Apply for .ORG Impact Awards for Non-profit Organizations with .ORG Websites 2020

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Description

The 2020 .ORG Impact Awards (OIAs)

The 2020 .ORG Impact Awards (OIAs) recognize .ORGs that are exemplary—those that serve as shining examples of how people can achieve great things—often with little resources and against significant challenges. These people and organizations work tirelessly in pursuit of their missions; not for recognition or reward, but to simply make the world a better place.The 2020 version of the .ORG Impact Awards is different by circumstance but not in intent. Amidst an unprecedented (in most of our lifetimes) global pandemic, the 2020 program has transformed into a 10-day digital experience —”The Ten Days of .ORG”—that will enable us to put more focus on award finalists and provide greater assistance to winning .ORGs through substantially larger cash donations to a charity of their choice.
Organizations can apply for the following categories:
● .ORG Newcomer of the Year: Recognizes a person or organization that started less than five years ago and demonstrated experience for exceptional contributions by demonstrating initiative and leadership around a specific task, project or campaign.
● Combating Corona virus: Recognizes an organization or individual whose efforts helped manage Covid-19 outbreaks, provided essential information, provided essential products or services, helped create policies to combat corona virus, or created solutions to medical equipment shortages.
● Promoting Education
● Outstanding Volunteer
● Championing Equality, Equity and Inclusion
● Innovation Award: Recognizes an organization or individual who has broken new ground for an organization by demonstrating new ways of thinking, approaching and/or solving issues or challenges.
● Advancing Environmental Sustainability
● Fighting Hunger and Poverty
● Promoting a Safer Internet
● .ORG of the Year Award: Registrants of the .ORG domain transcend the traditional nonprofit world and include for-profit organizations and community groups as well. The .ORG of the Year award will recognize one outstanding organization (individuals are not eligible for this award).

Opportunities focuses area:
Leadership
Human development

Specialties

Leadership& Human Development, Social Sciences

Eligibilities

Age

18 - 24, 25 - 35, 36 - 60

The nominator must be at least 18 years old and have permission to nominate the individual or organization that uses or has a connection to .ORG domain

Gender

All

Nationality

Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Cyprus, Djibouti, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, South Sudan, Tunisia, Turkey, UAE, Yemen

Required Languages

Other Requirements

Organization

All organizations nominated to any category must have a website hosted on the .ORG domain.

Individuals

All individual nominees must have an established role at an organization with a website on the .ORG domain.

Activities

Activities highlighted in the submission must have occurred between June 1, 2019 and June 1, 2020. If the activity began before June 1, 2019 or extends beyond June 1, 2020 the entry is still eligible so long as meaningful activity occurred between the two dates.

Submission

Organizations and individuals may submit to more than one category/subcategory, but each submission must be original (i.e., an entry for one award category may not be resubmitted verbatim for a different award category).

Non-eligible nominators/nominees

Individuals or organizations who reside in Cuba, Burma/Myanmar, Iran, North Korea, Sudan or Syria, may not nominate or be identified as a “Nominee”. Employees of Public Interest Registry and any of its parent and affiliate companies as well as the immediate family (spouse, parents, siblings and children) and household members of each such employee are not eligible to nominate individuals or organizations or be considered as a Nominee for any award.

Benefits

Prize

The winner of each award category will have the opportunity to direct a donation to a charitable organization of winner’s choice as follows: .ORG Impact Awards .ORG of the year will receive $30,000 USD. Combatting Coronavirus will receive $15,000 USD. All other winners will receive $5,000 USD

Others

In addition to a monetary donation, winners will also receive: A custom trophy. An invitation to speak at the 2021 symposium (this is currently scheduled for March 2021, subject to circumstances). Free advertising and promotion during this time and with continued consent, our future marketing efforts like the opportunity to be included and honored at our 2021 in-person event. The 2020 OIA finalists will also have the opportunity to be included and honored at our 2021 in-person event