Saturday May 16th, 2026 6:00PM - Denver Art Museum
Nominations for the Excellence in Nursing Awards are Now Closed.
Nominations for the 2026 Nursing Excellence awards are now closed.
Check back soon for more information on our chosen finalists.
Help us Celebrate 40 Years of Excellence!
Help us make this milestone gala unforgettable. Join our "40 for 40" initiative. Every $40 donation to our ‘40 for 40’ initiative goes directly to the Colorado Nurses Foundation Scholarship Fund.
About the Excellence in Nursing Awards
Nursing Administration
Executive (CEO, CNO or Director Level)
Leader/Manager
Research and Quality Improvement and Health Care Policy
Nursing Research
Quality Improvement
Health Care Policy
Nursing Education
Academia
Nursing Professional Development
Nursing Eminence
Acute Care Clinical Practice
RN
LPN
Clinical Advanced Practice RN
Long Term Care, Rehabilitation
RN
LPN
Community Nursing
RN
LPN
Nurse Led Teams
The Colorado Nurses Foundation is committed to making a collective impact on a diverse, inclusive, and equitable care environment for all Colorado nurses and the Coloradans they serve. We embrace the uniqueness of all nurses and the kaleidoscope of humans of every race, color, religion, national origin, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, disability, age, veteran status, or immigration path who call Colorado home. Our commitment to these values is central to our mission and guides the development and implementation of our programs and initiatives that foster nursing excellence and promotes the leadership role of nurses to create a sustainable health care system for Colorado. One of these programs is the Excellence in Nursing Awards for Nursing Excellence.
Purchase Tickets
Guaranteed private table for you and your guests at the event.
10 tickets are included with the purchase and your business name will be on the table tent at the table.
As a non-profit that needs the sales from this event to be able to put it on, we are not able to offer refunds for purchases.
Traveling to join us for the event? Book your room with our discounted rate at The Element Hotel.
Become A Sponsor
Benefits for this sponsorship include:
4 event tickets to the Excellence in Nursing Gala
1 social media post on CNF Platforms (Insta, FN, Linkedin)
Logo included in thank you email sent to attendees
¼ page color ad in the program
Logo on event website
Logo on event table tents
Logo on event slideshow
(ONLY 1 AVAILABLE)
Benefits for this sponsorship include:
Full private table with 10 guests at the event
Wine service at your table at the event
Logo on event website accompanied by 300 words of your choice
Logo on event table tents
Logo on event slideshow
Logo in event program
1 social media post on CNF Platforms (Insta, FN, LinkedIn)
Logo included in thank you email sent to attendees
Logo in Know Before You Go email to attendees
Full page color ad in program
Slide designed by you in rolling event slideshow
Your logo on pull up banner on the main stage
Option to speak for 2 minutes at the event
Logo on banner across top of event website
Back cover of program
Full Page Color $600
Includes your camera-ready copy printed on a full page in the event program.
Half Page Color $350
Includes your camera-ready copy printed on a half-page in the event program.
Quarter Page Color $200
Includes your camera-ready copy printed on a half-page in the event program.
(ONLY 1 AVAILABLE)
Benefits of this sponsorship include:
4 tickets to the Nursing in Excellence Gala
Appetizers will be served with napkins with your logo on them
Shout out in welcome of presentation
Company credited as covering appetizers in Know Before You Go email to attendees
Logo in the program
(ONLY 2 AVAILABLE)
Benefits for this sponsorship include:
8 event tickets to the Nursing in Excellence Gala
Full page color ad in program
Slide designed by you in rolling event slideshow
Your logo on pull up banner on the main stage
Logo in Know Before You Go email to attendees
Logo on event website accompanied by 300 words of your choice
1 social media post on CNF Platforms (Insta, FN, Linkedin)
Logo included in thank you email sent to attendees
Logo on event table tents
Benefits of this sponsorship include:
2 tickets to the Excellence in Nursing Gala
Logo on event website
Logo on event table tents
Logo on event slideshow
Logo in event program
(ONLY 3 AVAILABLE)
Benefits for this sponsorship include:
6 event tickets to the Excellence in Nursing Gala
Logo in Know Before You Go email to attendees
½ page color ad in program
Logo on event website accompanied by 300 words of your choice
1 social media post on CNF Platforms (Insta, FN, Linkedin)
Logo included in thank you email sent to attendees
Logo on event website
Logo on event table tents
Logo on event slideshow
Logo in event program
(ONLY 1 AVAILABLE)
Benefits of this sponsorship include:
4 tickets to the Excellence in Nursing Gala
Each attendee will be given a drink ticket upon entry with your logo on it. After this ticket is used, drinks will be available for purchase
We will give you an extra 20 drink tickets to hand out to people you connect with
Specialty drink for event named after your company
Shout out in welcome of presentation
Company credited as covering first drink in Know Before You Go email to attendees
Logo in the program.
Benefits of this sponsorship include:
Logo on the event website
Logo on the event slideshow
Logo in the event program
Logo on the digital banner on photos
As a non-profit that needs the sales from this event to be able to put it on, we are not able to offer refunds for purchases.
Partners
As we have in the past, CNF is partnering with Regional AHEC’s and Associations to receive nominations and select recipients. Our partners are:
Denver Regional Nurses Association
Centennial AHEC
San Luis Valley AHEC
Pikes Peak Nightingale Association
Southwest Collaborative Committee
Nightingale Western Colorado
These Regional Partners will receive the nominations from their areas and will select their finalists, to be called Luminaries, and submit them to the State Selection Committee. The State Selection Committee will be comprised of representatives from each of the Regional Partners, CNF Board Members, and previous Excellence in Nursing Award Recipients. The State Selection Committee will select the sixteen Excellence in Nursing Award Recipients. All the Nominees and Luminaries will be honored at the Excellence in Nursing Awards Gala to be held May 16, 2026, at the Denver Art Museum. The Excellence in Nursing Award Recipients will be announced at the Gala. Proceeds from the Excellence in Nursing Awards Gala will be used to support the CNF Nursing Scholarship Program.