PROVIDENCE – Nonprofit organizations have until July 24 to apply for the 2017 Best Practices Awards, the Rhode Island Foundation announced on Monday.
Winners of the awards will receive a $1,000 grant, a promotional video and tuition waivers for professional-development workshops.
“This is a powerful way for nonprofits to showcase their innovative work while sharing achievements that have the potential to be of widespread value to other organizations,” Jill Pfitzenmayer, vice president of the Foundation’s Initiative for Nonprofit Excellence, said in a statement.
The Best Practices Awards comprise five categories:
- Advocacy/Communications: Changing the Game
- Board and/or Staff Leadership: Setting the Course
- Collaboration: Collective Impact
- Innovation: Finding New Ways
- Volunteer Engagement: Meaningful Experiences
Last year’s winners include Grow Smart Rhode Island, House of Hope Community Development Corp., Newport County Community Mental Health Center of Middletown, the Partnership for Providence Parks and Sojourner House.
This year’s awards are sponsored by Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island.
More information about the 2017 Best Practices Awards can be found at the Rhode Island Foundation’s website.
Chris Bergenheim is the PBN web editor.
