Salute to Excellence
 
Salute to Excellence 2012

 

 
 




The Center for Nonprofit Management announced the winners of the 2012 Salute to Excellence awards on Tuesday, October 9 at the Renaissance Hotel in Nashville. The event marked the 20th anniversary of Salute to Excellence.
 
Ten Salute to Excellence awards and the winning Collaboration College team were announced and awarded $209,000. More than one thousand community leaders attended this nonprofit celebration—a record attendance in Salute’s history.
  • The Frist Foundation Awards of Achievement recognize excellence in Middle Tennessee nonprofit organizations in three categories: Revenue Development, Innovation in Action, and Team Building. The winner in the Revenue Development category is the Neuroclarity program of Oasis Center, Inc. Finalists are Dismas, Inc. Triple Thread Apparel and Harvest Hands Community Development Corporation.The winner in the Innovation in Action category is Hands On Nashville’s Home Energy Savings program. Finalists are Sexual Assault Center Safe@Last and Faith Family Medical Clinic Journey to Health.The winner in the Team Building category is Rebuilding Together Nashville. Finalists are Cheekwood and Alignment Nashville.

 

  • The Bank of America CEO of the Year Award highlights the importance of executive leadership in an organization’s achievement of mission-related results. This year’s winner is Daryl R. Murray of Welcome Home Ministries. David Winningham of Mercy Health Services and Rick Schwartz of Nashville Zoo are finalists. 
     
  • The KraftCPAs Board Member of the Year Award recognizes board members who go the extra mile for their organizations. This year’s winner is Dr. Roy Thompson of Interfaith Dental Clinic. Keith Simmons of Nashville Public Library Foundation and Bernard Werthan of Nashville Opportunities Industrialization Center are finalists.

 

  • The Memorial Foundation Leadership Award is awarded to a nonprofit agency that has demonstrated sound management strategy in the heat of crisis. This year’s winner is Bridges. Finalists are the Eighteenth Avenue Family Enrichment Center and Nashville Zoo. 
     
  • The SunTrust Business Acumen in the Arts Award recognizes arts organizations that have demonstrated particular business acumen in implementing an initiative that carries out the agency’s mission and creates high community impact. This year’s winner is W.O. Smith Music School Inspire Teaching Series. The finalists are FiftyForward Music for Seniors and Musicians On Call Rock a Patient’s World. 
     
  • The Erie Chapman Foundation Servant’s Heart Award was created to recognize individuals who are providing care and/or assistance to the clients of a nonprofit agency and who are on the “front lines” of the service profession. This year’s winner is Sarah Norberg of Preston Taylor Ministries. The finalists are John Pirnia of Mental Health Cooperative and Billy Lovett of Brightstone. 
     
  • The Baptist Healing Trust Compassionate Care Award is designed to recognize a nonprofit where love and compassion characterize its delivery of service. This year’s winner is The Brown Center for Autism. The finalists are The Refuge Center for Counseling and Siloam Family Health Center. 
     
  • The Baptist Healing Trust Access of Care Award acknowledges organizations that demonstrate boldness in expanding access to care, especially for the vulnerable and underserved in Middle Tennessee. The year’s winner is Tennessee Justice Center. The finalists are Tennessee Health Care Campaign and Prevent Child Abuse Tennessee.
     
  • The Collaboration College award winner is the Collaboration for Family Support, which is an initiative of Family and Children’s Service, Conexión Americas, Nurses for Newborns, and the Martha O’Bryan Center. 
 
Collaboration College was started in September 2011 by The HCA Foundation, Lipscomb University and the Center for Nonprofit Management as a first-of-its-kind in the nation initiative to develop models of collaboration which can be replicated around the country.
 
Six teams, comprised of 18 local nonprofit organizations, continued through the year-long program and have been guided through the difficult task of breaking the mold to share expenses or the delivery of services.
 
More than $80,000 in consulting has been donated by North Highland, C3 Consulting and HCA and $30,000 in consulting from CNM, made possible by The HCA Foundation. Lipscomb University contributed its executive leadership, classrooms and other academic resources to help facilitate these collaborations.
 
Each year CNM hosts Salute to Excellence, the “Academy Awards” of the Middle Tennessee nonprofit community, with a dinner and awards presentation that honors area nonprofits for their commitment to management excellence.