Nonprofit Excellence Award winners honored: Erin Frederick, Zilber Family Foundation; Audra O'Connell, Walker's Point Youth and Family Center; Dawn Nuoffer, Down Syndrome Association of Wisconsin; Rob Meiksins, Nonprofit Center of Milwaukee; Max Ramsey, Immanuel Church of Brookfield/Friedens Community Ministries; Deb Jolitz, Milwaukee Public Schools; Teri Sullivan, Arts @ Large.

2016 Nonprofit Excellence Award Winners Celebrated

​The Nonprofit Center of Milwaukee and its Summit partners celebrated the winners of NPC's 2016 Nonprofit Excellence Awards at the Nonprofit Leadership Summit:

Category 1 - Organizational Leadership
Winner – Dawn Nuoffer/Down Syndrome Association of Wisconsin (DSAW)

Category 2 - Community Leadership
Winner – Fill the Gaps/Arts @ Large

Category 3 - Philanthropic Leadership
Winner – Max Ramsey/Friedens Community Ministries

Category 4 - Catalytic Leadership
Winner – Zilber Family Foundation, Neighborhood Initiative
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Emerging Leader Award sponsored by YNPN
Winner - Audra O'Connell, Executive Director, Walker's Point Youth and Family Center

Congratulations to you all!

Nonprofit Leadership Summit  ~  October 13, 2016 

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Thank you to all who supported and
​attended this new event!
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The Nonprofit Leadership Summit celebrated new ideas in leadership already making a difference in our sector (via the Excellence Awards) and helped uncover those that will change our lens on how leadership could work. 

  • 5 award winners shared what they did and why
  • 5 disruptive ideas were moved forward through questions and discussion
  • 1 vote - 2 disruptive ideas were selected by Summit attendees to receive resources from the Nonprofit Center and other supporters over the coming year to help move their ideas towards implementation. 

​Disruptive Leadership Ideas

We received an abundance of ideas when we put out the call. Thank you to all who participated! The finalist ideas, and those who submitted them, are listed below:
  • Redirecting our sector to address root causes - Frank Martinelli
  • Nonprofits should work to put themselves out of work - Laura Sumner Coon
  • Overhead Myth Busters - Natalie Dorrler
  • Collaborative approaches to back office functions - Anna Bierer, Deborah Ross-Corbett & Leah Samson
  • Access to skilled youth - Dionne Grayson

And the Winners Are...

The two disruptive ideas receiving the most votes at the end of the Leadership Summit were:
  • Access to skilled youth - Dionne Grayson
  • Redirecting our sector to address root causes - Frank Martinelli

​Nonprofit Resource Fair

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Young Nonprofit Professionals Network held a resource fair for nonprofits to attract volunteers, board directors, employees and other stakeholders immediately following the Summit. 

Thank You to Our Partners 

University of Wisconsin-Parkside, University Wisconsin-Milwaukee, IFF and the Young Nonprofit Professionals Network are joining together with the Nonprofit Center of Milwaukee to bring you Breaking Molds and Cracking Ceilings: Understanding and Disrupting Leadership for a Stronger Nonprofit Sector. ​

Thank You to Our Sponsors