Get your nominations in before July 28
Association of Fundraising Professionals Northeastern Pennsylvania Chapter is proud to present the chapter's annual National Philanthropy Day Awards Luncheon. The awards program recognizes outstanding achievements by individuals, foundation and corporate philanthropists, fundraising volunteers, and professional fundraisers.
In professional fundraising, such individuals and organizations form a vital partnership with charities and the nonprofit sector to ensure the needs of all citizens are met. It is right and proper, therefore, that AFP NEPA Chapter honors those who hold high ethical standards and best exemplify commitment and dedication toward helping society. These awards are given in recognition to those individuals and organizations whose lifetime or long-term achievements have made a significant impact upon society.
Below, you'll find information on submitting an award, a description of the different award categories and some fine print on the selections process.
How to Submit an Award
1. Nominations for any award may be submitted by an individual AFP member, an AFP chapter, or an outside individual or organization.
2. All award nominations must be received by Friday, July 28, 2023. Email nominations to AFP NEPA Chapter Administrator Gene Axton at afpnortheasternpa@gmail.com.
3. Please include your name, phone number, and email address with your nomination.
Nominations must include a narrative that should be no more than two pages. The narrative should include who you are nominating and why, the significant accomplishments made related to the category, and what makes them stand out in the fundraising sector.
4. Please check the list of awardees at the end of this document to see if your nominee already received recognition in the category you plan to nominate them for.
Note: Supporting documents are accepted, but should only enhance the narrative and not be used instead of the narrative to answer the criteria. Please limit supporting documents to a maximum of eight pages.
Award Categories
Nominations will be accepted in the following award categories.
Outstanding Corporation Award
This award honors a corporation or a corporate foundation that demonstrates outstanding commitment through financial support and through encouragement and motivation of others to take leadership roles in philanthropy and community involvement.
Outstanding Foundation Award
This award honors a foundation that demonstrates outstanding commitment through financial support and through encouragement and motivation of others to take leadership roles in philanthropy and community, national and/or international involvement. Corporate foundations are, for the purpose of this award, considered under the Outstanding Corporation Award guidelines.
Outstanding Fundraising Professional (Must Be an AFP Member)
This award honors an outstanding fundraising professional who practices their profession in an exemplary manner while working directly for a nonprofit or charitable organization. They must spend a majority of their time on fundraising.
Outstanding Lifetime Achievement
This award recognizes service by an individual who demonstrated outstanding commitment to the community through direct financial support, development of charitable programs, volunteering, and leadership in philanthropy. Individuals who have passed away within two years of the nomination deadline are eligible to be nominated posthumously.
Outstanding Philanthropist Award
This award honors an individual or family with a proven record of exceptional generosity who, through direct financial support, demonstrates outstanding civic and charitable responsibility and whose generosity encourages others to take philanthropic leadership roles on a community, national and/or international level.
Outstanding Small Business Award
This award honors a small business (50 employees or less) that demonstrates outstanding commitment through financial support and through encouragement and motivation of others to take leadership roles toward philanthropy and community involvement.
Outstanding Volunteer Fundraiser Award
This award honors an individual or family that demonstrates outstanding skills in coordinating and motivating groups of volunteers for fundraising projects for the benefit of charitable institutions. The recipient must have demonstrated exceptional leadership skills in coordinating groups of volunteers for major fundraising projects for more than one nonprofit organization.
Outstanding Youth in Philanthropy Award
This award recognizes service by an individual or group of young people ages 5-to-23 demonstrating outstanding commitment to the community through direct financial support, development of charitable programs, volunteering, and leadership in philanthropy. Nominations for this category must be made by a non-relative of the nominee.
2023 Awards in Philanthropy Selection Process
Winners will be selected by a subcommittee of AFP NEPA Chapter board members, AFP members and past honorees. Because of the number of applications submitted, it's not possible to provide written evaluations of entries. If, in the judgment of the committee, no applications in a particular category meet the criteria, no award will be given in that category. All categories will be awarded having met AFP NEPA Chapter's selection criteria and historical high standards of achievement.
Other Awards: Any application may be considered for the chapter’s Lifetime Achievement Award or for an alternate category if the Awards Committee feels it's relevant.
Presentation of Awards: Nominees should be willing to accept the award, if granted, at the National Philanthropy Day Awards Luncheon on Friday, November 17, 2023. Award recipients will be notified of their selection by mid-August 2023. Individuals and organizations that have previously been honored with an Awards in Philanthropy award can't be nominated again in the same category for which they were already honored. They can be nominated in a different category if appropriate and if they meet the necessary criterion.
Individuals who have passed away within two years of the nomination deadline are eligible to be nominated posthumously.
Please direct any questions to AFP NEPA Chapter Administrator Gene Axton at afpnortheasternpa@gmail.com.
