The following clubs were honored as distinguished for the 2021-22 Kiwanis Year:
| Brooklyn | Kings Plaza-Canarsie |
| Central | Utica |
| Chemung | Cortland |
| Elmira | |
| Finger Lakes | Canandaigua |
| Genesee | Greece |
| Nunda | |
| Rochester West Central | |
| Hudson River | Dutchess County Christian Churches |
| Kingston | |
| Newburgh | |
| Saugerties | |
| Hudson River West | Chester |
| Middletown | |
| Long Island North | Glen Cove |
| North Shore, Long Island | |
| Long Island South Central | (The) Bellmores |
| Bethpage Central Park | |
| East Meadow | |
| Garden City | |
| Hempstead | |
| Levittown | |
| Massapequa | |
| Merrick | |
| The East Coast | |
| Long Island Southwest | East Rockaway |
| Oceanside | |
| Metropolitan | All Island |
| Brighton, Staten Island | |
| Chinatown, New York City | |
| North Central, Staten Island | |
| Richmond County | |
| Mohawk | Glens Falls |
| Saratoga Springs | |
| Niagara Frontier North | Lockport |
| Niagara Wheatfield | |
| Niagara Frontier South | Lancaster |
| West Seneca | |
| Ontario | Baldwinsville |
| Eastwood-East Syracuse | |
| Fulton | |
| Solvay-Geddes-Camillus | |
| Syracuse Young Professionals | |
| Queens East | Rosedale-Laurelton |
| Queens West | Glendale |
| Lefferts-Liberty, Queens County | |
| Ozone Park-Woodhaven | |
| Queens Boulevard | |
| Ridgewood, NY 3-2-1 | |
| Sunnyside | |
| Suffolk East | Patchogue |
| Suffolk West | Lindenhurst |
| Van Rensselaer | East Greenbush |
| Rensselaer | |
| Troy | |
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