COMMUNITY IMPACT AWARDS

The Culbert Family Award for Philanthropy is presented annually to two young professionals for their charitable giving and outstanding work in their community. Recipients of this award receive $2,000 to invest in their professional development or philanthropic endeavours.

The President’s Award can be awarded to an individual, corporate partner or other group and is our most prestigious award. It is at the sole discretion of the President with insight provided by staff. Recipients are not eligible if they have won the award in the past 5 years.

This award recognizes organizations that have demonstrated outstanding and innovative campaigns with active Leadership giving and a commitment to making Calgary a resilient and caring community where everyone thrives.

This award recognizes organizations that have demonstrated outstanding and innovative campaigns with active Leadership giving and a commitment to making Calgary a resilient and caring community where everyone thrives.

This award recognizes a team or an individual who has exceeded expectations and created a greater awareness of United Way in the community and workplace by demonstrating involvement in campaign-related activities, fostering inclusivity across the organization, and maintaining a positive attitude that inspired others to engage and contribute.

This award recognizes organizations and their employees who have achieved a significant growth in the current year over the previous year, including an increase in funds raised and increase of donors. Candidates also demonstrated an increase in overall giving and significant management support.

This award recognizes organizations and their employees who have achieved a significant growth in the current year over the previous year, including an increase in funds raised and increase of donors. Candidates also demonstrated an increase in overall giving and significant management support.

This award recognizes an organization that has demonstrated commitment, creativity and passion towards making their campaigns exceed any notion of prior expectations and create ripple effects of positive impact in the local community. The organization successfully transitioned by offering meaningful and engaging opportunities to their staff through a variety of means, both virtually and physically distanced in person. Volunteerism, education and engagement has been judged based on an organization’s involvement in the following categories: United Way’s Impact Speeches, Day of Caring© projects, Facilitated Activities and Webinar attendance, as well as Special Events developed by their Employee Campaign Committee. All these activities demonstrate strong spirit of engagement with United Way of Calgary and Area.

This award celebrates noteworthy workplace campaigns that exemplify industry excellence. Recipients of this award will have demonstrated one or more of the following: strong management support, a significant increase in Leadership giving and total donations, a surge in employee involvement or a fresh approach to their United Way campaign.

This award recognizes organizations that are supporting United Way of Calgary and Area for the first time through empowering their employees and networks to participate with United Way in improving the quality of life for all Calgarians. To be eligible, the organization must not have conducted an employee campaign during the past two consecutive years. Eligible candidates demonstrate a commitment to the community by supporting United Way in any of the following ways: sponsorship, volunteerism, collaboration and/or fundraising.