The Nonprofit Center has celebrated innovation and collaboration in the sector since 2013 through the Local Focus. Lasting Impact.™ The Awards, developed as a result of the Moving Forward Together initiative, have morphed over time, but since 2016 have celebrated two categories: Social Innovation & Collective Power.

GENERAL AWARDS INFORMATION

SOCIAL INNOVATION AWARD

This award honors a local trailblazing team that shook things up, challenged the status quo, and was the first to introduce a creative solution to an on-going issue or problem. The team’s sustainable solution has delivered results proving that it is more effectively, efficiently, or just in improving the lives of their program participants.

2016 WINNER: WE CARE JACKSONVILLE 

Click here to view the We Care Jacksonville Award Video, Produced by WJCT.

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2017 WINNER: SULZBACHER CENTER 

Click here to view the Sulzbacher Center Award Video, Produced by WJCT.

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2018 WINNER: 904WARD

Click here to learn more about 904WARD.

2019 WINNER: WOMEN'S CENTER OF JACKSONVILLE

Click here to learn more about Women's Center of Jacksonville.

2020 WINNER: GATEWAY STEPS TO RECOVERY 

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COLLECTIVE POWER AWARD

This award honors an unstoppable collaborative team of local nonprofits, funders, government, business, and/or community leaders that have gone beyond serving a population and implemented systemic and sustainable improvements that solved big problems. This team achieved greater system-wide results than one organization could have realized on its own and, as a result, established a new standard of excellence.

2016 WINNER: FAMILY FOUNDATIONS OF NORTHEAST FLORIDA

Click here to view the Family Foundations Award Video, Produced by WJCT.

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2017 WINNER: BARNABAS CENTER

Click here to view the Barnabas Center Award Video, Produced by WJCT.

Click here to learn more about Barnabas Center.

2018 WINNER: JACKSONVILLE HOSPITAL PARTNERSHIP: MAYO CLINIC, BAPTIST HEALTH, UF HEALTH, ST. VINCENTs HEALTHCARE, AND BROOKS REHABILITATION

Click here to learn more about the Jacksonville Hospital Partnership Award Winning Mental Health First Aid initiative.

2019 WINNER: NORTHEAST FLORIDA LONG-TERM RECOVERY ORGANIZATION

Click here to learn more about the Northeast Florida Long-Term Recovery Organization.

2020 WINNER: CHANGING HOMELESSNESS

Click here to learn more about Changing Homelessness.

QUESTIONS

Contact Autumn Lee at alee@nonprofitctr.org or 904-425-1182.