorDash: Delivering Hope through Project DASH
The Trevor Project: The National Football League “NFL”
Wray Ward: EmpoWWer Partnerships – We Rock Charlotte

Covid-19 Communications

International Food Policy Research Institute: COVID-19 and Global Food Security
Public Health Communications Collaborative: Messaging and Tools for the Nation’s Public Health Communicators
Renown Health: COVID-19 Vaccination Rollout
Team Rubicon: Veterans Coalition for Vaccination

CSR/ESG Initiatives

Ohio’s Hospice: Ohio’s Hospice Community Benefit Report
TEAM LEWIS: TEAM LEWIS Foundation – Boosting Culture by Giving Back

Diversity: Equity and Inclusion Communications

Children’s Health: Children’s Health Expands Diversity & Inclusion Program to Support and Empower Employees, Patients and Community Members
Dallas Independent School District: With Equity in Mind
Institute for Human Caring: Hear Me Now Podcast
Northern Virginia Transportation Authority: TransAction Public Engagement Campaign

Employee Communications

Association of Equipment Manufacturers: 2 Truths and A Lie Employee Comms Series
Church Pension Group: “Album” Video Series

Event PR and Marketing

Americans United: Separation of Church & State
Brodeur Partners: Transforming an Iconic In-Person Walk into a Virtual Event Amid a Pandemic
Noisy Trumpet Digital & Public Relations: San Antonio Botanical Garden “Lightscape”
The GIANT Company: GIANT Grocery Grab

Executive Visibility Campaign

The Conference Board: Reliable Experts for the Business Community
University of Maryland: Baltimore: UMB Presidential Priorities Campaign

Fundraising Campaign

Chesapeake Regional Healthcare: Chesapeake Regional Health Foundation Gala
Noisy Trumpet Digital & Public Relations: The PM Group: Groceries 4 Life

Marketing Campaign

Kansas College of Osteopathic Medicine: Kansas College of Osteopathic Medicine automated email campaign
Kansas College of Osteopathic Medicine: Redefining Doctor
Penn Medicine Princeton Health: Cancer Is No Match For Me

Media Relations Campaign

Children’s Health: Children’s Health Educates and Empowers Parents, Physicians with COVID-19 Media Relations Campaign
Coalition for Headache and Migraine Patients (CHAMP): Migraine and Headache Awareness Month
ECMC Group: ECMC Group Helps Teens Question The Quo in Education
Momentum Communications Group: Partners for Justice, Writing Humanity Into the Criminal Legal System
United Way of the National Capital Area: Juneteenth

PR Campaign

ECMC Group: ECMC Group Helps Teens Question The Quo in Education
The Physicians Foundation: National Physician Suicide Awareness Day

Social Media Campaign

League of Women Voters of the US: Communications Team
MCE: Because of Youth Campaign
MEGAWORLD FOUNDATION: INC.: MEGA SUMMER VENTURES VERSION 2.0
Responsibility.org: Alcohol Responsibility Month IG Reels

Visual Storytelling

American Humane: American Humane in Action
Five Keys Home Free: Five Keys Home Free

Communications Assets

Annual Report

Aspire Indiana Health: 2021 Annual Report
Seattle Indian Health Board: Seattle Indian Health Board Communications Team
Tampa General Hospital: Waves of Innovation
Yale New Haven Health System: Innovation, Transformation, Hope

Article

Sally Crocker, UNT Health Science Center: Article: “The realities of ‘breaking bad’ and how one HSC researcher is attacking the opioid crisis”
The Chicago School of Professional Psychology: “The Empty Couch”
Yale New Haven Health System: Untangling the Capacity Challenge

Blog

Saybrook University: UNBOUND
The Chicago School of Professional Psychology: INSIGHT

Digital Publication

Megaworld Foundation: Inc.: THE VISIONARY, THE PHILANTHROPIST
Renown Health: Determination in Action Annual Report
The Chicago School of Professional Psychology: INSIGHT
Yale New Haven Health System: Yale New Haven Hospital “Advancing Care”

Podcast

Association of Independent Mortgage Experts (AIME): AIME
NYU Langone Health: Vital Signs Podcast
Salesforce.org: “Force Multiplier”: Where Action Meets Impact

Print Publication

AFIRE: Summit Journal
Internal Communications: NDWorks
KIPP New Jersey: Team & Family Magazine
Town of Lexington: Lexington Business Toolkit
World Vision U.S.: World Vision magazine

Video

Also-Known-As Inc.: “Deported, Not Forgotten” Advocacy Campaign
American Kidney Fund: The Faces of Gout
Aspire Indiana Health: Aspire Indiana Health/DCS Partnership
Bluegrass Care Navigators: Liana’s Story
Riverdale Country School: Get Ready for Giving Day! A Performance Review

Virtual Event

California Department of Tax and Fee Administration: Virtual Winterfest
Connected Nation: A national conversation on the Digital Divide
Dallas Independent School District: 2021 Virtual State of the District

Website

Aker Ink: Take Charge America Website
CommonSpirit Health: CommonSpirit Resource Library
League of Women Voters of the US: Communications Team
National League for Nursing: NLN.org
NHF: Bleeding Disorders Awareness Month
TrailBlaze Creative: Threshold Residential Services

Grand Prize

Nonprofit Communications Campaign of the Year

American Humane: Betty White, The Gift That Keeps on Giving
Children’s Hospital Colorado: Youth Mental Health State of Emergency: “Their Tanks are Empty”
Institute of Reproductive Grief Care and Life Perspectives: “Forget Me Not” flower campaign for Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month

Nonprofit Communications Team of the Year