Foreword

We are delighted to present the 2023 FIA Awards for Excellence in Fundraising.

In their 23rd year, the FIA Awards celebrate the significant achievements of fundraisers, volunteers and teams behind the year’s most outstanding campaigns. The Awards honour fundraisers who set new benchmarks for innovation, dedication, fundraising best practice and excellence. Only with the tremendous support of our Award partners, Precision Fundraising and MonDial Telephone Fundraising, were we able to provide improved processes to support the running of these Awards. We thank everyone who took the time to submit entries and to recognise colleagues. We encourage you to enter future Awards so we can continue to showcase the sector’s talent, collaboration, creativity and most importantly, impact.

FIA continues to take a leading role in promoting best practice in the sector, and that also includes our Awards. To ensure entries were ethically submitted, we continued with our audit system, where a committee of senior fundraising leaders examine a selection of award entries to ensure the validity of claims in each entry. This ensures we reward only the best fundraising work and that follows through on our promise to focus on ethical practice, transparency and measurability. Our audit committee will continue its work to ensure members meet each Award category’s stringent criteria. Thankfully, most entries met the requirements and demonstrated excellence in fundraising the Awards are designed to acknowledge. This year, the overall Most Outstanding Fundraising Project was awarded to two organisations- Royal Life Saving Society WA for their campaign auRaffles Digital Platform and Childhood Cancer Support Inc, for their campaign

Feels Like Home - Childhood Cancer Support Grants Program.

The Supplier Team of the Year Award recognises and promotes the important contribution to the sector by our suppliers. This year it was awarded to two organisations – ntegrity and Robejohn. Congratulations to all suppliers who were recognised by being nominated in this category.

The Fundraising Team of the Year category received many incredible entries this year; four state awards and six state high commendations were given. The overall national award was won by the Community Engagement Team from the Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research in Western Australia.

We are pleased to announce the Young Fundraiser of the Year is Emily Lewis; Fundraiser of the Year is Lisa Allan FFIA and the winner of the prestigious 2023 Arthur Venn Lifetime Achievement Award is Craige Gravestein FFIA CFRE.

In closing, we extend enormous thanks to the 40 judges from around Australia for their role in determining these very deserving winners, and for their contributions to celebrating fundraising excellence overall.

Congratulations to all the 2023 winners.

Sharon Elliott MFIA CEO, Ethiopiad Australia Chair, FIA Awards Committee

Katherine Raskob Chief Executive Officer FIA