Mayoral Service Recognition Program
Recognizing People Power in New York City
The Mayoral Service Recognition Program brings New Yorkers together each year to celebrate the power of service. This annual program honors volunteers and service members who build a culture of service, use service as a solution to community challenges, and answer the call to serve to ensure the success of our fellow New Yorkers.
Held during National Volunteer Month in April, the program shines a spotlight on the outstanding and diverse volunteer efforts of the previous calendar year.
Celebrate Your Service
NYC Service issues Mayoral Service Recognition Certificates to honor NYC-based organizations, nonprofits (including City agencies), individual volunteers, and businesses that engage New Yorkers in service.
Certificates recognize service completed between January 1–December 31, 2025.
- All certificates are signed by the Mayor and Chief Service Officer
- Organizations and businesses may select print or digital certificates
- Individual volunteer certificates must be submitted by an NYC-based organization
Organization Certificate of Recognition
Note: Organizations must be registered and logged into the NYC Service website to request certificates. Check if your organization has an existing account or register here.
Request CertificateBusiness Certificate of Recognition
Request CertificateCertificate requests are open until February 20th!
Impact Awards
Honoring extraordinary contributions to New York City
Impact Awards recognize organizations, businesses, volunteers, and AmeriCorps alumni who strengthened communities through service during the 2025 calendar year.
- Spirit of the City Award: Recognizes an individual (21 or older) whose exceptional service has made a meaningful impact on their community and inspired others to take action.
- AmeriCorps Alum Impact Award: Honors an AmeriCorps alum who continues to embody the spirit of “Getting Things Done” through community service beyond their term of service.
- Community Impact Award: Celebrates an organization that strategically addresses city or community needs through innovative volunteer engagement.
- Partnership Impact Award: Recognizes a collaborative effort between an organization and a business that came together in service to a community.
- Youth Impact Award: Honors an individual or group of young people whose service has produced a tangible community impact.
Impact Award nominations are open until February 20th!
Past Honorees & Program Highlights
Each year, the Mayoral Service Recognition Program celebrates individuals, organizations, and partnerships whose service strengthens New York City communities.
Explore past honorees, ceremony highlights, and stories of people power in action.
Past Award Recipients
2026 Award Winners
AmeriCorps Alum Impact Award: Eric Ragone
"Eric led efforts to expand medically tailored meal delivery to hundreds of New Yorkers living with life-altering illness through God’s Love We Deliver, a New York City based nonprofit that engages volunteers to provide free, home-delivered meals."
Community Impact Award: Brown Girls Climb
"Brown Girls Climb is a nonprofit expanding access, mentorship, and leadership in climbing and the outdoors for women and gender-queer people of color through skill workshops, outdoor programs, wilderness medicine, stewardship, and partnerships."
Partnership Impact Award: Morgan Stanley & New York Edge
"POTS and Fordham Preparatory School mobilized their community to raise $142,000 in food and donations and assemble 600 dignity kits for Bronx neighbors and families who faced rising food insecurity."
Spirit of the City Award: Nancy Easton
"When many new New Yorkers were seeking asylum in New York City, Iman developed programs to provide rapid support to vulnerable New Yorkers. Through her service, she helped domestic violence survivors, families in crisis, and new neighbors with safety planning and emergency aid."
Youth Impact Award: Adams Street Youth Leadership Council
"Wellness on Wheels NYC, a teen-led initiative, fights food insecurity in underserved communities across the five boroughs by growing and harvesting their own produce at their 14-bed community garden, run solely by 100+ youth volunteers."
2025 Award Winners
AmeriCorps Alum Impact Award: Rina Madhani
"After noticing gaps in literacy resources during her AmeriCorps service, Rina founded Start Lighthouse. The Literacy Hubs initiative serves 2,100 students in underserved NYC communities, providing diverse books, interventions, and family engagement to boost academic performance and literacy."
