Named National Partner of the Year by LEAD

LEAD stands for Law Enforcement Against Drugs and Violence. The organization works with law enforcement agencies, schools, and community groups to reduce the impact of drugs and violence, particularly on young people. Prevention work, intervention programs, and community outreach across the country.

Universal Events has supported LEAD through fundraising campaigns in multiple markets. Our teams handle the community side of those campaigns: direct outreach, donor engagement, event support. The goal is to raise enough to keep their programs running and expand their reach into communities where the work is needed most.

Why this recognition carries weight

Being named LEAD's National Partner of the Year is recognition from the organization itself. That distinction matters. The people running the programs every day made a judgment about who was most effective at supporting them. That judgment carries weight that no outside award does.

I started this firm with one clear purpose: to handle the operational infrastructure that nonprofit organizations are not built to manage themselves, so that those organizations can stay focused on the people they are there to serve. LEAD is a direct example of what that looks like in practice.

Our work with LEAD is one of the things I am most proud of. Not because of this recognition, though it is meaningful. Because of what the organization is doing and because of what our support makes possible.

The recognition is good. The programs it supports are better.