2027 Charlie Award

Award Ceremony: CECP Summit 2027
Nomination Form

BACKGROUND

The “Charles H. Moore Award for Leadership in Corporate Community Engagement” (known informally as The Charlie Award) is an award named to honor CECP’s first Executive Director. The late Charlie Moore led CECP for more than a decade, transforming a nascent organization into the leading forum for corporate executives on the subject of corporate social strategy engagement. This award celebrates a senior corporate affairs professional who demonstrates perseverance in the pursuit of societal advancement, the trait for which Charlie is best known.

The winner accepts the award in front of his/her peers at the annual CECP Summit, where more than 250 leaders in corporate social investment from the world’s largest companies gather to learn together. The Charlie Award is part of CECP’s Force for Good Awards program, which also annually honors the achievements of current and former CEOs who lead on making corporate social investment a priority in their companies and communities.

NOMINEE ELIGIBILITY

Nominee must be employed by a for-profit company with annual revenues in excess of $2 billion at the time of the Award ceremony.

Professional responsibilities of the nominee must fall into these or a similar function (recognizing that each company prefers different terminology): Community Affairs, Corporate Social Responsibility, Corporate Relations, Corporate Foundation, Public Affairs, Corporate Sustainability, Social Innovation, or Corporate Citizenship.

Nominee must have worked in one (or more) of the aforementioned functions for 10 or more years and be one of the senior-most people in that function area.

The nominee is required to accept the award in person at the Awards ceremony the CECP Summit 2027 in Las Vegas, NV (May date TBD). If s/he is unable to assure their attendance, via written confirmation, the award will be rescinded and given to the runner-up.

A winner may not be re-nominated in future years; non-winning past nominees may be re-nominated.

This Award is open to senior leaders at a CECP-affiliated company who meet the above criteria; the award is limited to employees of companies in the CECP roster.

Candidates for the Award may not self-nominate; the application must be submitted by another individual who may be at the same or a different company.

Honorees must take part in a communications campaign over the following year, with support from CECP and the nominee’s company, including a press release and one form of communication such as a blog post, media interview, panel discussion, or webinar.

NOMINATOR ELIGIBILITY

Nominator must be employed by a for-profit company at the time of the Award nomination deadline. The nominator does not need to be, but can be, employed by same company as the nominee.

Nominator must alert someone on the nominee’s team of the intent to apply for the award, to ensure company approval of the nomination and recognition of future support for the award and its criteria.

Professional responsibilities of the nominator must fall into these or a similar function (recognizing that each company prefers different terminology): Community Affairs, Corporate Social Responsibility, Corporate Relations, Corporate Foundation, Public Affairs, Corporate Sustainability, Social Innovation, or Corporate Citizenship.

DEADLINE

August 30, 2026

Nominator Information

1. First Name *This question is required.

2. Last Name *This question is required.

3. Title *This question is required.

4. Company *This question is required.

5. Contact Number *This question is required.

6. Email *This question is required. This question requires a valid email address.

7. Your Assistant’s Name, Email, Phone (if applicable):

8. One-Sentence Business Summary *This question is required.

9. Your relationship to the nominee (limit 50 words) *This question is required.

10. Your professional bio (limit 200 words) *This question is required.

Nominee Information

11. Nominee’s First Name *This question is required.

12. Nominee’s Last Name *This question is required.

13. Nominee’s Title *This question is required.

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Nominee’s Company

*This question is required.

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Nominee’s Contact Number

*This question is required.

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Nominee’s Email

*This question is required. This question requires a valid email address.

17. Nominee’s Assistant’s Name, Email, Phone (if applicable)

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Nominee’s Company’s FY25 Revenue

*This question is required.

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One-Sentence Business Summary

*This question is required.

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Nominee’s Estimated Tenure in the Field

*This question is required.

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Nominee’s Professional Bio (limit 200 words)

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Nominee’s Perseverance (75 points)

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1. Share the ways in which the nominee exemplifies perseverance in the pursuit of societal advancement. What have they done and what has been the outcome? This question may be interpreted broadly and can include the nominee’s efforts in any of the below:

Make meaningful progress toward solving a societal issue

Mentor others and serve as a role model

Be a “change agent” in a complex context

Contribute an influential idea and/or bring an influential idea to scale

Initiate a bold project or take an important risk in the name of innovation

Build the capacity of a nonprofit or the nonprofit sector

Incorporate societal initiatives into the company’s core business strategy

RESPONSE (maximum 500 words)

*This question is required.

Nominee’s Uniqueness (25 points)

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2. What makes this person’s efforts unique? What about his/her approach or contribution distinguishes him/her from other leaders you admire in this field?

RESPONSE (maximum 300 words)

*This question is required.

Thank You!

We greatly appreciate the time you have invested in this nomination and thank you for sharing your nominee’s inspiring story. Please see the following page for brief, optional multiple-choice questions designed to help CECP further refine the application process.

Optional Questions

Answers to the following questions are helpful to CECP as we seek to improve the Awards process; however, answering them is optional and will not impact the nominee’s chances of winning.

26. C. Any improvement suggestions for CECP on this application, the Awards process, or the celebration of Award recipients?

Questions? Contact Katie Leasor, Director of Marketing at CECP at kleasor@cecp.co

2027 Charlie Award

2027 Charles H. Moore Award