Awards, Jan 11, 2001

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

Arts and humanities.

President Clinton has announced the recipients of the 2000 National Medal of Arts, including Lewis Manilow, a long-time supporter of arts groups in Chicago, particularly in the city’s theater district, where he has led efforts in the opening of the new Goodman Theatre, of which he is honorary president. The cultural-programming division of National Public Radio (Washington), which has broadcast musical and drama programs worldwide for almost three decades, was also honored.

The 2000 National Humanities Medal went to 13 people, including Judy Crichton, a documentarian and former executive producer of The American Experience at the Public Broadcasting System (Alexandria, Va.); David Driskell, an authority on African American art and a current member and former chair of the Commission of the National Museum of African Art at the Smithsonian Institution (Washington); Herman T. Guerrero, a philanthropist who has aided the preservation of the history and culture of the Northern Mariana Islands as chairman of the Northern Mariana Islands Council for the Humanities; and Earl Shorris, creator of the Clemente Course in the Humanities at Bard College (Annandale-on-Hudson, N.Y.), a program open to low-income people between the ages of 18 and 35.

Fund raising. The Association of Fundraising Professionals (Alexandria, Va.) has named American Leprosy Missions (Greenville, S.C.) the winner of its 2001 Award for Excellence in Fund Raising. The association said the winner had made fund-raising innovations that led to a nearly 50-percent increase in revenue over the past five years.

Housing. Six organizations are recipients of the 2000 Metropolitan Life Foundation Awards for Excellence in Affordable Housing. Recipients are selected by the Enterprise Foundation (Columbia, Md.) and given prizes from $10,000 to $25,000 from the Metropolitan Life Foundation (New York). The winners are:

— Property and asset management. The Larkin Pine Senior Housing Project of the Chinatown Community Development Center (San Francisco), which houses monolingual elderly Chinese residents; the Oak Manor-Oak Village Apartments of Terra-Genesis Housing (San Antonio) for low-income families; and the Welcome House of Progressive Redevelopment (Atlanta) for homeless and mentally ill individuals and those with H.I.V./AIDS were honored for apartment complexes that offer shelter and social services.

— Supportive housing. AIDS Services of Dallas, Beyond Housing (St. Louis), and Lane ShelterCare (Eugene, Ore.), which offers units to people recovering from traumatic head injuries through its Ulhorn Program, were recognized for their projects for poor families or individuals with special needs.

Management. The Washington Council of Agencies has presented its 2000 Shayne Award to Bob Wittig, executive director of the Academy of Hope (Washington), a group offering education and job-skills training to homeless, low-income, and other adults. The award, which includes a prize of $1,000, honors an outstanding executive director of a Washington-area nonprofit organization who earns an annual salary of no more than $45,000.