Awards, Apr 17, 2003

The following awards have been presented for work in advocacy, fund raising, nonprofit leadership, philanthropy, and other areas.

Education fund raising.

The Council for Advancement and Support of Education (Washington) has presented its 2003 Independent Schools Awards to individuals and foundations that have supported primary and secondary education. The awards and their recipients:

— The John R. Chandler Award for corporations or foundations: the Gleason Foundation (Rochester, N.Y.).

— The Robert Bell Crow Memorial Award for development professionals: Delores Smith, director of development at St. Christopher´s School (Richmond, Va.).

— The Seymour Preston Award for trustees: Aubrey W. Baillie, chairman of the Board of Trustees at the Appleby College Foundation (Toronto).

— The Support Staff Distinguished Service Award for nonprofessional development staff members: Barbara Bowes, assistant director of development at the Fay School (Southborough, Mass.).

Employment. The Enterprise Foundation (Columbia, Md.) and the J.P. Morgan Chase Foundation (New York) have presented the 2003 J.P. Morgan Chase Foundation Awards for Excellence in Workforce Development, which honor organizations for programs that help individuals with limited skills, criminal history, or substance-abuse problems find jobs. Each award is accompanied by a $15,000 grant. The winners:

— Larkin Street Youth Services (San Francisco), which provides temporary shelter, food, and jobs, and vocational training to homeless youths.

— Project Quest (San Antonio), which recruits and trains individuals to develop skills needed for employment in selected, hard-to-fill occupations.

— Transitional Work Corporation (Philadelphia), which places welfare recipients in six-month, subsidized jobs at public and nonprofit organizations.

Environment. The Goldman Environmental Foundation (San Francisco) has awarded its 2003 Goldman Environmental Prize to grass-roots environmentalists from six world regions. Each prize carries a $125,000 “no strings attached” award. The winners:

— Africa. Odigha Odigha (Nigeria), who helped create a logging moratorium in Cross River State and was instrumental in the establishment of the Forestry Commission, a group of civil-society representatives that educates lawmakers about sustainable-forestry practices.

— Asia. Von Hernandez (Philippines), whose advocacy led the Philippines to institute a nationwide ban on waste incinerators.

— Central and South America. Maria Elena Foronda Farro (Peru), who has advocated sustainable, profitable business practices for fishmeal production that do not pollute nearby streams.

— Europe. Pedro Arrojo-Agudo (Spain), a physicist and economics professor who has led a campaign to stop the damming and rerouting of Spain´s last remaining free-flowing rivers.

— Islands and Island Nations. Eileen Kampakuta Brown and Eileen Wani Wingfield (Australia), Aboriginal elders who are working to block construction of a nuclear-waste dump in the South Australian desert.

— North America. Julia Bonds (W.Va.), who is leading a campaign to stop mountaintop-removal coal mining in her state.

Grant making. The Council on Foundations (Washington) has announced the recipients of its 2003 Paul Ylvisaker Award for Public Policy Engagement, which recognizes foundations that have helped create or implement public policy. The winners:

— The New York Community Trust, which worked with public and private institutions to create and manage the September 11th Fund shortly after the terrorist attacks.

— The Open Society Institute (New York), which works to change public policy and public opinion concerning civil rights, criminal justice, reproductive rights, welfare reform, and other issues.

— The Rosenberg Foundation (San Francisco), which has advocated and helped implement policies that help immigrants.

Nonprofit organizations. The California Association of Nonprofits (Los Angeles) has presented its annual Awards of Excellence to honor California nonprofit organizations and individuals.

— Ysabel Duron, founder and executive director of Las Isabelas (San Jose), received the award for Achievement in Innovation by a Health-Care Organization, for providing treatment and support to uninsured, low-income, and immigrant Latinas with breast cancer.

— Mary Gimenez-Caulder, executive director of Harbor Interfaith Services (San Pedro), received the Excellence in Leadership Award, for increasing donations to this organization that helps low-income and homeless people become self-sufficient.

— People´s Self-Help Housing Corporation (San Luis Obispo) received the Mission Impact Award, for providing low-cost housing and helping low-income families, farmworkers, and older adults become self-sufficient.

— Harriet C. Prichard, executive director of Alternative Gifts International (Lucerne Valley), received the Achievement in Innovation Award, for encouraging people to purchase gifts whose proceeds benefit charitable causes.

— Abby Vincent received the award for Volunteer of the Year in a Health-Care Organization, for her work with the Los Angeles Commission on Assaults Against Women.