The New York Times Company Community Affairs Department, the Nonprofit Coordinating Committee of New York and Philanthropy New York are delighted to announce the fourth annual Nonprofit Excellence Awards. The Awards recognize the enormously important roles played by thousands of New York's nonprofit organizations in improving our lives and communities. These Awards help nonprofit leaders improve the management of their organizations and inform all New Yorkers about management excellence in nonprofit organizations.

Winning organizations will be recognized for excellent achievement in management at a special Awards Presentation in Summer, 2010, at The New York Times.  Winners will receive cash awards, special mention in The New York Times and a scholarship towards tuition at Social Enterprise Programs in Executive Education at Columbia Business School.

All 501(c)(3) nonprofits in the New York City area are invited to apply.  This is your opportunity to tell all New Yorkers - and the world - what your organization accomplishes and how you manage to make it possible.  What makes your organization unique?  How do you embody the best of nonprofit management practice?


Applications and guidelines for the 2010 Awards are now available online: http://nytawards.fcny.org. 
The application deadline for the 2010 Awards is November 20, 2009.

There will be four Application Clinics to review the program's purpose and application process, and to answer applicants' questions. Please register in advance for your preferred clinic.
 
September 15 (Tuesday)
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
at NPCC
1350 Broadway, Suite 1801

Click here to register for the clinic at NPCC
 
October 7 (Wednesday)
9:30 am - 11:30 pm
at United Way of Long Island
819 Grand Blvd., Deer Park, NY (Directions)

Click here to register for the Long Island clinic

October 14 (Wednesday)
9:30 am - 11:30 am
at Yonkers Public Library - Riverfront Library
1 Larkin Center, Yonkers NY (Directions)

Click here to register for the Yonkers clinic

October 22 (Thursday)
9:30 am - 11:30 am
at The New School University, Theresa Lang Auditorium, 2nd Floor
55 West 13th Street, New York, NY (Directions)

Click here to register for the clinic at the New School
 
For more information on the awards, please visit: http://www.npccny.org/info/awards.htm.