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“ It was a delightful shock and honor to receive the About

OneGroup Innovation Award at the NYC Imagine
Awards in 2023. As a small and young nonprofit, it 5 ANNUAL IMAGINE AWARDS
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New York City Imagine Awards
means the world to share a stage and break bread The New York City Imagine Awards will be held Tuesday, October 28, 2025, 6 - 10pm at
with so many inspiring organizations with leaders Guastavino’s, New York, NY. This gala event was created to offer formal acknowledgment to
who have welcomed us so generously. Even before some of the City’s most effective and innovative nonprofit organizations. 501(c)(3) nonprofits located
the ceremony, the process was already more than in and/or serving The Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens or Staten Island are eligible to apply.
worth it: answering thoughtful questions about our
work, collaborating with the awesome video team, Last year we received over 250 applications across six categories, Arts & Culture; DEIA (Diversity,

and getting to learn about the other nonprofits in Equity, Inclusion, and/or Accessibility); Innovation; Leadership Excellence; Rising Star; and
the Imagine Awards network was hugely meaningful Social Impact, with the winner in each category winning a $5,000 award. The 24 finalists, 4 in each
for all of us at Hear Your Song. We are so grateful for category, each received a professionally produced video, which was showcased the night of the
this tremendous recognition and opportunity and event, two free tickets to the event, and thanks to our Diamond Sponsor, Webster Bank, $1,000
each! In addition to the 24 finalists recieving a professionally produced video and 2 free event tickets.
for the warm community from which they stem. ” Diamond Sponsorship for 2025 is available!

Dan Rubins

Dan Rubins, Executive Director & Co-Founder, Hear Your Song
Past Winner of the
Innovation Imagine Award

RECOGNITION COLLABORATION EDUCATION

For decades, the nonprofit The gala is expected to attract an The winners are the pioneers
sector has been touching the audience of over 500 nonprofit and and innovators of the nonprofit
lives of everyone that lives, for-profit professionals currently sector and collectively, their
works and plays in the New making a difference in the sector. forward-thinking qualities and
York Metropolitan area. Too This provides endless opportunities strong leadership can inspire and
often, the sector is rewarded to unite efforts from nonprofit educate other organizations to
with increased regulations and organizations and corporations evolve, collaborate, and increase
unfunded mandates. We, the that work with the sector. their operational effectiveness …
Imagine Awards Committee, a win for agencies and the sector
wanted to change that and
as a whole.
“ We appreciate the part that our sponsors play in partnering with us to recognize nonprofits for making
a difference. Our way of giving
New York City Imagine Awards
back to a sector that’s been giving
create an event that’s able to hi-light the best the New York Metropolitan
area has to offer in the nonprofit sector. It truly shows that through
collaboration, we can provide recognition for the great things the sector is back all along.
doing, foster cooperation between agencies, and educate the sector of the
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innovative and impactful endeavors the nonprofit sector is undertaking.

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