THE 14TH ANNUAL SHORTY AWARDS

The Shorty Awards honor the best of social media and digital. View this season's finalists!

By Campaign

Corporate Social Responsibility Campaign Diverse-Owned Businesses Campaign NEW! Fundraising Campaign Global Campaign Integrated Campaign Local Campaign Multi-Platform Campaign On a Shoestring Campaign Pro Bono Campaign Regional Campaign NEW! Social Movement Campaign

By Cause

Animal Rights & Welfare Arts & Culture Conservation & Preservation Disability Awareness Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Educate Emergency Relief Environment & Sustainability Fight Poverty Gender Equality Human Rights Humanitarian Aid Immigration & Refugees LGBTQ+ Mental Health Multi-Cause Initiative NEW! Public Health Racial Equality Responsible Consumption & Production Social Justice Youth & Family

By Industry

Automotive Business to Business Education Entertainment Fashion and Beauty Financial Services Food & Beverage Government & Politics Healthcare & Pharma Hospitality & Travel Lifestyle & Wellness News & Media Nonprofit Restaurants Retail & E-Commerce Sports Technology

By Platform

Facebook Instagram LinkedIn Other Platforms NEW! TikTok Twitter YouTube

Original Content

Branded Content Branded Series Documentary Short Extended Reality NEW! Gaming NEW! Images NEW! Interactive Content NEW! Live Streaming Long Form Video Micro-site or Blog NEW! Podcast Short Form Video Video Video Series

Partnerships

Corporate-Community Influencer & Celebrity Media Partnership Nonprofit Partnership

Special Project

Special Project

Strategy & Engagement

Call to Action Community Engagement Contest or Challenges Creative Use of Technology CTV/OTT NEW! Data & Insights NEW! Employee Engagement Event & Experiential NEW! Fundraising Strategy Generative AI NEW! Micro-Influencer Strategy Paid Media PSA Real Time Response Single Post Social Commerce NEW! Storytelling User Generated Content

From the 4th Annual Shorty Social Good Awards Best Nonprofit Organization

This award honors efforts of nonprofit organizations to make the world a better place.

See previous winners and honorees here.

Winner

Nonprofit
winner
JFK Moonshot
  2019 marked the 50th anniversary of the greatest technological feat of the 20th century—the Ap…

Finalists

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finalist
gold honor
Dear Refugees
For World Refugee Day 2019, the International Rescue Committee (IRC) partnered with Big Spaceship t…
Nonprofit
finalist
Generation Lockdown
In 95% of public schools in the United States, lockdown drills are as common as math and science. S…
Nonprofit
finalist
Missed.Strokes
Over the past decade, there has been a 44% increase in the number of young Americans who have been …
Nonprofit
finalist
Safer ≠ Safe
While smoking rates declined, a new threat to youth health and welfare arose: vaping. And this thre…
Nonprofit
finalist
The Wage Gap: A Scary Truth
On average in the US, women earn about 80 cents for every dollar men make and women of color make e…

Nominees

Nonprofit
#BalanceForBetter - Gender Equality in Saudi Arabia
With advancements in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the implementation of Vision 2030 - a series o…
Nonprofit
A Day With The Play That Goes Wrong
What do you do with more than 2 million seats that go unsold on Broadway every year? Beginning i…
Nonprofit
Alzheimer's Association - Science Hub
When the Alzheimer's Association was founded in 1980, there was an urgent need to create a communit…
Nonprofit
Child Victim's Act
Adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse have a one-year, one-time only chance to hold their abuse…
Nonprofit
finalist
gold honor
Dear Refugees
For World Refugee Day 2019, the International Rescue Committee (IRC) partnered with Big Spaceship t…
Nonprofit
finalist
Generation Lockdown
In 95% of public schools in the United States, lockdown drills are as common as math and science. S…
Nonprofit
Getting to the heart of our mission
Since its founding in 2005, The Humane League has focused on effectively ending the worst abuses in…
Nonprofit
Goutful - American Kidney Fund
The American Kidney Fund’s (AKF) Goutful campaign debunks popular misconceptions about gout and sup…
Nonprofit
Helping A Son Retrace His Father’s D-Day Journey
Objective: Use a “snapshot experience” of one Road Scholar (RS) program participant to connect w…
Nonprofit
winner
JFK Moonshot
  2019 marked the 50th anniversary of the greatest technological feat of the 20th century—the Ap…
Nonprofit
KHN/NPR #BilloftheMonth Investigative Series
When publishing partners KHN and NPR first began promoting the “Bill of the Month” series, we were …
Nonprofit
finalist
Missed.Strokes
Over the past decade, there has been a 44% increase in the number of young Americans who have been …
Nonprofit
PetSmart Charities Donor Appreciation -- Sponsored by You
“Where do my charitable donations really go? Am I really helping make a difference?” For 25 yea…
Nonprofit
Providing Hope & Health in East Africa
Partners for Care, a compassion-driven, nonprofit organization, exists to serve, equip, empower and…
Nonprofit
Roo High School, where no [sex ed] question is off-limits
In the US only 24 states mandate sex education. And only 13 of those states require it to be “medic…
Nonprofit
finalist
Safer ≠ Safe
While smoking rates declined, a new threat to youth health and welfare arose: vaping. And this thre…
Nonprofit
Science Literacy Books for Science and Health Education and for Social and Economic Justice
The purpose of this non-proift publishing initiative is to bring science and health education, and …
Nonprofit
TGR EDU: Explore
TGR EDU: Explore seeks to equip students with problem-solving and decision-making skills with real-…
Nonprofit
Take Back the Prom
Prom is supposed to be a magical, memorable experience that every young person can celebrate. But f…
Nonprofit
finalist
The Wage Gap: A Scary Truth
On average in the US, women earn about 80 cents for every dollar men make and women of color make e…
Nonprofit
Vote.org Gets Out the Vote
In 2018, Vote.org, the nation’s leading non-partisan, nonprofit organization increasing voter turno…