Awards and Recognition

2007 – Acacia Federal Savings Bank nominates Coptic Orphans for their “Nice Guys Award", which recognizes organizations who best model philanthropic values.

2006-2007 - Coptic Orphans chosen to be featured in the Catalogue for Philanthropy .

2006 – Coptic Orphans receives recommendation by Prof. Jennifer Brinkerhoff, an expert in the fields of international development and nonprofit management.

2005 - The United Nations Association of the National Capital Area Awards executive director Nermien Riad the Community Human Rights Award for the work of Coptic Orphans.

2005 - Coptic Orphans awarded as a runner up in the NPower Technology Innovation Award sponsored by Accenture

The NPower Greater DC Region Technology Innovation Award honors nonprofits in the metro Washington, DC area whose innovative use of technology has helped them improve key aspects of their operations and more effectively fulfill their missions:
* Overall mission
* Efficiency of day-to-day operations
* Effectiveness in serving clients and key stakeholders
* Increasing fundraising, advocacy or volunteer efforts

Read the article from the Washington Business Journal on our Articles page.

2005 - Coptic Orphans Awarded Honorable Mention.

We are delighted to announce that Coptic Orphans has been awarded an honorable mention in the 2005 Washington Post Award for Excellence in Nonprofit Management. With the honorable mention comes a grant for $2,500 to be used for organizational capacity building in our Washington DC office.

Coptic Orphans began the rigorous application process in December 2004. The process culminated in being chosen as one of five finalists out of 34 applicants, a site visit by the selection committee and a presentation to 300 members of the nonprofit community of Washington DC at the awards ceremony. Also present to congratulate Coptic Orphans was Consul Mahmoud Zayed of the Egyptian Embassy.

The Center for Nonprofit Advancement, which oversees this award, chose Coptic Orphans because of its organizational teamwork, the annual rotation of the board chair, outreach to the board and volunteers to build organizational skills, the programs allowing donors to see Coptic Orphans in action at the service site in Egypt, and Coptic Orphans' ability to build strong partnerships.

Outstanding nonprofit management is essential to delivering excellent services to the children and this award recognizes and allows us to maintain that excellence.

2003 – Coptic Orphans Honored by the The Coptic Orthodox Fellowship of Rutgers University at the Raising Orphanage Support (ROSE) dinner in February

2003 – Vice President Dick Cheney attends Coptic Orphans Gala, meets Coptic Orphans executive director Nermien Riad.

2002 - The Truman Award for Leadership and Innovation from the Society for International Development - Washington (SID-W) was awarded in November 2002 to the Program Manager Phoebe Farag, for her work on the Valuable Girl Project. Bob Berg of the Truman Foundation and Alina Zyskowski, executive director of SID-W presented the award at the "Development Works" conference.

2001 - The Spirit of Hope Award from The Children's Fund in 2001 for the contribution of Coptic Orphans to the betterment of children.