BizTimes Media presents the fifth annual awards program to salute southeastern Wisconsin’s best corporate citizens and most effective nonprofit organizations.

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Immediately following the presentation, the Nonprofit Excellence Awards were presented.

Corporate Citizenship Awards

Lifetime Achievement Award: The Klumb family, KS Energy

Corporate Citizen of the Year: This award is given to a for-profit organization in recognition of its impact to a single or multiple nonprofit organizations through financial contributions collective efforts to promote, encourage and organize fundraising efforts and company-sponsored programs and/or events engaging employees to participate in volunteerism.

• WINNER: Cousins Subs
• First Bank Financial Centre
• Komatsu Mining Corp.

Corporate Volunteer of the Year: This award is given to a for-profit non-executive volunteer who demonstrates outstanding dedication to a nonprofit or multiple nonprofit organizations.  Active volunteerism can be ongoing or linked to a specific single project or cause.

• WINNER: Marcell Jackson, GE Healthcare
• Tim Stewart, DeWitt Ross & Stevens

In-Kind Supporter: This award is given to a professional or company that provides in-kind support to single or multiple nonprofit organizations through any type of non-financial contributions.

• ManpowerGroup
• WINNER: The Marcus Corporation
• Z2

Next Generation Leadership: This award is given to for-profit, (under 40 year-old) executive who demonstrates leadership and significant contributions to single or multiple nonprofit organizations through active leadership on a board and/or strategic management/guidance.

• WINNER: Erik Kennedy, Aurora Health Care
• Christine Richards, Richards Group Allstate

Nonprofit Awards

Nonprofit Collaboration of the Year: This award recognizes a collaborative project that encompasses developed collaborative relationships with other nonprofit organizations engagement of multiple stakeholders within the community being served and innovation in approaching a community problem or issue and have leveraged these relationships to make and even more meaningful impact in the community. Note: since this award recognizes a project that may involve multiple organizations or individuals, it may be “awarded” to more than one part of the project in recognition of their contributions.

• WINNER: Dominican Center for Women Inc. and Hunger Task Force
• Elevate Inc.
• Outreach Community Health Centers

Nonprofit Executive of the Year: This award is given to a nonprofit leader who demonstrates vision and innovation in advancing the mission of the nonprofit extensive involvement in a nonprofit and/or creativity in bringing new resources and opportunities to the nonprofit.

• Lynda Kohler, SHARP Literacy Inc.
• WINNER: Angela Mancuso, The Women’s Center Inc.
• Ann Petrie, Ronald McDonald House Charities Eastern Wisconsin

Nonprofit (Organization) of the Year: This award is given to a nonprofit organization (not an individual) in recognition for creativity and innovation in building a sustainable organization excellence in teamwork and an outstanding dedication to the organization’s mission in the community organizational excellence in management and operations.

Large (operating budget $3M and above):

• WINNER: Discovery World Ltd.
• My Choice Family Care
• Luther Manor

Small (operating budget under $3M):

• Cathedral Center Inc.
• WINNER: CORE El Centro
• Literacy Services of Wisconsin Inc.
• Northwest Side Community Development Corp.

Social Enterprise: This award recognizes a nonprofit organization that demonstrates creative application of the principles of social enterprise in the operation and funding of the organization.

• Brew City MKE Beer Museum
• FEI Behavioral Health
• WINNER: Milwaukee Habitat for Humanity

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