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Prize Philanthropy Awards and Recipients, 2009 Burroughs Wellcome Fund Career Awards for Medical Scientists Description: Supports the last years of a mentored position and the beginning years of an independent position, facilitating the transition to a career in research. Amount: $700,000 each over five years 2009 Recipient(s): Thomas R. Hawn, M.D., Ph.D., University of Washington Robert O. Heuckeroth, M.D., Ph.D., Washington University Ari Melnick, M.D., Weill Medical College of Cornell University Stephanie Ware, M.D., Ph.D., University of Cincinnati Bush Foundation Enduring Vision Award Description: Encourages the artists’ continued influence on present and future generations of artists, audiences, and their chosen field of work. Amount: $100,000 each over three to five years 2009 Recipient(s): Michael Sommers, Minneapolis, MN Kevin Locke, Wakpala, SD Mary Louise Defender Wilson, Fort Yates, ND The Aspen Institute John P. McNulty Prize Description: Recognizes an extraordinary young leader making creative, effective, and lasting contributions to his or her community. Amount: $100,000 2009 Recipient(s): Patrick Awuah of Ghana, founder of the Accra-based Ashesi University Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation Bradley Prizes Description: Recognizes individuals of extraordinary talent and dedication who have made contributions of excellence in areas consistent with the foundation’s mission. Amount: Up to $250,000 each 2009 Recipient(s): Founders and leaders of the Federalist Society for Public Policy Studies Martin Gilbert, historian and official biographer of Winston Churchill Arnold C. Harberger, chief economic advisor, USAID William Kristol, founder and editor, The Weekly Standard Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation Broad Prize for Urban Education Description: Awarded to the most improved urban school district in the country. Amount: $2 million 2009 Recipient(s): Aldine Independent School District, Texas The Andrea and Charles Bronfman Philanthropies Inc. Charles Bronfman Prize Description: Celebrates the vision and talent of an individual or team 50 years of age or under, whose humanitarian work has contributed significantly to the betterment of the world. Amount: $100,000 2009 Recipient(s): Mike Feinberg and Dave Levin, co-founders of Knowledge Is Power Program (KIPP) Carnegie Corporation of New York Academic Leadership Award Description: Honors leaders of higher education institutions for their commitment to equity, access to an affordable education, curricular innovations, and outstanding liberal arts instruction. Amount: $500,000 each 2009 Recipient(s): Leon Botstein, president, Bard College Scott Cowen, president, Tulane University Amy Gutmann, president, University of Pennsylvania William E. Kirwan, chancellor, University System of Maryland Annie E. Casey Foundation and Harvard University’s Ash Institute Innovations Award Description: Recognizes government initiatives that forward innovative practices that benefit citizens. Amount: $100,000 2009 Recipient(s): Wraparound Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI Champalimaud Foundation António Champalimaud Vision Award Description: Recognizes achievements in preventing blindness in the developing world. Amount: $1.4 million 2009 Recipient(s): Helen Keller International, New York, NY Chicago Community Trust Trust Fellowship Description: Provides a significant investment in the leadership talent for not-for-profit organizations and supports excellence in the sector. Amount: Up to $60,000 each 2009 Recipient(s): Jaime de Leon, communities program director, Enlace Chicago Juan Dies, executive director, Sones de Mexico Ensemble Liz Drapa, associate director, Corporation for Supportive Housing Malik Gillani, co-founder and executive director, Silk Road Theatre Project Christian Greer, senior director of education, The John G. Shedd Aquarium Gabrielle Lyon, co-founder and executive director, Project Exploration 20 | Philanthropy Annual 2009
