Deadline: 28-May-21
The nominations for the 2021 Pillar Community Innovation Awards are now open for the four categories of Innovation, Leadership, Impact, and Collaboration.
Over the past 15 years, the Pillar Community Innovation Awards has been shining a light on the good happening in the community to call others to action.
At the core of the Pillar Community Innovation Awards is a desire to share stories of positive impact and to build community connections for social good.
Their hope is to honour and amplify those doing critical work to improve the region, raise awareness about systemic issues and inspire their attendees to consider how they can contribute to a more engaged, more vibrant and more inclusive community.
Award Categories
- Community Innovation
- Nominees for the Community Innovation Award have recognized new and better ways to address a need in the community despite the many demands, and sometimes too few resources. Nominees have found innovative, creative and efficient solutions to make a difference in the lives of others. Their innovative efforts have had a positive impact on the community.
- Community Impact
- Nominees for the Community Impact Award recognize new and better ways to address a need in the community despite the many demands, and sometimes too few resources available. Their efforts have a positive and meaningful impact on the broader community, resulting in clear and measurable change. Nominees in this category demonstrate a commitment to building relationships and collaborating meaningfully with the individuals and communities they serve. They have changed the culture of their organization or worked towards shifting systems by listening to the voices in their community and involving them in solutions and/or processes.
- Community Leadership
- Nominees for the Community Leadership Award stand out because of their exceptional professional and/or volunteer achievements in the community, which are above and beyond their role in a paid position. Their integrity, dedication, ingenuity and leadership are undeniable throughout their notable contribution to a nonprofit and/or not for profit social enterprise. These nominees embody the spirit of the community and, through their actions and accomplishments, are an inspiration to others.
- Community Collaboration
- Nominees for the Community Collaboration Award provide outstanding examples of collaboration within their communities. These nominees recognize the benefits that come from accessing resources and expertise of individuals, local businesses, government, nonprofits or charities for positive community impact. Through the synergy that comes with community collaboration, the nominees have facilitated increased sustainability, efficiency, impact and innovation in the service they provide to their community. One collaborative partner must be from a nonprofit organization or nonprofit social enterprise.
- Community Choice
- Once the finalists are confirmed and announced, the Community Choice Award recipient will be determined by online community vote.
Award Information
- A $2000 gift to direct to the award recipient’s registered charity of choice
- An engraved award
- Name engraved on a perpetual plaque in the Hudson’s Bay Passageway in the Central Library
- Media coverage and community exposure which helps to amplify their message and gain support of their cause
Eligibility Criteria
- Any nonprofit, charity, individual, business, social enterprise, education or government sector organization in the London, Elgin, Oxford and Middlesex regions whose work relates to positive community impact, is eligible for nomination.
- If you know of an outstanding individual, organization, enterprise or collaboration that meets this criteria and has demonstrated dedication, creative solutions and/or a collaborative spirit working towards positive community impact, consider nominating them for a Pillar Community Innovation Award.
Who is not eligible?
- Only one nomination package per nominee will be accepted. Past award recipients are not eligible for resubmission within a 3-year period.
- Platinum, Award and Gold level sponsors of the Pillar Community Innovation Awards may not be nominated or submit a nomination.
- No staff or board member of Pillar Nonprofit Network or their immediate families are eligible to be nominated or submit a nomination.
- No Pillar Community Innovation Awards Committee volunteer may be nominated or submit a nomination.
- An employee of an organization cannot nominate their organization or initiative as a whole but a board member can.
For more information, visit https://pcia.pillarnonprofit.ca/nominations