Council on Foundations Names Award Winners
March 28, 2007 | Read Time: 1 minute
The Council on Foundations has announced the names of its 2007 award winners for innovative and effective philanthropy.
John Damonti, of the Bristol Myers Squibb Foundation, won the Robert W. Scrinver Award for Creative Philanthropy for his work on the Secure the Future Initiative, which runs clinics and trains doctors to treat African children with HIV and AIDS.
The Blue Cross Blue Shield Foundation of Massachusetts won the Paul Ylvisaker Award for Public Policy Engagement for the Roadmap to Coverage project—which, in conjunction with the nonprofit Urban Institute, does research into providing medical coverage for the uninsured.
The council also announced 75 winners of its Wilmer Shields Rich Awards, which honor “excellence in communications” by foundations and corporate givers; and also five Critical Impact Awards to honor especially noteworthy grant-making programs.
