The Parkinson Foundation of the National Capital Area has received the following honors and awards for its work to help people fight Parkinson’s Disease.
2025: Named Critical Nonprofit in the Greater Washington Region by Spur Local, formerly the Catalogue for Philanthropy
PFNCA has been recognized for excellence by the Catalogue for Philanthropy/Spur Local since 2014.
2023: Greater Washington Community Foundation David Bradt Non-Profit Leadership Award
In October 2023, the Greater Washington Community Foundation presented PFNCA President & CEO, Jared Cohen, with the David Bradt Non-Profit Leadership Award. As part of this award, Cohen received a $15,000 professional development scholarship. He used the scholarship to participate in a Harvard Business School Executive Education program.
2019: Honored for Innovation by the Public Interest Registry
PFNCA was a finalist in a global awards competition in the category of innovation. The competition — the .Org Impact Awards — was produced by the Public Interest Registry (PIR), which operates the .ORG domain where millions of groups and individuals have established and grown their online identities.
2019: Excellence Award presented by CVENT
PFNCA used a software platform called CVENT to manage its wellness and educational programs. CVENT is a global company based in McLean, VA that specializes in meetings, events, and hospitality management technology. Other finalists in the awards category PFNCA won included:
- Wolters Kluwer N.V. is a Netherlands-based global information services company serving legal, business, tax, accounting, finance, audit, risk, compliance, and healthcare markets with operations in 180 countries, 18,000+ employees and revenue of $4.7B USD in 2018.
- Morningstar, Inc. is a global financial services firm headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, United States with 4,000+ employees. It provides an array of investment-research and investment-management services. In 2018, Morningstar had $1B in revenue.
At the time CVENT presented the award, PFNCA had a staff of 4 FTE and revenue of about $1M.
2018: AIM Award for Excellence in Non-Profit Management (Honorable Mention) Presented by the Center for Non-Profit Advancement
PFNCA was given honorable mention recognition for the highly competitive AIM Award. The award winner had a budget of about $5M and 50 employees. The other honorable mention charity had a budget of about $28M and 700 employees. At the time receiving the honorable mention honor, PFNCA had a staff of 4 FTE and a budget of about $1M.
