NAM Catalyst Award
The NAM Catalyst Award is presented each fall at the Nonprofit Summit of the Midlands!
CATALYST: an agent that provokes or speeds significant change or action. Something which incites activity. SYN: agitator, impetus, driver.
What is the Catalyst Award?
NAM strengthens the collective voice, leadership, and capacity of nonprofit organizations to enrich the quality of community life throughout Nebraska and Western Iowa. By connecting organizations with information, education, and advocacy, we help members focus their energy on the people and communities they serve. The Catalyst Award recognizes organizations that inspire and drive excellence in the nonprofit sector. Think...
NAM strengthens the collective voice, leadership, and capacity of nonprofit organizations to enrich the quality of community life throughout Nebraska and Western Iowa. By connecting organizations with information, education, and advocacy, we help members focus their energy on the people and communities they serve. The Catalyst Award recognizes organizations that inspire and drive excellence in the nonprofit sector. Think...
- What organizations inspire and support others to do and be better?
- What organizations are committed to ongoing excellence?
- What organizations have found innovative approaches to enhance their operations?
- Who has found a new solution to an old problem?
Selection Criteria:
- Nonprofit 501(c)3 organizations are eligible to receive the Catalyst Award. Individuals are not eligible.
- Self-nominations from within the organization are accepted and encouraged.
- Nominees must be based in Nebraska or Western Iowa.
- Nominees do not need to be a NAM member to be considered.
- Nominees must use the Guidelines and Principles for Nonprofit Excellence.
Recent Past Awardees
- 2023 - Inclusive Communities
- 2022 - Girls Inc. of Omaha
- 2021 - Kids Can Community Center
- 2020 - Food Bank for the Heartland
- 2019 - I Be Black Girl
- 2018 - BJ Reed/UNO
- 2017 - Seventy-Five North
- 2016 - Omaha Health Kids Alliance
- 2015 - Youth Emergency Services
Nominations for the 2024 awardee have cloased.
Selection Process:
Catalyst Award winners are selected by the Nonprofit Executive Institute Leadership Team, a group of volunteers who are leaders in the nonprofit sector. The Committee bases its decision exclusively on the written narrative you provide. Supplemental materials will neither be considered nor returned.
Selection Process:
Catalyst Award winners are selected by the Nonprofit Executive Institute Leadership Team, a group of volunteers who are leaders in the nonprofit sector. The Committee bases its decision exclusively on the written narrative you provide. Supplemental materials will neither be considered nor returned.