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The sixth annual Nonprofit Excellence Awards – now named 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. 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 November, 2012, at Ford Foundation. Winners will receive cash awards, special mention in New York Magazine, and scholarships towards tuition at the 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 practices?

The 2012 application guidelines and application form are at http://npexcellence.fcny.org. The application deadline is 10am Friday, May 18, 2012.

The 2012 Awards kick off with six Application Clinics throughout New York City. These clinics give organizations seriously considering applying for the Awards a chance to ask questions and get more detailed information about the application process. For more information about attending the Clinics, please visit www.npccny.org/workshop.htm. 

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 information technology resources
- Regular and effective communications and use of communications technology
- Effective, ethical fundraising and resource development

Read more about the seven areas of nonprofit excellence at www.npccny.org/info/7AreasofNonprofitExcellence(2012).pdf. 

Co-sponsors
The Nonprofit Coordinating Committee of New York serves as the tax-exempt manager of this program, in collaboration with The New York Community Trust and Philanthropy New York. Additional financial and in-kind support in the past year was provided by The Clark Foundation, Ford Foundation, Google Inc., McGladrey & Pullen, LLP, the Fund for the City of New York, the Social Enterprise Programs in Executive Education at Columbia Business School, and Wells Fargo.

2012 Selection Committee
Hildy Simmons, chair; consultant, Philanthropic Advisory Services. Natalie Abatemarco, managing director, Citi. Richard Burns, Stonewall Community Foundation. 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, Strategies that Work. Ernest Duncan, chief operating officer/chief financial officer, Vera Institute of Justice. Yancy Rubén Garrido, program officer, The Clark Foundation. Dawn Khan, chief executive officer, Techs4Good. 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. Michael Naumann, managing director, Theatre Development Fund. Karen Pearl, executive director, God’s Love We Deliver. Thaler Pekar, independent communications consultant, 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. Patricia Swann, senior program officer, New York Community Trust. Ann Marie Thigpen, director, Long Island Center for Nonprofit Leadership, Adelphi University. Ken Walters, director, member services, United Neighborhood Houses. George Weiner, chief technology officer, Do Something.

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The New York Times Company 2011 Nonprofit Excellence Awards Winners
The fifth annual New York Times Company Nonprofit Excellence Awards held on June 23, 2011 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, 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. 

A total of 60 qualified applications were received for the 2011 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.

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.

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

Click here to read the Times press release.