The Central Penn Business Journal’s annual Nonprofit Innovation Awards event recognizes local 501(c)(3) nonprofits who have implemented new innovations to improve their organization or the people they serve in the past 18 months.
Awards Celebration
May 16, 2024
Wyndridge Farm, Dallastown, PA
4:00 p.m. – Networking, drinks and hors d’oeuvres
4:45 p.m. – Awards Celebration
5:15 p.m. – Continued networking
Online Rollout Reveal
May 10 – Branding Identity/Unique Marketing Campaign
May 13 – Collaboration
May 14 – Management Operations & Nonprofit Leadership Excellence
May 15 – Programs
To learn more about sponsorship opportunities and benefits please contact your account manager or email [email protected].
Do the winning organizations have to say something?
Winners do not speak live during the event, but will be profiled in a multi-media video that will be aired during the event.
My organization is a Nonprofit Innovation award winner, what now?
Sit tight, a member of our team will contact you soon with any additional details.
Can I buy an ad in the publication?
The Nonprofit Innovation award program is supported through sponsorships. The ads you see in the magazine are part of the sponsorship packages. Please email [email protected] for sponsorship questions or opportunities.
I bought a ticket but I don’t see it?
Your ticket into a live event will be your name badge at the registration table. You should receive an email with event information a day or two before the event, but this will not be a ticket. Contact [email protected] if you have any issues.
What are the different categories?
See below:
Branding Identity/Unique Marketing Campaign: This category recognizes nonprofits that utilize unique and innovative marketing concepts to attract financial support, volunteers and/or clients.
Collaboration: This category recognizes an innovative collaborative effort between a nonprofit and another organization to accomplish a common goal that they otherwise wouldn’t be able to achieve.
Management Operations: This category recognizes innovation in organizational operations that have resulted in their increased success of their mission.
Nonprofit Leadership Excellence: This category recognizes an innovative nonprofit leader whose accomplishments have advanced his/her organization and positively impacted the community.
Programs: This category recognizes innovative programming that has resulted in the organization’s increased success in achievement of their mission.
2024 Winners
Branding Identity/Unique Marketing Campaign
Family First Health
The Link 4 YOUth
WellSpan Health
York County Food Bank
Collaboration
Penn State Master Watershed Stewards
Peyton Walker Foundation
Wildheart
York County Food Bank
York County Safety Collab
YWCA Lancaster
Management Operations
Community Connections for Children Inc.
Jewish Family Service of Greater Harrisburg
York County SPCA
Nonprofit Leadership Excellence
Daniel Betancourt, Community First Fund
Willem Kiefer, Bench Mark Program
Dee Mathis, American Cancer Society
Wilda Reahm-Alessi, Leadership York
Programs
Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Capital Region
Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship (CIE) at Harrisburg University
Community First Fund
New Hope Ministries Inc.
Prima Theatre
SWAN: Scaling Walls a Note at a Time
York County Food Bank
YWCA Hanover: Girls Loving Life
2023 Winners
Branding Identity/Unique Marketing Campaign
Goodwill Keystone Area
Jewish Federation of Greater Harrisburg
Music For Everyone
United Way of the Capital Region
Collaboration
Excentia Human Services
Family First Health Corp.
Goodwill Keystone Area
Music For Everyone
UPMC Pinnacle Foundation
Management Operations
The YMCA of the Roses
York County Food Bank
York County History Center
Nonprofit Leadership Excellence
Jewish Family Service of Greater Harrisburg, Inc.
Leadership Harrisburg Area
New Hope Ministries
PennCares
Someone To Tell It To
Programs
Ben Franklin Technology Partners
Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Capital Region
Central Pennsylvania Food Bank
Community Progress Council
Hospice & Community Care
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