Awards, Jun 18, 1998

The following awards have been presented for work in philanthropy, fund raising, volunteerism, and non-profit management:

Arts. Americans for the Arts (Washington) has given its 1998 Michael Newton Award, which recognizes exemplary leadership and dedication to supporting the arts through united arts funds, to Robb Hankins, executive director of the Greater Hartford Arts Council (Conn.).

Community service. The Jessie Ball duPont Fund (Jacksonville, Fla.) has presented its 1998 Jessie Ball duPont Fund Award to the Right Rev. Cabell Tennis, bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Delaware, for his contributions to community leadership and social ministry. The award carries a $40,000 grant for the diocese and a $10,000 grant for Bishop Tennis.

Financial management. The National Federation of Nonprofits (Washington) has given its inaugural Charity Financial Executive of the Year Award to Helene Sullivan, treasurer and vice-president of finance at Save the Children (Westport, Conn.).

Leadership. Independent Sector (Washington) has presented its 1998 John W. Gardner Leadership Award to Pablo Eisenberg, founder of the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy (Washington) and retiring executive director of the Center for Community Change (Washington), for his long-time advocacy of public policies and philanthropic activities that meet the needs of low-income people.

Non-profit management. The Washington Council of Agencies (D.C.) has presented its 1998 WCA Award for Excellence in Nonprofit Management to Building Futures (Washington), an organization that provides housing and related assistance to children, families, and individuals affected by H.I.V. and AIDS. The award is given annually to a Washington-area non-profit group and carries a $5,000 prize.

Scientific research. The Warren Alpert Foundation (Providence, R.I.) has presented the 1998 Warren Alpert Foundation Prize to Robert Gallo of the U. of Maryland at Baltimore and Luc Montagnier of the City U. of New York, Queens College (Flushing, N.Y.) and the Pasteur Institute (Paris), for their work to discover and isolate H.I.V., the virus that causes AIDS. The men were chosen because of the widespread and rapid impact of their research findings. The award, which is presented annually to recognize “creative research that drastically affects the human condition,” carries a $100,000 prize; recipients are selected by the foundation’s Scientific Advisory Committee, which is made up of experts from Harvard Medical School (Boston) and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge).

Women. The Ms. Foundation for Women (New York) has presented its 1998 “Women of Vision” awards, which honor grassroots leaders and financial supporters of new programs that create economic opportunities for welfare recipients and other low-income women. The winners:

— Connie E. Evans, president of the Women’s Self-Employment Project (Chicago), a microenterprise program that provides low-income urban women with financial resources, business instruction, and support services.

— Sarah Lee and Florinda Pimental, owners of Cooperative Home Care Associates (Bronx, N.Y.), the nation’s largest inner-city worker-owned home-care organization.

— Anita Moeller, director of the Acre Family Day Care Corporation (Lowell, Mass.), which helps low-income women — primarily Latina and Cambodian women receiving public assistance — establish home-based child-care businesses.

— Penny Penrose, executive director of the Good Faith Fund (Pine Bluff, Ark.), which provides loans, training, and support services to help low-income residents of the Arkansas delta region start microenterprises.