11th Annual
LONG ISLAND IMAGINE AWARDS
EVENT DETAILS
Tuesday, April 25, 2023
Crest Hollow Country Club
8325 Jericho Turnpike, Woodbury, NY 11797
5:30-6:00pm | VIP/Finalist Cocktail Hour
6:00-7:00pm | Cocktail Reception
7pm-10:00pm | Dinner & Awards
Tickets $175 | Nonprofit $100 | Virtual $25
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FINALISTS ANNOUNCED! WINNERS WILL BE REVEALED THE NIGHT OF THE EVENT. GOOD LUCK!
NERDS THAT CARE FAN FAVORITE AWARD VOTING CAMPAIGN IS LIVE!
VOTE DAILY FOR YOUR FAVORITE NONPROFIT FINALIST!
You can vote for your favorite Long Island Imagine Finalist DAILY! The finalist with the most votes will be recognized and awarded $3,000 during the Virtual Long Island Imagine Awards on April 25th!
Voting will end on March 31st at Midnight!
The Long Island Imagine Awards was created as a way to showcase the nonprofit sector and all the good work that it does, as well as provide opportunities for deeper collaboration within the sector. The event acts as an opportunity to meet new people, discover new organizations doing business on Long Island, develop new relationships, and learn from the organizations that are being honored.
Long Island based nonprofits compete against each other in 6 categories – Arts & Culture; Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, & Accessibility (DEIA); Innovation; Leadership Excellence; Rising Star; & Social Impact, with the winner in each category winning a $5,000 grant. In addition, the 24 finalists, 4 in each category, will each receive a professionally produced video, which will be showcased the night of the event, and two free tickets to the event.
The 10th Annual Long Island Imagine Awards was held Tuesday, April 26, 2022.
The 10th Annual Long Island Imagine Awards was held as an in-person event for almost 400 guests with an online livestream of the program on Tuesday, April 26, 2022. This gala event was created to offer formal acknowledgement to some of Long Island’s most effective and innovative nonprofit organizations. Over 150 nonprofit applications were submitted to win $5,000 grants in each of five categories: Innovation, Leadership Excellence, Rising Star, Social Impact and Arts and Culture, and an additional $3,000 Fan Favorite award and $1,000 participant choice award. Of this pool of worthy applicants, 20 were selected as finalists and one in each category was announced as the winner.
The Imagine Awards is an award program that
was designed for 3 reasons:
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To shine a spotlight on those nonprofits that are truly unique those with strong leadership, who are innovative in their actions and operations, who are impactful on both a micro and macro perspective, who are significantly advancing programs and the sector on a regular basis, who think out of the box, and who understand the need to effectively collaborate to leverage results.
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To foster relationships having the ability for nonprofit leadership to come together and communicate, to see what each other are doing, to share ideas, and to find ways to effectively work and collaborate with each other creates a more integrated and stronger sector for all of us.
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To provide education it’s a little bit of a cliché, but we don’t know what we don’t know. Nonprofit leadership is often focused on the day to day needs of their organization and don’t always have a place to turn or an avenue to bounce questions off of. The Imagine Awards offers this through idea sharing, access to winners (Let’s Imagine Event), and more.
The Imagine Awards not only provides a $5,000 check to the winner in each category, it provides a professionally developed video to each finalist, it provides an avenue to collaborate and explore, it provides exposure and recognition to the finalists and the sector, and it provides a night where the light is shine in on the sector to spotlight all the amazing things that are happening in the nonprofit community. Imagine Awards participants have developed new partnerships and collaborations, have made corporate connections which has resulted in new board members and contributions, have gain strategic insight into what other organizations are doing, and have developed new friendships and relationships that have proven essential in the growth and development of their organizations.
DOUG GEED OF NEWS 12 RETURNING AS EMCEE!
Anchor
News 12 Long Island
Doug Geed is an anchor and the last remaining original team member for News 12 Long Island when it debuted in December of 1986. Doug is the new anchor of the 5 and 10 pm shows. He is still producing and hosting The East End Show, which is now in its 25th season!
A graduate of Syosset High School and the University of Missouri School of Journalism, Geed co-anchors News 12’s Daytime Show, reports in the field and is the creator, producer and host of the Emmy Award Winning East End Show.
In all Geed has won 10 Emmy Awards and was named the 2004 Journalist of the Year by the LI Press Club.
He lives in Suffolk County with his wife of over 35 years and his three children.
AWARD CATEGORIES
*NEW* Bethpage Federal Credit Union DEIA Award
Cerini & Associates Social Impact Award
Certilman Balin Leadership Excellence Award
Claire Friedlander Family Foundation Arts & Culture Award
Flagstar Bank Innovation Award
This nonprofit has been innovative in adopting new platforms that have led to a significant increase in the organization’s ability to meet its mission. This could include the implementation of technology that enables the organization to achieve cost savings and better communication; a strategic approach to fundraising; a unique and effective public relations campaign; etc.
Nerds That Care Fan Favorite Award
Vanguard Benefits Rising Star Award
This award will recognize a nonprofit generating under $2 million in revenue for its outstanding innovation, impact, and achievements in meeting its mission. The award will be given to an organization who demonstrates an outstanding record of sustained achievement, has successfully demonstrated successful financial performance, and has built a reputation for excellence within the community.
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Sponsorship Information
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