Member Awards

Inaugurated in 2023, this award is designed to honor an outstanding individual who has made a significant impact in the fields of marketing and fundraising. This prestigious award aims to celebrate those who have exhibited exceptional leadership, innovation, and dedication to driving positive change within the marketing and fundraising community.

This award recognizes a professional as the “best in our industry!” It honors behavior that should be recognized and repeated throughout the industry – serving as a role model in the direct marketing industry. This award is jointly presented by the DMAW and the DMAW Educational Foundation.

Shining A Spotlight on Promising Newcomers: The DMAW Rising Star Award will recognize the area’s most talented professional(s) with a minimum of three (3) years of experience, irrespective of age, who show uncommon potential and promise in the future of direct marketing and fundraising.

DMAW will be presenting two Rising Star Awards identifying one professional working in a nonprofit and one professional working for a commercial agency or firm that provides services to nonprofits.

Recognizes an individual’s dedication and voluntary efforts to support DMAW.

The DMAW Partner of the Year Award recognizes a company who has truly partnered with us in supporting the DMAW’s mission in a variety of ways to include but not limited to: participates as a sponsor (via in-kind and financial donations); promotes the exchange of information among our members; promotes the use and understanding of direct marketing; and encourages and supports the teaching and study of direct marketing in an academic environment, as well as through the association itself.

The DMAW Nonprofit of the Year Award recognizes a nonprofit member organization that has strengthened the DMAW community through engagement, leadership, and a commitment to advancing fundraising excellence.