Opportunity Knocks Best Nonprofits to Work For 2007

Opportunity Knocks 1st Annual Peoples Choice Best Nonprofit to Work For Awards –
Announcing the Winners!

We are pleased to announce the Winners of the Opportunity Knocks 1st Annual Peoples Choice Best Nonprofit to Work For Awards!

Winners were selected by Opportunity Knocks from nominations held November 15 through December 31, 2007 based on employee submissions of a brief essay on why they consider their organization a great place to work.

Nominators could take into consideration factors that are important to them such as, quality of work/life balance, their organizations’ adherence to its mission, comradery of employees, unique benefits, training programs and career paths.

A total of fifteen (15) winners were awarded based on three categories of operating budget size.

Look for the award logo on their site to know that they truly are a great place to work!

And the winners are…

Operating Budget $1.5 Million or Less

ArtsWest www.artswest.org
Brain Injury Association of Georgia www.braininjurygeorgia.org
Marin Ventures www.MarinVentures.org
Our House, Inc. www.ourhousega.org
Silicon Valley Independent Living Center www.svilc.org

Operating Budget $1.5 Million to $3 Million

Family Violence Law Center www.fvlc.org
The Great Lakes Colleges Association GLCA www.glca.org
Health Education Council www.healthedcouncil.org
Jewish Publication Society www.jewishpub.org
Junior Achievement of the Bay Area www.jaba.org

Operating Budget $3 Million or More

Boys & Girls Clubs of Philadelphia www.bgcphila.org
Camp Boggy Creek www.boggycreek.org
City Year www.cityyear.org
Metro Atlanta YMCA www.ymcaatlanta.org
The New Teacher Project www.tntp.org

“Opportunity Knocks saw the need to provide nonprofit professionals a platform to give recognition and appreciation to the organizations providing quality work environments for the people in jobs that change the world. The 1st Annual Peoples Choice Best Nonprofit to Work For Awards demonstrates how nonprofit organizations can not only make a difference in the community but also have an incredibly positive impact on the lives of the people that work for them. Congratulations to the winners and thanks to all that took the time to submit their nomination .”

- Karen Beavor, President and CEO of Opportunity Knocks.