National Philanthropy Day

Mark you calendars: This year's event is on November 18, 2010, at the Washington State Convention & Trade Center

Share Your NPD Memories: What's moved you at past events?  What award winner has made a lasting memory?  Which ones have added to your understanding of the nonprofit sector - or the meaningful nature of our work?  The event has a long history of memorable moments. AFP is taking a big step to keep those memories alive by creating a digital archive. You can now submit your favorite NPD stories, pictures and more online HERE. These testimonials will become part of the NPD experience, and allow others to share in the many highlights of this exciting event.

Awardees 1989-2009

Outstanding Philanthropic Foundation

• 1989 M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust
• 1990 Ben B. Cheney Foundation
• 1991 The Skinner Foundation
• 1992 Weyerhaeuser Foundation
• 1993 Benaroya Foundation
• 1995 A Territory Resource
• 1996 Kongsgaard-Goldman Foundation
• 1997 Pride Foundation
• 1998 The Bullitt Foundation
• 1999 Kreielsheimer Foundation
• 2000 Washington Women's Foundation
• 2001 E.K. and Lillian F. Bishop Foundation
• 2002 Medina Foundation
• 2003 Paul G. Allen Foundations
• 2004 Windermere Foundation
• 2005 Washington Dental Service Foundation
• 2006 The ARCS Foundation – Seattle
• 2007 Apex Foundation
• 2008 Kirlin Charitable Foundation
• 2009 St. Luke's Foundation

Outstanding Philanthropic Corporation

• 1989 The Boeing Company
• 1990 Seafirst Bank
• 1991 SAFECO Corporation
• 1992 PEMCO Financial Services
• 1993 Key Bank of Washington
• 1994 Cellular One
• 1995 Microsoft Corporation
• 1996 Costco Wholesale
• 1997 The Ackerley Group
• 1998 WRQ, Inc.
• 1999 Kimberly-Clark Corporation
• 2000 Frank Russell Company
• 2001 EverTrust Bank
• 2002 Washington Mutual
• 2003 Starbucks Coffee Company
• 2004 Intel Corporation
• 2005 Puget Sound Energy
• 2006 Columbia Bank
• 2007 Group Health Cooperative
• 2008 PACCAR Inc.
• 2009 Wells Fargo

Outstanding Philanthropic Organization

• 1989 Seattle Rotary #4
• 1990 Boeing Employees Good Neighbor Fund
• 1991 Northwest AIDS Foundation
• 1992 Kiwanis of Seattle Club
• 1993 The Seattle Chapter of the LINKS, Inc.
• 1994 First Hill Lions Club
• 1995 King County Bar Foundation
• 1996 ArtsFund
• 1997 PONCHO
• 1998 The Seattle Foundation
• 1999 Junior League of Seattle
• 2000 Artist Trust
• 2001 The Greater Tacoma Community Foundation
• 2003 Northwest Children's Fund
• 2004 Granny's Attic
• 2005 Community Voice Mail National Office
• 2006 Social Venture Partners
• 2007 The Breakfast Group
• 2008 The Moyer Foundation
• 2009 Women's Funding Alliance

Outstanding Philanthropists

• 1989 Al Thompson, M.D.
• 1990 James Sauget
• 1991 Virginia Gullikson
• 1992 Fredric Danz
• 1993 David C. Wyman
• 1994 Samuel and Althea Stroum
• 1995 Sam and Nathalie Brown
• 1996 Alan and Andrea Rabinowitz
• 1997 Floyd and Delores Jones
• 1998 Thatcher Bailey
• 1999 Phil & Helen Smart
• 2000 Helen Jewett Shields
• 2001 Dr. David R. and June M. Davis
• 2002 Bill and Paula Clapp
• 2003 Susan and Jeffrey Brotman
• 2004 Scott & Laurie Oki
• 2005 Paul and Debbi Brainerd
• 2006 Ida S. Cole
• 2007 Jim & Jan Sinegal
• 2008 Shad Reinstein & Jody Laine
• 2009 Nancy Nordoff

Outstanding Philanthropic Family

• 1990 Alan, Michelle, Joel and Andy Fingeroot
• 1991 Mary and William Gates and their children, Kristianne Gates Blake, Bill Gates, and Libby Armintrout
• 1994 The Bullitt Family
• 1995 The Alvord Family (Dr. Ellsworth and Nancy Alvord)
• 1996 John and Laurel Nesholm
• 1997 The Behnke Family
• 2000 The Haggen Family
• 2001 Ferguson Family
• 2002 Russell Family
• 2003 Haggen Family
• 2004 The Max & Helen Gurvich Family
• 2005 The Milgard Family
• 2006 The Moriguchi Family
• 2007 The Morse Family
• 2008 The Bridge Family
• 2009 The Lung Tsuchiya Family

Outstanding Young Philanthropist

• 1989 Zane Behnke and Heidi Winkenwerder
• 1990 Megumi Okumura
• 1991 Tiffany Kostelyk
• 1992 Vanessa Power
• 1993 Jesse Schutte
• 1994 Michael Safford, Jr.
• 1995 Makda Gebremedhin
• 1996 Anne S. Delaney
• 1997 Ashley Dey Rosser
• 1998 Lindsay Hampson
• 1999 Girl Scout Troup #18
• 2000 Kristin Thompson
• 2001 Nathan Gassert
• 2002 Christine McClane
• 2003 Korri Shimizu
• 2004 Megan Johnson
• 2005 Perry Ortiz-Williams
• 2006 Raj Majumder
• 2007 Nandie Oosthuizen
• 2008 Anders Crabo & Colin Flynn
• 2009 Mina Saudagaran

Outstanding Philanthropic Small Business

• 1996 Gary.Manuel Salon
• 1997 Tom Douglas & his staff (Dahlia Lounge, Etta's Seafood, & Palace Kitchen)
• 1998 Newland Construction Company, Inc.
• 1999 Studio 904 Salon
• 2000 Dick's Drive-In Restaurants
• 2001 Flying Fish and Fandango Restaurants
• 2002 Broadway New American Grill
• 2003 Broetje Orchards
• 2004 Marpac Construction LLC
• 2005 Canlis Restaurant
• 2006 McGavick Graves, P.S.
• 2007 Rick Steves' Europe Through the Back Door
• 2008 Village Books

One-time Awards

Special Community Service Award 1996 The Seattle Times

Leading Edge Philanthropy Award 1998 Pearl Jam

Building Bridges Award 2002 Roosevelt High School "Hands for a Bridge"