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December 21, 2006
The New York Times Company Establishes Nonprofit Excellence Awards
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 21, 2006--The New York Times Company announced today that it has created a new awards program, The New York Times Company Nonprofit Excellence Awards, to recognize outstanding nonprofit organizations based in and serving the communities of New York City, Long Island and Westchester. Applications are now being accepted through Jan. 29, 2007; awards will be presented to four organizations in June 2007. Information about the program is available at www.nytimes-community.com.
The awards will recognize management excellence in the following areas: meeting emerging needs or serving emerging communities; sustained impact; communications; and general excellence. The winner of the general excellence award will receive $25,000, while the three other awards are each $5,000. Additionally, the organization that wins the general excellence award will receive a scholarship of $4,500 to the Columbia Business School Executive Education Institute for Not-for-Profit Management.
The Times Company is working with the Nonprofit Coordinating Committee of New York (NPCC) and the New York Regional Association of Grantmakers (NYRAG) on the program and will consider applications from any New York State nonprofit organization operating in Manhattan, the Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island, Nassau County, Suffolk County or Westchester County.
"Our goal for this new awards program is to highlight the enormous contributions made by the nonprofit sector in the New York area," said Diane McNulty, executive director of community affairs and media relations, The New York Times. "By underscoring the management excellence of four specific organizations, we hope to raise awareness of the entire nonprofit community and the critical role it plays in our society. We are very grateful to our collaborators on this project, the Nonprofit Coordinating Committee of New York and the New York Regional Association of Grantmakers, and to the stellar selection committee that will choose the winners."
"We are very excited to bring this program to nonprofits in the New York City area," said NPCC president Michael Clark. "NPCC believes this is a great opportunity for the public and for nonprofits themselves to learn more about the challenges of managing nonprofits in a truly excellent way."
"A vibrant and well-managed nonprofit sector is fundamental to the work of philanthropy," said NYRAG Board Chair Karen Rosa, vice president and executive director of the Altman Foundation. "As a co-sponsor of these awards, NYRAG is proud to celebrate, learn more about, and help build management excellence among our nonprofit partners, whose success is so deeply intertwined with our own."
A selection committee of leaders from the nonprofit community will consider applications, evaluate finalists during site visits and make the final determination of winners. Committee members include:
- Fran Barrett, executive director, Community Resource Exchange
- Joyce Bove, senior vice president, New York Community Trust
- Majora Carter, executive director, Sustainable South Bronx
- Barbara Chang, executive director, Npower New York
- Rodney Christopher, vice president NE region, advisory services, Nonprofit Finance Fund
- Don Crocker, executive director and C.E.O., Support Center for Nonprofit Management
- Michael Davidson, chair, Governance Matters
- Sean Delany, executive director, Lawyers Alliance of New York
- Dennis Derryck, professor, Milano The New School for Management and Urban Policy
- Denise Gray-Felder, president and C.E.O., Communication for Social Change Consortium
- Lillian Rodriguez Lopez, executive director, Hispanic Federation
- Mary McCormick, president, Fund for the City of New York
- Cao O, executive director, Asian-American Federation
- Ana Oliveira, president and C.E.O., New York Women's Foundation
- Michael Park, director of finance and administration, Robin Hood Foundation
- Hilda Polanco, consultant, Fiscal Management Associates
- Hildy Simmons, consultant and grantmaker, Philanthropic Advisory Services
- Darren Walker, vice president, Rockefeller Foundation
Mr. Walker will serve as the chair of the selection committee, which does not include any representatives from the Times Company, NPCC or NYRAG.
An advisory committee was also formed to provide support and counsel throughout the development of the program. The advisory committee includes:
- Marcia Brown, director of programs, Nonprofit Coordinating Committee of New York
- Michael Clark, president, Nonprofit Coordinating Committee of New York
- Diane McNulty, executive director of community affairs and media relations, The New York Times
- Jennifer Pauly, assistant director of community affairs and media relations, The New York Times
- Karen Rosa, chair, New York Regional Association of Grantmakers
- Jack Rosenthal, president, The New York Times Company Foundation
- Marjorie Rutimann, director of professional education, New York Regional Association of Grantmakers
The four awards, which are intended to honor nonprofit management excellence rather than program content, will be presented at a special event at the Times Company's headquarters in June 2007. At the event, each of the winners will conduct a "best practices workshop," featuring management strengths, ideas and strategies identified through the awards program selection process.
Additional financial and in-kind support is being provided by other funders, including the New York Community Trust and RSM McGladrey, Inc.
About The New York Times Company
The New York Times Company (NYSE: NYT), a leading media company with 2005 revenues of $3.4 billion, includes The New York Times, the International Herald Tribune, The Boston Globe, 15 other daily newspapers, nine network-affiliated television stations, two New York City radio stations and 35 Web sites, including NYTimes.com, Boston.com and About.com. The Company's core purpose is to enhance society by creating, collecting and distributing high-quality news, information and entertainment.
The Nonprofit Coordinating Committee of New York, Inc., (NPCC), "the voice and information source for New York nonprofits," is a service and membership organization for more than 1,450 nonprofit organizations in the NYC area. It informs and connects nonprofit leaders, saves nonprofits money, and strengthens the nonprofit sector by building positive relations with government and advocating effective, accountable and transparent management and governance by nonprofit organizations. NPCC publishes a monthly newsletter, New York Nonprofits, runs workshops and roundtables on management issues, offers cost-saving group purchasing services, coordinates an esteemed Government Relations Committee that works on sector-wide government and legislative issues, and maintains a website loaded with information on operating a nonprofit.
The New York Regional Association of Grantmakers is a nonprofit membership organization of more than 282 grantmaking foundations and corporations in the tri-state New York area and beyond. Its members represent more than $35 billion in assets and award more than $3.5 billion annually to charitable organizations in New York and around the globe. Its mission is to promote and support the practice of effective philanthropy for the public good.
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