Awards, Aug 23, 2007

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

Community service. Campus Compact (Providence, R.I.) has presented its 2007 Frank Newman Leadership Awards, which honor students who have demonstrated civic leadership through service and scholastic achievement, to Roslynn Almas of Brookhaven College (Dallas) and Douglas Finley of Georgetown U. (Washington). Each winner will receive $5,000 from Campus Compact and matching support from their institution for school-related expenses or to support their community-service work.

Direct marketing. The Direct Marketing Association Nonprofit Federation (Washington) has given its 2007 Nonprofit Organization of the Year Award to Doctors Without Borders USA (Médecins Sans Frontières USA) (New York). The health group was chosen for its success in using direct-marketing strategies to increase its revenue, recruit and retain first-time donors, and promote its programs and public-education activities.

Humanitarianism. The Conrad N. Hilton Foundation (Reno, Nev.) has presented its 2007 Humanitarian Prize to Tostan (Dakar, Senegal). This U.S. organization, based in Senegal, was recognized for its Community Empowerment Program’s efforts to empower women, reduce domestic violence, improve community-health services and nutrition, and provide education for children in nine African countries. The Hilton Foundation awards $1.5-million annually to a nonprofit group that has contributed significantly to alleviating human suffering.

Nonprofit leadership. Independent Sector (Washington) has presented the 2007 American Express Building Leadership Award to Witness (New York) for its efforts to train grass-roots organizations worldwide to use video and online technology to publicize human-rights violations. The award, formerly known as the Leadership IS Award, is accompanied by a $10,000 grant. It recognizes a nonprofit group that promotes leadership among its board and staff members, volunteers, and clients.

Social entrepreneurship. Echoing Green (New York) has announced the recipients of the 2007 Echoing Green Fellowships, who were selected for their innovative social entrepreneurship in creating nonprofit groups designed to bring about lasting social change. The fellows, each of whom will receive up to $90,000 over two years for their organization or project in addition to consulting and support services, are listed below by category.

Arts, culture, and media:

— Jessica Mayberry and Gavin White of Video Volunteers (New York)

— Socheata Poeuv of Khmer Legacies (New Haven, Conn.)

Community improvement and economic development:

— Adam Bucko and Taz Tagore of the Reciprocity Foundation (New York)

— Melanie Edwards of Mobile Metrix (San Francisco)

— Michael Gainer of Buffalo ReUse (N.Y.)

— John Thompson of Resurrection After Exoneration (New Orleans)

Education and youth leadership:

— John Alford of NOLA 180 (New Orleans)

— Maile Broccoli-Hickey of English at Work (Austin, Tex.)

— Diane Geng and Sara Lam of the Rural China Education Foundation (Shaanxi and Shandong, China)

— Rafiq Kalam Id-Din of Kid LLC (New York)

— Felix Brandon Lloyd of Cents City (St. Louis)

— George Srour of Building Tomorrow (Indianapolis)

Environment:

— Gemma Bulos and Kevin Lee of A Single Drop for Safe Water (Puerto Princesa City, Philippines)

— Robert Mutsaers of Green Power (Kiangurwe, Kenya)

Health:

— Nina Dudnik of Seeding Labs (Boston)

Human and civil rights:

— Tutu Alicante of Equatorial Guinea Rights Network (Austin, Tex.)

— Emily Arnold-Fernandez of Asylum Access (San Francisco)

— Sehnaz Layikel of the Initiative for Human Rights in Mental Health (Istanbul)

— Matthew Sirolly and Melvin Yee of Advocates for Workers’ Economic Rghts (Los Angeles)

Public service:

— Chris Myers Asch of the U.S. Public Service Academy (Washington)