Outstanding Fundraiser of the Year
Known as Outstanding Fundraising Professional from 2002 to 2022
2024 Nancy Arne Jones
2023 Lisa Mead
2022 Susan Ross
Mary Moss
2021 Mary Kate Keith
2020 Sandy York
2019 NPD Not Observed
2018 MaryBeth Carpenter
2017 John Welch
2016 Clarenda Stanley-Anderson
2015 Ann Thomas
2014 Susan Lilly
2013 Alice Lutz
2012 Sandy Scarlett
2011 Gail Perry
2010 Eli Jordfald
2009 Joyce Mitchell-Antoine
2008 Beverly Biggs
2007 Rebecca Bumgardner
2005 April Anthony
2003 Bert Armstrong
2002 Tom Hull
Outstanding Young Philanthropist
2024 Shailen Fofaria (Individual Award)
Dorcas Teen Board Executive Committee (Group Award)
2023 Lily Davis Horne
2022 Sonali Ratnasinghe
2021 William Winslow
2020 Not Awarded
2019 NPD Not Observed
2018 Christina Williams
2017 Helena Moore
2016 Enloe High School Charity Ball
2015 Ashley Burnette
2014 Alexis Hicks and William Winslow
2013 Courtney Pisano and Camille Fulbright
2012 Emma Astrike-Davis and Saul Flores
2011 Chase Jones and Leanne Joyce
2010 Megan French, Aaron Olive & Cycle 20Ten
2009 Jennifer and Michael Hodshon & Nathan Woodward
2008 Nicholas Marriam
2005 Rebekah Meek & Laura Williams
Community Nonprofit Impact
Known as Outstanding Philanthropic Organization from 2005 to 2020
2024 SAFEchild
2023 El Centro Hispano
2022 Not Awarded
2021 Not Awarded
2020 Healing Transitions
2019 NPD Not Observed
2018 SECU Family House at UNC
2017 Dorcas Ministries
2016 North Carolina Electric Cooperatives
2015 Not Awarded
2014 Not Awarded
2013 Duke Hospital Auxiliary
2012 Rex Healthcare Guild
2011 V Foundation for Cancer Research
2010 TROSA, Inc.
2009 InterAct
2008 Ogilvy Durham
2006 Alice Aycock Poe Center for Health Education
2005 North Carolina Interest on Lawyers’ Trust Accounts (NC IOLTA)
Outstanding Corporate Philanthropist
Known as Outstanding Corporation from 2005 to 2022
2024 North State Bank
2023 Lenovo
2022 Pepsi Bottling Ventures, LLC
2021 Not Awarded
2020 Not Awarded
2019 NPD Not Observed
2018 Freudenberg Group
2017 Vivisum Partners
2016 Not Awarded
2015 PNC
2014 Not Awarded
2013 WTVD-ABC11
2012 Cisco
2011 Progress Energy
2010 GlaxoSmithKline
2008 Time Warner Cable
2006 Cargill, Inc.
2005 The East Carolina Bank
The Ripple Award
2024 Jim and Barbara Goodmon and the AJ Fletcher Foundation
2023 Gipson Family Foundation
Special Awards
President’s Award
2023 Keith Williams
2021 Connie Thames
Grits and Gratitude Award
2021 Chase Inman
2020 Casey Therrien
Retired Awards
Excellence in Philanthropy
Award Retired
2022 Drew Coleman
2021 Chip and Judy Anderson
2020 Not Awarded
2019 NPD Not Observed
2018 Brenda Gibson
2017 Elizabeth Beam
2016 Gene and Pat Boyce
2015 Martha Webb
2014 Pat and Diane Hartley
2013 Burton and Heather Craige
2012 E. Carroll Joyner
2011 L. Richardson and Marilyn Jacobs Preyer
2010 Peter and Martha Klopfer and Peter and Prudence Meehan
2009 Perry Colwell & Lloyd V. Hackley
Outstanding Volunteer Fundraiser
Award Retired
2014 Rufus Simmons
2013 Lucia Powe
2012 Ric Richards
2011 Mary Susan Fulgham
2010 Woody Durham and Mike Haley
2009 Nancy and James I. Smith
2005 Kelly Adler
Innovation in Philanthropy
Award Retired
2013 The nOg Run Club
2012 Jenny Nicholson, McKinney
2011 Apple Gold Group
2010 Nancy Murray, Builders of Hope
2009 Carolina Center for Public Service
Outstanding Philanthropist
Award Retired
2008 Sara and Bill McCoy
2007 Professors Charles & Shirley Weiss
2005 Voit Gilmore, PhD
2004 Michael and Laura Brader-Araje
2003 Harold and Noel Lichtin
2002 James and Connie Maynard
2001 James Wesley “Willie” York
2000 Dr.Assad Meymandi
1999 Ron and Jeannette Doggett
