Awards, Sep 15, 2005

The following awards have been presented for work in advocacy, fund raising, nonprofit leadership, philanthropy, and other areas.

Direct marketing. The Direct Marketing Association Nonprofit Federation (Washington) has given its 2005 Nonprofit Organization of the Year Award to CARE (Atlanta). CARE was honored for its direct-marketing program, which uses direct mail, the Internet, print advertisements, telemarketing, and other media.

Education fund raising. The Council for Advancement and Support of Education (Washington) has presented its 2005 Circle of Excellence Awards in several categories. The following institutions received gold medals in the category of fund-raising programs:

— Annual and regular giving programs: Lebanon Valley College (Annville, Pa.).

— Campaigns: St. George’s School (Newport, R.I.).

— Special events: U. of Redlands (Calif.).

— Technology applications: U. of Nebraska at Lincoln Foundation.

In the category of individual special events, the council gave its top award to Saint Mary’s School (Raleigh, N.C.) and U. of the Pacific, Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry (San Francisco).

In the category of electronic media communications, the top award went to Phillips Exeter Academy (Exeter, N.H.).

In the category of fund-raising publication packages, the top award went to the U. of Miami (Coral Gables, Fla.).

In the category of individual fund-raising publications, the top award went to Simmons College (Boston) and the U. of Redlands (Calif.).

CASE also announced the winners of its 2005 Wealth ID Awards for Educational Fund Raising, which were presented in the categories of overall performance and overall improvement.

The winners in the performance category:

— Colleges and universities: Auburn U. (Ala.), Bellarmine U. (Louisville, Ky.), Bowdoin College (Brunswick, Me.), City U. of New York Barnard M. Baruch College, Colby College (Waterville, Me.), Davidson College (N.C.), Gonzaga U. (Spokane, Wash.), Hope College (Holland, Mich.), Indiana U. (Bloomington), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge), Middlebury College (Vt.), North Central College (Naperville, Ill.), Ohio State U. (Columbus), Rollins College (Winter Park, Fla.), Stanford U. (Calif.), State U. of New York College of Technology at Delhi, State U. of New York Empire State College (Saratoga Springs), U. of California at San Francisco, U. of Michigan (Ann Arbor), U. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, U. of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia), U. of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Washington and Lee U. (Lexington, Va.), Wellesley College (Mass.), Wesleyan U. (Middletown, Conn.), and Williams College (Williamstown, Mass.).

— Private schools: Convent of the Sacred Heart (New York), Delbarton School (Morristown, N.J.), Hotchkiss School (Conn.), Marin Country Day School (Corte Madera, Calif.), Philips Exeter Academy (Exeter, N.H.), St. Catherine’s School (Richmond, Va.), Sidwell Friends School (Washington), and Westminster School (Simsbury, Conn.).

The winners in the improvement category:

— Colleges and universities: Auburn U. (Ala.), Carnegie Mellon U. (Pittsburgh), Chapman U. (Orange, Calif.), Dartmouth College (Hanover, N.H.). Grand Valley State U. (Allendale, Mich.), Hartwick College (Oneonta, N.Y.), Hobart and William Smith Colleges (Geneva, N.Y.), Lynchburg College (Va.) Northampton County Area Community College (Bethlehem, Pa.), Old Dominion U. (Norfolk, Va.), Princeton Theological Seminary (Princeton, N.J.), Scripps College (Claremont, Calif.), Spring Hill College (Mobile, Ala.), Texas A&M U. at Kingsville, Tompkins-Cortland Community College (Dryden, N.Y.), U. of Miami (Coral Gables, Fla.), U. of Missouri at Rolla, U. of Nevada at Las Vegas, U. of Tennessee (Knoxville), and York College of Pennsylvania.

— Private schools: Blair Academy (Blairstown, N.J.), Breck School (Minneapolis), Fairfield Country Day School (Conn.), Maret School (Washington), Miss Porter’s School (Farmington, Conn.), St. Mary’s Episcopal School (Memphis), Sandy Spring Friends School (Md.), Thacher School (Ojai, Calif.), University School of Milwaukee, Westminster Schools (Atlanta), and Westridge School for Girls (Pasadena, Calif.).

Fund raising. The Indiana U. Center on Philanthropy (Indianapolis) has presented the 2005 Henry A. Rosso Medal for Lifetime Achievement in Ethical Fund Raising to Claire L. Gaudiani and Anna Faith Jones. Ms. Gaudiani, a professor at the Heyman Center for Philanthropy and Fund Raising at New York U., was honored for her writing and speeches on philanthropy and for her board service at the Henry Luce Foundation (New York), Public Radio International (Minneapolis), and other organizations. Ms. Jones, a former chair of the Council on Foundations (Washington) and president and chief executive officer of the Boston Foundation for 16 years, was honored for her work to develop innovative programs to fight poverty and support the arts.

Nonprofit management. The Alliance for Nonprofit Management (Washington) has presented its 2004-5 Terry McAdam Book Award for best new book about nonprofit management to Robert Egger for Begging for Change: The Dollars and Sense of Making Nonprofits Responsive, Efficient, and Rewarding for All, published by HarperCollins. Two books received honorable mention: Fundraising in Times of Crisis, by Kim Klein, published by Jossey-Bass, and The Best of the Board Café: Hands-On Solutions for Nonprofit Boards, by Jan Masaoka, published by the Amherst H. Wilder Foundation.