NATIONAL PHILANTHROPY DAY
PREVIOUS HONOREES
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT 2022 Maryla Scranton
2021 Charles Barber
2019 Frank Bevevino
2018 McCarthy Family
2016 The Late Mary L. Scranton, Former First Lady of Pennsylvania
2013 Jean Robbins Hughes
2012 Mary Eagan McDonald
2011 Frank & Dorothea Henry
2009 Jane Oppenheim
2008 Helen Bernstein Miller
2006 H.W. “Skip” Wieder
2005 Dr. Wallace F. Stettler
2004 The Ross Family Foundation
2002 John J. Luciani, Sr.
2001 Gene Calibani
1999 Patti & Alan Graf
1998 Sue & Allan Kluger
OUTSTANDING PHILANTHROPIST
2022 Charlotte L Casterline
2021 John Thalenfeld
2019 Mark DeStefano
2017 John Passan
2016 Morey and Sondra Myers
2015 Larry & Sally Cohen
2014 John & Tina Dowd
2013 Gus & Val Genetti
2012 Thomas & JoAnn Speicher
2011 Walter B. Barbe, Ph.D.
2010 Robert & Virginia Tambur
2009 Sue & Joe Hand & Family
2007 Marion G. Pollock
2006 Ann & David Hawk
2005 Patricia & John A.C. Atkins
2004 The Davidowitz Family
2003 Michael & Josephine Goskowski
2002 The Insalaco Family
2001 The Flack Family
2000 Robert & Shirley Fortinsky
1999 Richard A. Alley, M.D.
1995 Robert S. Anderson, M.D.
1994 The Lynett-Haggerty Families
OUTSTANDING VOLUNTEER FUNDRAISER
2022 Mark and Diane Michalczyk
2021 Tracey Selingo
2019 Andrew Kettel
2018 Linda Keene
2017 William Bender
2016 Magdalen M. Benish
2015 Rose Marie Panzitta
2014 Leo Vergnetti
2013 Maura Phillips Staback & Michael Moran
2012 Gary H. Williams
2011 Mary Jule McCarthy
2010 Henry Belin, IV
2009 Letha Wells Reinheimer
2008 Clayton & Theresa Karambelas
2007 Peter & Mary Carol Kanton
2006 Mary Ellen Coleman
2005 Joseph A. Frank
2004 Peter J. Danchak
2003 Eleanore Ginader
2002 Susan S. Belin
2001 Gail E. Rees
2000 Ann Moskovitz
1999 Robert K. Felter
1998 Christopher L. DiMattio
1997 Frank & Dorothea Henry
1996 David & Joyce Tressler
1995 Harold Rosenn, Esq.
1994 Dr. Wallace F. Stettler
1993 Eugene Roth, Esq.
1992 Larry D. Stetler
OUTSTANDING YOUTH IN PHILANTHROPY
2021Matthew McDonnell
2018 Students Today Alumni Forever Misericordia University
2017 Michael Hales Jr.
2016 OurDash
2015 John Michael Gigliotti
2014 The Luzerne Foundation (Youth Advisory Committee)
2011 Richard Kraus
2010 Lalitha Durlin
OUTSTANDING SMALL BUSINESS
2018 DeLuca Frigoletto Advertising
2017 DePietro’s Pharmacy
OUTSTANDING FOUNDATION
2022 Robert H. Spitz Foundation
2021 Moses Taylor Foundation
2019 AllOne Foundation & Charities
2018 Jude Zayac Foundation
2017 Wells Fargo Foundation
2015 Community Foundation of the Endless Mountains
2014 UNICO Foundation – Scranton
2013 Jack & Jean Sweeney Foundation
2012 M & T Bank Foundation
2011 Paul J. Wasserott Foundation
2010 The Bergman Foundation
2009 The Luzerne Foundation
2008 Maslow Family Foundation
2007 Central Susquehanna Community Foundation
2006 Blue Ribbon/Blue Cross of NEPA
2005 McCole Foundation
2003 Willary Foundation
2002 F.M. Kirby Foundation, Inc.
2001 Prudential Foundation
2000 Verizon Foundation
1999 Weinberg Foundation
1998 Margaret Briggs Foundation
1997 William G. McGowan Charitable Fund
1996 PNC Bank Foundation
1995 Scranton Area Community Foundation
1992 Sordoni Foundation, Inc.
OUTSTANDING CORPORATION
2022 InterMetro
2021 Weis Markets
2019 Berkshire Asset Management, LLC
2018 Quandel Construction Group, Inc.
2017 One Point
2016 WNEP
2015 Lamar Outdoor Advertising
2014 Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation
2013 Frontier Communications
2012 Burkavage Design Associates LLC
2011 Kane is Able
2010 Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs
2009 Pride Mobility Products Corp.
2008 Pennstar Bank
2007 First National Community Bank
2006 Sallie Mae
2005 McDonald’s / Mueller Family
2004 ESSA Bank & Trust
2003 Aventis Pasteur, US
2002 First Federal Corporation
2001 Prudential Financial
2000 Verizon
1999 Fleet Pennsylvania Services, Inc.
1998 Penn Security Bank & Trust Co.
1997 PP&L, Inc. Community Partnership
1995 Boscov’s Department Store
1994 Nabisco, Inc.
1993 Procter & Gamble
1992 Akzo Salt, Inc.
OUTSTANDING FUNDRAISING PROFESSIONAL
2022 Lauren Pluskey McLain
2021 Laura Ducceschi, MA, MBA
2019 Marise Garofalo
2018 Mike Wood
2017 Mary Dolon
2015 Michele Shea Zabriski
2014 Larry Pellegrini
2013 Carol H. Maculloch
2011 Elizabeth Connery
2009 Susan M. Helwig
2007 Maria J. Russoniello
2006 James A. Brogna
2004 Evelyn Kersey
2003 Patricia McCarthy Last
2001 Paul J. Strunk
2000 Ruth Kemmerer
1999 Susan Dantona Jolley, CFRE
1998 Regina M. Peters
1997 Clayton N. Pheasant, D.Min.
1996 John H. Shafer
1994 Frank J. Pasquini
1993 Robert J. Sylvester
1992 Charles J. Reynolds, Jr.
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