The Four Teams Leading Social Impact in 2025
Either through a cross-country bus tour or a sharp blend of tech and purpose, meet the teams earning special distinction at the 5th Annual Anthem Awards.
Each year, the organizations that earn the most awards across categories receive Special Achievement Awards. In a milestone year for The Anthem Awards, we are proud to recognize a group of companies and organizations that have made a transformative impact in 2025.
Read on to meet the groups that have been named Anthem Companies of the Year for their resilient efforts in building a better future for all.
Nonprofit of the Year
As the nation’s largest nonprofit organization empowering older Americans to live with purpose at every stage of life, we’re proud to recognize AARP as the 2025 Nonprofit of the Year.
AARP’s crucial healthcare campaigns, such as “It’s Not All Doom and Gloom,” featuring Naomi Watts, spark meaningful conversations around topics that are often overlooked. With editorials that amplify vital topics, including “How Cutting Government Programs Harms Older Adults,” they create tools to live a good life as you age.
Their work strengthens communities, expands representation, and ensures every stage of life is seen.
Small Nonprofit of the Year
For crucial recovery advocacy nationwide, we are proud to recognize Mobilize Recovery as the 2025 Small Nonprofit of the Year.
Founded on community-based solutions, they prove that recovery is possible. The Anthem-winning project, “Mobilize Recovery Across America 2024”, stopped in 18 cities to build awareness on effective ways to recover from addiction.
The cross-country campaign trained communities and tapped local policymakers to co-create a more harm-reductive recovery system. Their work takes shape at the grassroots level, building impact through a matrix of partner organizations and community networks.
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Brand of the Year
For continuing to push the boundaries of tech to create impact worldwide, we’re honoring Google as the 2025 Anthem Brand of the Year.
Their initiatives demonstrate how innovation can serve humanity’s most pressing needs. With initiatives that help identify fires from space or make cities more accessible, Google proves that tech’s true potential lies in good. They’re building tools for a more equitable and resilient future. The work demonstrates that meaningful impact can be engineered with the right vision.
Agency of the Year
We are proud to recognize DEPT® with the 2025 Agency of the Year Award. Earning both Anthem and Community Voice recognitions, they expertly blend creativity, technology, and purpose. Their work makes a transformative impact across communities worldwide.
DEPT® proves that creativity has, and always will be, a force for good. From advancing accessibility with Signs, an AI-powered platform for learning sign language, to driving sustainable change with “Reclaiming Our Atlantic Destiny,” tech is only growing more connected with purpose.
Meet the 2025 Anthem Winners in the Winners Gallery!
Get a closer look at the Winners of the 5th Annual Anthem Awards, featuring the Sabrina Carpenter x PLUS1 drive, the viral Andrew Garfield and Sesame Workshop moment, work from Rare Beauty, Headspace, The Mel Robbins Podcast, and more!
