Communicating on behalf of a nonprofit carries unique challenges—but the winners of PR Daily’s 2019 Nonprofit PR Awards were not fazed by such obstacles. They employed innovative tactics and strategies and delivered powerful campaigns to help their organizations stand out.

Read on to learn more about the top winners and honorable mention recipients for PR Daily’s 2019 Nonprofit PR Awards. Follow the hashtag #PRDAwards to learn more and congratulate them on their impressive work.

Campaigns

Advocacy or Awareness Campaign

WINNER
Come as You Are: Expanding America's Understanding of Eating Disorders
Momentum Communications Group with National Eating Disorders Association

Honorable Mentions

  • 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

Branding or Rebranding Campaign

WINNER
We Grow Stronger TOGETHER
Jewish Federation of Delaware

Honorable Mention

  • Rebranding of de Beaumont Foundation, Mission Partners and Michael Paolantonio Design with de Beaumont Foundation

Community-Nonprofit Partnership

WINNER
Somewhere to Believe In
Stein IAS with Win

Honorable Mentions

  • Home Sweet Home—Oakland Schools Students Building a Better Tomorrow, Oakland Schools
  • Strengthen Our Schools, HCP Associates

Corporate-Nonprofit Partnership

WINNER
EarthEcho Expeditions: Water by Design
Northrop Grumman Foundation with EarthEcho International

Event PR and Marketing Campaign

WINNER
International Convention 2019
Rotary International

Honorable Mentions

  • 2018 Bill Foege Global Health Awards, Hope-Beckham Inc.
  • 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

WINNER
Thought Leadership
Ascension

Fundraising Campaign

WINNER
The Shepherd Centre’s Loud Shirt Day 2018
Palin Communications with the Shepherd Centre

Honorable Mention

  • Patriot Golf Day, KemperLesnik with Folds of Honor

Influencer and Donor Relations Strategy

WINNER
Harnessing Influencers for Habitat’s "Home is the Key" Campaign
Porter Novelli on behalf of Habitat for Humanity

Honorable Mention

  • Urban Institute Next50, Urban Institute

Marketing Campaign

WINNER
Our Kind of Kind
Tri Delta

Media Relations Campaign

WINNER
Children’s Health Diversifies Donor Registry Through Life-Saving PR Campaign
Children's Health

Honorable Mentions

  • Woodrow Wilson American History Initiative, ASPR
  • 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

Social Media Campaign

WINNER
National Nutrition Month® 2019 Social Media Campaign
Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics

Honorable Mention

  • CUPS Donor Awareness Campaigns, Melanie Lynn Communications

Creative PR Assets

Annual Report

WINNER
Annual Report
Sage Communications

Article

WINNER
Elizabeth Dole Foundation
Susan Davis International

Honorable Mention

  • Thrive, University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center

Blog

WINNER
Health Beat
Spectrum Health

Honorable Mention

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

Digital Publication

WINNER
Health Beat
Spectrum Health

Honorable Mention

  • REACH Magazine, Tarrant County College

Print Publication

WINNER
Food & Nutrition Magazine®
Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics

Honorable Mentions

  • Thrive, University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center
  • REACH Magazine, Tarrant County College
  • Renaissance Magazine Redesign for Education Retirees, Retired Teachers of Ontario

Video

WINNER
Macon Music Effect
O+B Paramore Agency with Visit Macon

Honorable Mentions

  • 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

Website

WINNER
de Beaumont Foundation website
de Beaumont Foundation

Honorable Mentions

  • 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

GRAND PRIZE
Contemporary Muslim Fashions
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco

Honorable Mentions

  • C-CAP, A Soldier's Child Foundation with Daryl JW Mackin
  • Strengthen Our Schools, HCP Associates

Nonprofit PR Team of the Year

GRAND PRIZE
Children's Home Society of Florida Communications Team
Children's Home Society of Florida