The International Fundraising Congress, hosted by the Resource Alliance, introduced the Global Awards for Fundraising in 2010 to recognise, celebrate and inspire excellence in fundraising by individuals and organisations.
“The opportunity to play a part in recognizing and celebrating the outstanding work of this year’s winners and finalists is a natural fit for CFRE International,” explains Eva E. Aldrich, M.A., CFRE, President and CEO of CFRE International.
“The work that is honored through the Global Awards for Fundraising goes beyond impact for the organisations and those they serve. It raises up the global profession of philanthropic fundraising and sets an example to which fundraisers around the world can aspire. The CFRE credential stands for professional competence, credibility, and commitment to ethical fundraising, and I am sure that the more than 5,600 individuals around the globe who hold the CFRE credential join me in congratulating the winners and finalists of the Global Awards for Fundraising.”
2015 the Global Awards for Fundraising award categories and winners were as follows:
Innovative Fundraising Campaign – recognising organisations for innovative fundraising campaigns demonstrating the opportunity for replication
2015 Winner: ZDK Society Democratic Culture, Germany
Finalists: HelsinkiMissio, Finland and Act For Peace, Australia
Big Impact Small Budget – recognises small to medium sized organisations that have delivered significant impact for beneficiaries relative to revenue or budget over the past 12-24 months
2015 Winner: International Transformation Foundation, Kenya
Finalists: Global Schoolroom, Republic of Ireland and Cris Cancer Foundation, Spain
Volunteer of the Year – recognising outstanding individual volunteers who have significantly assisted an organisation’s fundraising cause
2015 Winner: Aneesha Wadhwa of Udyan Care, India
Finalists: Marian Carroll of Ronald McDonald House, Ireland and May Gilchrist of Macmillian Cancer Care, United Kingdom
People’s Choice Award – a new award for 2015, the People’s Choice Award was selected by public vote from among all award finalists via the Resource Alliance website
2015 Winner: Marian Carroll of Ronald McDonald House, Ireland
IFC Choice Award – voted on by the 1000 attendees at the 2015 Global Awards for Fundraising ceremony held during IFC 2015
2015 Winner: ZDK Society Democratic Culture, Germany
To learn more about the 2015 honorees and finalists and the campaigns for which they were recognised read Fundraisers from Germany, India and Kenya recognised in Global Awards for Fundraising on nonprofit media site UK Fundraising.
In summing up the awards and the work of the 2015 winners and finalists Kyla Shawyer, Chief Executive at the Resource Alliance, shared that “in a time when the activities of charities are under scrutiny like never before it is encouraging to see so many examples of good practice from NGOs around the world. The entries we received demonstrated creativity, sustainability and excellent donor care. We are delighted to be able to showcase these successes for the rest of the global fundraising community to share in, learn from and enjoy.” CFRE International couldn’t agree more!
