The Nonprofit News Awards, or INNYs, honor excellence in journalism, leadership and community service across the field of nonprofit news.

The INNYs include and go beyond traditional award categories like “best investigative journalism” to recognize what differentiates nonprofit news – values like collaboration, innovation and impact. The awards are open to all news organizations that are members of the Institute for Nonprofit News (INN).

Each year, the Institute for Nonprofit News hosts an awards ceremony to celebrate the finalists and name the winners.

The 2024 contest

The 2024 Nonprofit News Awards will be open for entries from Monday, May 13, through 11:59 p.m. ET on Monday, June 3.

The Journalism categories are:

• Best Investigative Journalism Award
• Insight Award for Explanatory Journalism
• Breaking Barriers Award
• Community Champion Award
• INNovator Award
• Insight Award for Visual Journalism

The Overall categories are:

• Emerging Leader of the Year
• Startup of the Year
• Journalism Collaboration of the Year
• Nonprofit Newcomer of the Year
• INN Service to Nonprofit News Award

This year, the awards event will be held on Sept. 18, 2024 in Atlanta.

Past winners