{"id":4537,"date":"2016-10-30T14:54:12","date_gmt":"2016-10-30T14:54:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.northpark.edu\/excellent-emerging-organization-award\/"},"modified":"2025-02-04T11:03:15","modified_gmt":"2025-02-04T17:03:15","slug":"excellent-emerging-organization-award","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.northpark.edu\/centers\/axelson-center-nonprofit-management\/programs\/nonprofit-management-awards\/excellent-emerging-organization-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Excellent Emerging Organization Award"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Excellent Emerging Organization Award was created to honor up-and-coming organizations whose strength is apparent\u2014even in the early stages of existence. We are looking for organizations that display sound management practices as well as innovation in programming and leadership capabilities. We respect that, as an emerging organization, you may not have all the policies and procedures in place, but demonstrating a commitment to excellence and learning is critical.<\/p>\n
Eligible organizations are selected on an annual basis by an award committee comprised of Chicago-area nonprofit and community leaders. The winning organization is recognized at the Axelson Center’s conference<\/a>.<\/p>\n The Excellent Emerging Organization Award aims to strengthen the capacity of the winning organization to improve services and efficiency. The selected nonprofit will receive a capacity-building package and a $5,000 cash award. After an initial in-depth organizational assessment by the Executive Service Corps, a capacity building package will be customized to best meet the winning organization’s needs.<\/p>\n In order to be considered for the award, an applicant organization:<\/p>\n Staff, board members, and volunteers may nominate their own organizations by completing an application.<\/p>\n Anyone may nominate a deserving nonprofit organization. Send the Axelson Center an email at axelson@northpark.edu <\/a>and encourage them to apply. We are looking for organizations that display sound management practices, innovation in programming and leadership capabilities. As an emerging organization, we respect that you may not have all the policies and procedures in place, but demonstrating a commitment to excellence and learning is critical.<\/p>\n The quality and completeness of the application is essential as it will serve as the primary basis for assessment. The quality of how you express your organization’s story is critical in our decision.<\/p>\n All information collected during this process will be kept strictly confidential. 蹤獲扦 will make public only the names and websites of the finalists and award winner. Portions of the data may be used at a later date for educational purposes, but not without prior permission from the organization.<\/p>\n If you have questions about the application or process, please email axelson@northpark.edu<\/a> or call (773) 244-6284. We will respond to your inquiry within two business days.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n<\/div>\n The 2023 finalists for the Excellent Emerging Organization Award are:<\/p>\n Organized Communities Against Deportation<\/p>\n The Outreach House<\/p>\n Read about the 2023 Excellent Emerging Organization Award Winner<\/a> or view prior winners<\/a> of the Excellent Emerging Organization Award and Alford-Axelson Award.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””] Applications for 2026 Excellent Emerging Organization Awards will open in 2026. Excellent Emerging Organization Award The Excellent Emerging Organization Award was created to honor up-and-coming organizations whose strength…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":12645,"menu_order":47,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4537","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nEligibility<\/h3>\n
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