Awards, Feb 07, 2008

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

Community development. Enterprise Community Partners (Columbia, Md.) has presented its 2007 Jim and Patty Rouse Award to the East L.A. Community Corporation (Los Angeles). The award recognizes groups that are working to build low-cost housing and revitalize neighborhoods.

Direct marketing. The Direct Marketing Association Nonprofit Federation (Washington) has presented its 2008 Max L. Hart Nonprofit Achievement Award to Kelly B. Browning, chief operating officer of the American Institute for Cancer Research (Washington) and chief financial officer of the World Cancer Research Fund (Washington).

Leadership. Austin College (Sherman, Tex.) has presented the 2008 Austin College Leadership Award to Geoffrey Canada, president and chief executive officer of the Harlem Children’s Zone (New York). The award, which comes with a $100,000 prize, was created to honor an individual who has used his or her leadership skills to make a positive impact on society.

Libraries and museums. The Institute of Museum and Library Services (Washington) has announced the 2007 recipients of its National Medals for Museum and Library Service. Following are the winning institutions, each of which will receive $10,000: the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute (Ala.), Brookfield Zoo of the Chicago Zoological Society (Brookfield, Ill.), Georgetown County Library (S.C.), Kim Yerton Branch of the Humboldt County Library (Hoopa, Calif.), Memphis Public Library & Information Center, National Museum of Women in the Arts (Washington), the Newberry Library (Chicago), Ocean County Library (Toms River, N.J.), Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (Portland), and the Vermont Historical Society (Barre).

Public interest. Public Citizen (Washington) has presented its Phyllis McCarthy Public Interest Service Award to A.E. Griffith Bates Jr., a volunteer at Greenpeace (Washington), where he has helped maintain the conservation organization’s photography archives and provided advice to its finance department. The award honors people who have worked for lengthy stints at public-interest groups, but have received little or no acclaim.