They make a difference

The fourth annual Community Leadership Awards honor financial advisers who make a difference in their communities.

Sean and Leigh Anne Touhy, the couple who inspired the best-selling book and motion picture “The Blind Side,” will be the keynote speakers at the awards ceremony, to be held tomorrow at 6:30 p.m. at Cipriani 42nd Street in New York.

Award categories include the Volunteer Team Award, the Mentoring Excellence Award, the Volunteer of the Year Award, the Community Service Award and — new this year — the Global Community Impact Award.

The Invest in Others Charitable Foundation donates $10,000 to the charity designated by each category’s honoree. It will also donate $500 to each of the finalists’ charities.

Proceeds from the awards dinner will go to the Boston-based Invest in Others Charitable Foundation, a registered 501(c)(3) charity that supports philanthropic and volunteer activities among financial advisers in the United States.

Nearly 300 nominations were received for this year’s awards. Since 2009, this year’s 15 adviser finalists have donated a total of nearly $430,000 personally and raised more than $1.86 million through their charities, which serve causes such as needy and at-risk children, disease research and awareness campaigns, people with disabilities, community poverty and Haiti relief.