Prize Philanthropy AWARDS and Recipients, 2009 Sylvia Puente, director, The Latino Policy Forum Sandra Wilkniss, director, Thresholds Institute Civic Ventures Purpose Prize Description: Recognizes social entrepreneurs age 60 and older. Amount: $100,000 or $50,000 2009 Recipient(s): $100,000 Prize Winners: Elizabeth and Stephen Alderman, Bedford, NY Judith Broder, Studio City, CA Don Coyhis, Colorado Springs, CO Henry Liu, Columbia, MO Tim Will, Rutherfordton, NC $50,000 Prize Winners: Marcy Adelman, San Francisco, CA Duncan Campbell, Portland, OR Ann Higdon, Dayton, OH Connie Siskowski, Boca Raton, FL James Smallwood, Camden, NJ Franklin Institute Bower Award and Prize for Achievement in Science Description: Presented to a distinguished member of the international scientific community for work in a prescribed discipline that changes each year. Amount: $250,000 2009 Recipient(s): Sandra M. Faber, Ph.D., astronomer, University of California Observatories/Lick Observatory, and professor of astronomy & astrophysics, University of California, Santa Cruz Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Access to Learning Award Description: Recognizes a library that uses innovative ways of providing people in need around the world with free access to computers and the Internet Amount: $1 million 2009 Recipient(s): Fundación Empresas Públicas de Medellín (EPM Foundation), Medellín, Colombia Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Gates Award for Global Health Description: Recognizes an organization that has made a major and lasting contribution to the field of global health. Amount: $1 million 2009 Recipient(s): London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, England Richard N. Goldman and Rhoda Goldman Goldman Environmental Prize Description: Awarded to grassroots environmental heroes from each of the world’s inhabited continental regions. Amount: $150,000 each 2009 Recipient(s): Wanze Eduards, Suriname Maria Gunnoe, USA Syeda Rizwana Hasan, Bangladesh Yuyun Ismawati, Indonesia S. Hugo Jabini, Suriname Marc Ona Essangui, Gabon Olga Speranskaya, Russia Gruber Foundation Gruber International Prizes Description: Honors contemporary individuals in the fields of cosmology, genetics, neuroscience, justice, and women’s rights, whose groundbreaking work provides new models that inspire and enable fundamental shifts in knowledge and culture. Amount: $500,000 per category (shared) 2009 Recipient(s): Cosmology: Wendy Freedman, director, Observatories of the Carnegie Institution of Washington, Pasadena, CA Robert Kennicutt, director, Institute of Astronomy at the University of Cambridge, England Jeremy Mould, professorial fellow, University of Melbourne School of Physics Genetics: Janet Davison Rowley, M.D., Blum-Riese Distinguished Service Professor, University of Chicago Justice: Bryan Stevenson, executive director, Equal Justice Initiative European Roma Rights Centre Neuroscience: Jeffrey Hall, professor of neurogenetics, University of Maine Michael Rosbash, professor and director, National Center for Behavioral Genomics at Brandeis University Michael Young, professor and head of the Laboratory of Genetics at Rockefeller University Women’s Rights: Leymah Roberta Gbowee, executive director, Women in Peace and Security Network – Africa Women’s Legal Centre (WLC), South Africa John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Guggenheim Fellows Description: Awarded to individuals on the basis of distinguished achievement and exceptional promise to help provide blocks of time in which they can work with as much creative freedom as possible. Amount: $43,200 average 2009 Recipient(s): 213 recipients (See list at www.gf.org/fellows/current/) Heinz Family Foundation Heinz Awards Description: Commemorates the late Sen. John Heinz’s long-standing commitment to the environment to individuals whose achievements have helped bring about a cleaner, greener, and more sustainable planet. Amount: $100,000 each 2009 Recipient(s): Robert Berkebile, founder, American Institute of Architects’ National Committee on the Environment P. Dee Boersma, Wadsworth Endowed Chair in Conservation Studies, University of Washington Christopher B. Field, founding director, Department of Global Ecology, Carnegie Institution for Science Ashok Gadgil, professor of civil and environmental engineering, University of California, Berkeley Chip Giller, founder, Grist magazine Deborah Rice, toxicologist, Maine Department of Health and Human Services, Environmental, and Occupational Health Joel Salatin, author, lecturer, and farmer, Polyface Farm Kirk R. Smith, professor of Global Environmental Health, University of California, Berkeley, School of Public Health Thomas Smith, director of Texas office, Public Citizen People Who Make a Difference | 21
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