Foreword

About the Awards

The FIA Awards for Excellence in Fundraising are a key component of FIA’s commitment to champion best practice in fundraising. The Awards recognise and showcase the outstanding initiative, innovation, effort and success of professional fundraisers, volunteers and organisations. They celebrate fundraisers’ hard work and successes across the year, provide an opportunity for acknowledgement by your peers, and promote the role of fundraising in improving our society. Campaign award submissions went through the judging process at the end of 2021. This culminated in a celebration of finalists at year end events within each state and territory. The finalists were then submitted for further assessment by the National Judging Panel to determine the winners of the Most Outstanding Fundraising Project. FIA fellow’s judged the Young Fundraiser of the Year, Volunteer of the Year and Fundraising Team of the Year submissions. The National Judging Panel assessed the submissions received for the Individual Awards for:

• Arthur Venn Lifetime Achievement Award • Fundraiser of the Year • Fundraising Champion of the Year • Most Outstanding Fundraising Project

All of FIA’s winners were announced and celebrated at the fundraising sector’s night of nights on Saturday 4 June 2022, during FIA’s 45th Fundraising Conference in Sydney. All submitting organisations should be regarded as leaders in our profession. They represent the passion for the causes supported by each organisation and show their commitment to ethical, transparent and accountable fundraising.

Judges

FIA would like to thank the highly experienced and extremely knowledgeable panel of judges for the 2022 Awards for Excellence in Fundraising. Drawn from around the country, these fundraising experts gave their time to assess this year’s entries and determine the best of the best.

Panel 2

Judges for Impact Through Events & Fundraising Impact Through Technology

National Panel 1 Panel 5

Judges for Arthur Venn Lifetime Achievement Judges for Fundraising Impact Through Award & Most Outstanding Fundraising Project Creativity

• Benjamin Cox FFIA, Gold Coast Hospital Foundation • Jo-Anne Reeves MFIA, Parkinson’s NSW Inc • John Burns, North Melbourne Football Club • Katherine Raskob MIM GAICD, FIA

National Panel 2

Judges for Fundraiser of the Year & Fundraising Champion of the Year

• Allan Godfrey FFIA, Royal Life Saving Society WA • Ben Holgate MFIA, Multiple Sclerosis Ltd. • Meredith Dwyer FFIA CFRE, FIA Board Chair,

HomeMade Digital Australia • Sharon Elliott, Ethiopiaid Australia

Panel 1

Judges for Most Innovative Campaign & Best Supporter Experience

• Christine Diamond MFIA CFRE, Vision Australia • Deena Yousif Dennis, The Smith Family • Aaron Crowther, St John Ambulance Western

Australia Ltd • Rachel Murphy MFIA, Heart Foundation • Lucy Jacka, Cerebral Palsy Alliance • Christa Bayer, Lung Foundation • Elizabeth Davis FFIA CFRE, Human

Foundations • Stephen Bastow, Cystic Fibrosis WA

Panel 3

Judges for Impact on a Shoestring & Best Strategic Partnership

• Tessa Irwin EMFIA CFRE, Museum of Applied

Arts and Sciences (Powerhouse) • Hazel Grunwaldt MFIA, Camp Quality Limited • Leo Orland FFIA (Emeritus) CFRE,

Total Fundraising • Lisa Allan FFIA, The Smith Family

Panel 4

Judges for Best Pivot Campaign or Initiative & Supplier Team of the Year

• Ally Murray, The Wilderness Society Ltd • Cameron Glover, Interplast Australia & New

Zealand • Jackie Evans FFIA CFRE, The Indigo

Foundation • Vicki Rasmussen FFIA CFRE, Charlies

Foundation for Research • Cassie Magin EMFIA • Nicci Dent, Heart Research Australia • Sharon Hillman FFIA, Beyond Blue • Claire Baxter MFIA, Kidney Health Australia

State Panel 1

• Andrew Sabatino FFIA, Donor Republic • Francesca Cinelli FFIA • Nola Wilmot FFIA, The Florey Institute of

Neuroscience and Mental Health • Kerry Cutting FFIA CFRE, Guide Dogs

Queensland • Heiko Plange-Korndoerfer FFIA CFRE,

Endeavour Marketing • Judith Ford FFIA CFRE, Heart Support Australia

State Panel 2

• Bec Stott FFIA, Anglicare WA • Clare MacAdam FFIA CFRE, Baptist Care SA • Diane Kargas Bray AM FFIA, Diane Kargas

Consulting • Ron Fairchild FFIA CFRE, Monash Foundation • Stephen Mally FFIA CFRE, FundraisingForce • Vicki James FFIA, Gold Coast Hospital

Foundation