ANA Unveils Winners of the 2026 Nonprofit Excellence Awards

WASHINGTON, D.C. - March 16, 2026 - The Association of National Advertisers (ANA) today announced the winners of the 2026 ANA Nonprofit Excellence Awards. The awards recognize outstanding marketing performance by nonprofit organizations advancing their missions, as well as individuals honored for lifetime career achievement and emerging leadership in the sector.

The ANA will toast the 2026 award winners during the joint ANA Nonprofit Forum and Advertising Day on the Hill networking reception, May 12 in Washington, D.C.

2026 Award winners include:

• Organization of the Year: Operation Warm
  Operation Warm is a national nonprofit dedicated to delivering warmth, confidence, and hope to children in need with brand-new coats, shoes, and sports bras, providing essentials that help children thrive while connecting them to community resources that foster well-being. Since their founding in 1998, Operation Warm has served 7 million children across 4,000+ communities in the U.S. and Canada.
  • Operation Warm's School Ready campaign equips children with coats and shoes at the start of the school year, addressing the growing financial strain on families who spend an average of $570 per student.
  • In 2024, Operation Warm received over 1 million Wish List requests, demonstrating both the scale of need and the trust communities place in them.
  • On Giving Tuesday 2024, Operation Warm partnered with Nordstrom for a dollar-for-dollar match, doubling donor impact. Through social media, email, and influencer storytelling, Operation Warm mobilized thousands of new donors. Campaign elements like interactive bingo boards and volunteer spotlights elevated engagement and reinforced their message of warmth and dignity.
• Max Hart Achievement Award: Corinne Servily, founder and president, Faircom New YorkBeginning with Médecins Sans Frontières, where she helped establish its U.S. fundraising arm, Corinne Servily has built a reputation as one of the most influential fundraisers in the world. Over the years, Servily has advised and guided more than one hundred nonprofit organizations across the humanitarian relief, health, education, conservation, and cultural preservation sectors.
  • When Friends of Notre-Dame de Paris faced the challenge of rebuilding after the 2019 fire, Servily developed a donor program that transformed a moment of global sympathy into a sustainable funding stream.
  • For health organizations like The Glaucoma Foundation and Institut Curie, her strategies have fueled advances in medical research and treatment.
  • For humanitarian groups such as Concern Worldwide and the International Rescue Committee, her campaigns have secured life-saving resources for millions.
• Rising Leader Award: Talib Nichiren, associate director of major and planned gifts, Consumer Reports
  Talib's trajectory reflects steady advancement into leadership: from early-career roles at the ACLU, United Way, and Brooklyn College, to directing development at the New York Women's Foundation, to managing major and planned gifts at Gay Men's Health Crisis, and ultimately shaping the national giving strategy at Consumer Reports. Parallel to these institutional roles, Talib founded CCM Philanthropy, a boutique consultancy serving nonprofits across the country, and launched CCM University, a training and mentorship platform designed to strengthen advancement teams at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and small to medium nonprofits.
  • Talib expanded Consumer Reports' Legacy Society from fewer than 300 to more than 3,000 engaged donors, securing $18M+ in new bequest commitments this year including from a longtime 100-year-old reader to create a legacy, the largest in CR's history, and a $4M bequest from a donor last year.
  • Closed many major gifts and planned gifts ($1M-$18M) through strategic donor engagement in the 4 years he has been at CR.
  • Pioneered predictive modeling and donor segmentation, improving ROI and retention across planned and major giving, creating a $150M bequest pipeline.

Judging Process
Recipients are selected through a nomination and review process conducted by the ANA Nonprofit Advisory Council.
Complete details about the Nonprofit Excellence Awards are available on the website.

Awards Contact
Denise McDevitt
[email protected]

About the ANA Nonprofit Excellence Awards

The Nonprofit Excellence Awards recognize and honor organizational and individual excellence in the nonprofit sector.

About the ANA

The Association of National Advertisers (ANA) is the definitive voice of the marketing industry. Since 1910, we have set and advanced the agenda for marketing transformation, connecting over 1,600 member companies to an influential global network, insights and resources that drive growth. Our members represent 20,000 brands and $400 billion in annual marketing investment. Through industry-leading research, the CMO Growth Council, and our proprietary Growth Agenda and Practices, the ANA empowers marketers to shape the future of marketing and create lasting impact for their organizations and the industry.