Meet the 2026 Anthem Community Voice Award Winners
Get inspired by some of the projects and campaigns that earned the most support from over 67,000 public votes during the 6th Annual Anthem Community Voice celebration.
Each year, the Anthem Awards community comes together to celebrate the Finalists’ work and support the projects making the greatest impact. The for-profit and nonprofit projects in each Category Type that receive the greatest amount of support are crowned the Anthem Community Voice Winners! Learn more about some of this year’s winning projects below and see all the Anthem Community Voice honorees in the Winners Gallery.
Nubability Athletics Foundation
The NubAbility Athletics Foundation has used sports to build courage, confidence, and a sense of belonging for limb-different and amputee youth. At their All Sports Camp, children train in 19 mainstream sports with accomplished limb-different coaches who understand their challenges and potential.
Take a Minute Make a Plan by Diageo
Beverage alcohol company Diageo partnered with Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD), the NFL and Uber to launch ‘Take A Minute. Make A Plan. Never Drive Impaired,’ a campaign that encouraged sports fans to plan ahead and avoid impaired driving during football season.
Hand in Hand: Supporting Children and Families Impacted by Parental Addiction by Sesame Workshop
Hand in Hand is an interactive professional development course designed to support providers working with children and families impacted by parental addiction and substance use. The course highlights how addiction affects the entire family and equips providers with research-informed strategies.
Giving is American by Charity Navigator
Facing a sharp decline in donor participation across the nonprofit sector, Charity Navigator launched “Giving is American” on April 18, 2026 to re-energize and re-engage their community. The content-focused campaign redefined giving not just as an act of generosity, but as a core expression of shared values, collective responsibility, and the spirit of caring for one another.
Kate Beebe, Building a Global Movement by the Coral Reef Alliance
The Coral Reef Alliance honored their Associate Director of Communications & Brand Kate Beebe for creating Coral Bleaching Awareness Month (CBAM), the first global awareness campaign dedicated to coral bleaching. Now in its third year, CBAM has united conservation organizations, scientists, aquariums, dive operators, and communities around shared messaging that transforms complex reef science into hopeful, action-oriented storytelling.
Every Pregnancy
The For Mama 2026 Challenge united 45+ partners during Ramadan around the belief that a safe pregnancy should not depend on where a mother lives. Led by Every Pregnancy, its $9 million Boost Fund was designed to maximize the impact of smaller organisations, and shared storytelling, campaign tools and live dashboards helped partners rally their communities and sustain giving throughout the month.
Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness by Innocence Project
As America marks 250 years since the Declaration of Independence, this campaign asked what freedom means for those who have had it stolen by the criminal legal system. Through the stories and powerful portraits of Innocence Project 16 clients, we reimagine 250 years of freedom lost and restored, creating a powerful reflection of what it means to reclaim the rights laid out in the Declaration of Independence — the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
Edges of Earth
Research expedition Edges of Earth spent three years across 50 countries living alongside the ocean and climate innovators nobody found: 2,500+ interviews, 250 regions, 50 countries. Flywheel Motion is the growth engine built from that fieldwork. It found people succeeding against the odds, then helped them become discoverable so they receive the funding, access and resources they need to scale.
Breaking Barriers: Girls and the Future of Cybersecurity by Girls Who Code
Women represent only 22% of cybersecurity professionals, yet little research examines girls’ awareness of and interest in the field. Girls Who Code conducted a first-of-its-kind national survey of 2,105 teens to identify what keeps girls from cybersecurity — and what could draw them in.
Eyes on AI by Gen-Z for Change
Eyes on AI (EOAI) is an interactive surveillance audit tool. It prompts users to map how AI-powered surveillance shows up in their daily life, then delivers material steps to cut their individual risk. We paired the gamified web tool with a creator-led social strategy, a Times Square ad, and posters wheat-pasted across NYC and LA, making this invisible threat something young people can name, assess, and act on.
Waste2Taste
Sid Sharma turned a family habit of finding purpose in overlooked food into Waste2Taste, a youth-led 501(c)(3) addressing food waste at both community and household levels. The nonprofit rescues surplus food and transforms it into cooked meals and baked goods for community organizations, while his cookbook, Still Good, helps families rethink ingredients they often discard.
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