Professional Awards
AFP-Nebraska is excited to honor the hard work of our peers in 2024!
Plans are underway for our annual chapter awards event. We're looking forward to recognizing some of our Chapter's most outstanding members,
installing our 2025 Officers and Directors, and enjoying some camaraderie with each other.
Details on date, time and location for our annual chapter awards event will be coming soon, so stay tuned!
But first, we need some nominees - and that's where YOU come in! We're looking to honor members for the following achievements:
FUNDRAISER OF THE YEAR - This award recognizes an outstanding individual fundraising professional who works for a nonprofit, charitable organization. Nominees must have a minimum of 5 years of experience as a professional fundraiser. Must be an AFP member before the chapter awards event in January 23, 2025.
EMERGING FUNDRAISER - This award recognizes an outstanding individual fundraising professional who works for a nonprofit, charitable organization and is new to the field. Nominees must have no more than 5 years of experience as a professional fundraiser, regardless of age. Must be an AFP member before the chapter awards event in January 23, 2025.
AFP-NEBRASKA FUNDRAISING "HALL OF FAME" - This award recognizes an outstanding individual fundraising professional who currently works for or is retired from a nonprofit, charitable organization. Nominees must have more than 15 years of experience as a professional fundraiser. They must be a past or present member of AFP for more than 5 years.
If you would like to nominate someone for one of these awards, click on the links below for more information and the online nomination forms. But hurry - the deadline for nominations is Friday, December 15th.
IN CASE IT WILL HELP, CLICK HERE FOR A LIST OF CURRENT AFP-NEBRASKA MEMBERS!
Previous winners list:
Emerging Fundraiser
2019 - Kyle Cartwright, Nebraska Cultural Endowment
2020 - Patrick Kilcoyn, United Way of the Midlands
2021 - Victoria Ortega, Omaha Performing Arts
2022 - Haley Martinez, Dimensions Research Foundation
2023 - Jessie Hedrick, Community Action Partnership
Fundraiser of the Year
2019 - Ashley Olson, Willa Cather Foundation
2020 - John Mabry, Food Bank of Lincoln
2021 - Hillary S. Nather-Detisch, MPA, CFRE, University of Nebraska Omaha
2022 - Sabrina Weiss, Omaha Performing Arts
2023 - Amy Ossian, Lied Center for Performing Arts
Hall of Fame
2019 - Paul Strawhecker, Strawhecker Nonprofit Services
2019 - Jodie Nolan, Consultant
2020 - Barbara Bartle, Lincoln Community Foundation
2021 - Vi See, CFRE, Retired CEO, Community Action of Lancaster & Saunders Counties
2022 - Mari Lane Gewecke, Retired
2023 - Sara McClure, The Nature Conservancy
Please be sure to submit your nomination(s) by December 15th!