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Community Impact Award: Every Day is a Miracle
"Every Day is a Miracle (EDM) fights food insecurity in the Bronx, providing 21.3M meals since 2008. EDM serves 4,568 families monthly and offers social services like benefits assessments, job referrals, and housing support. It operates in four locations, including three Title I schools."
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Partnership Impact Award: Morgan Stanley & New York Edge
"Morgan Stanley and New York Edge launched a six-week Coding Club at PS 78 in Queens, using Scratch and imagiCharm to inspire young minds. Led by Morgan Stanley’s software team, the program ended with a showcase at their headquarters, where students presented projects, explored tech careers, and got a glimpse into software development."
Spirit of the City Award: Nancy Easton
"Nancy Easton (Wellness in the Schools) has transformed school wellness by empowering educators, chefs, and policymakers to rethink food and fitness in schools. Through Wellness in the Schools, she’s ensured healthy, delicious meals and active play for over a million students nationwide — including all NYC public schools."
Youth Impact Award: Adams Street Youth Leadership Council
"The Adams Street Youth Leadership Council created 'Bridging the Gap' to address violence between youth and police in downtown Brooklyn. After educational sessions and a field day with 130+ officers and youth, students' feelings of safety around law enforcement increased by 54%."
2024 Award Winners
AmeriCorps Alum Impact Award: Alibamba Sillah
"An AmeriCorps State and National alum, Alibamba has helped mobilize and engage residents to participate in BAMBA Sports, hosting annual soccer tournaments for low-income Black youth. During summer 2023, their summer tournament brought together over 600 participants, providing vital mental health support and keeping youths engaged."
Community Impact Award: Literacy Partners
"The Literacy Partners’ English for Parents program is an immersive English learning experience made for parents. Volunteers facilitate discussions or offer 1-on-1 support to foster moments of connection, increase parent-child bonding, and boost literacy skills."
Partnership Impact Award: Macquarie Group Limited & Team Kids
"The Team Kids Challenge, supported by Macquarie Group, is a 5-week youth leadership program empowering students to deliver acts of kindness, organize food and clothing drives, and lead service initiatives. Macquarie Group contributed a $260,000 match, the largest in Team Kids’ history."
Spirit of the City Award: Annabel Amir
"Annabel Amir co-founded and developed the Youth Mental Health Program at the American Central Asian Association, hosting workshops, therapy sessions, and fundraising efforts to enhance the lives of youth and families in NYC."
Youth Impact Award: Clinton School Rescuing Leftover Cuisine Group
"The Clinton School’s Rescuing Leftover Cuisine (RLC) group rescued excess food from businesses and restaurants, serving over 5,000 meals and relieving hunger while reducing emissions."
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2023 Award Winners
AmeriCorps Alum Impact Award: Katharine Reed
"Katharine expanded citywide volunteer engagement through the Sanitation Foundation, launching scalable community-led cleanup initiatives and managing large volunteer events."
Community Impact Award: Children of Promise, NYC
"Supports children of incarcerated parents through trauma-informed afterschool programming, academic support, and community advocacy."
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Partnership Impact Award: Food Bank For New York City & New York Yankees
"A collaborative food distribution initiative that transformed Yankee Stadium into a community resource hub, distributing over 150,000 meals to Bronx residents."
Youth Impact Award: Afnan Faiza
"Afnan enhanced intergenerational programming at Sunnyside Community Services and launched a Pen Pals initiative connecting youth and older adults."
Press
NYC Service Press Release
Chief Service Officer Presents Top Volunteers and Organizations with Mayoral Service Impact Awards
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Yahoo Finance
Team Kids Receives Partnership Impact Award for Community Empowerment Initiative
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Spectrum Noticias
Literacy Partners: 'Ya no necesito intérprete cuando tengo conferencia de padres': estudiante de inglés
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QNS
Community Impact Award given to organization serving low-income immigrant families in Corona and Jackson Heights
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Forum Daily New York
Annabelle Amir received an award from the mayor's office for services to the city
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Questions about the Mayoral Service Recognition Program?
Contact us at recognition@cityhall.nyc.gov