Join the Association of Fundraising Professionals to celebrate the spirit of giving in Northwest Indiana. Awards will also be presented to individuals, businesses, foundations, and organizations that provide significant philanthropic support and leadership to nonprofits across our region.
Event Timeline:
- 8:00am Check-in, Breakfast Buffet and Networking
- 8:30am Opening remarks
- 8:40 am Philanthropy awards
- 10:00am Program Concludes
The AFP Northwest Indiana Chapter invites nominations for the National Philanthropy Day Awards. These annual awards are intended to recognize an individual/couple/family, youth/youth group, company, organization, foundation, and fundraising professionals that have made a significant philanthropic impact on our region. Recipients will be selected from these categories and must commit to personally attending the event to receive their award.
Please Note: Only Chapter members are eligible to submit a nomination.
Nominations must be submitted by Friday, September 12, 2025 at 5pm.
Questions? Email Ashley Luptak at aluptak@bgcgreaternwi.org.
Here are the nomination categories:
Emerging Fundraising Leader
This award honors a local emerging professional fundraiser, with 7 or less years of experience in the profession, who has demonstrated outstanding fundraising success in their career.
Outstanding Corporation
This award honors a corporation or its corporate foundation that demonstrates outstanding commitment in NWI through financial support and through encouragement and motivation of others to take leadership roles toward philanthropy and community involvement.
Outstanding Foundation
This award honors a foundation demonstrating outstanding commitment in NWI through financial support, innovation, encouragement, and motivation of others to take leadership roles in philanthropy and national, international and/or community involvement.
Outstanding Fundraising Professional
This award honors an outstanding individual fundraising professional in NWI who works directly for a nonprofit, charitable organization.
Outstanding Philanthropist of the Year
This award pays tribute to an individual or family with a proven record of exceptional generosity in NWI 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 Volunteer Fundraiser
This award rewards a special individual or family that demonstrates outstanding skills in coordinating and motivating groups of donors and volunteers in NWI for fundraising projects for the benefit of charitable institutions.
Outstanding Youth In Philanthropy
This award recognizes service by an individual or group of young people under the age of 30 who demonstrate outstanding commitment to the community through direct financial support, development of charitable programs, volunteering, and leadership in philanthropy.
Sponsored by: The RD Pro Coach
Interested in Sponsoring our event? Contact Amy Sexton Stanislavski at info@therdprocoach.com.
Questions? Contact Amy Sexton Stanislavski at info@therdprocoach.com.
