Awards, Jul 20, 2006

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

Arts. The McKnight Foundation (Minneapolis) has presented its 2006 Distinguished Artist Award to Lou Bellamy, artistic director of the Penumbra Theatre Company (St. Paul), one of the nation’s top African-American theaters. The award, which is accompanied by a $40,000 cash prize, recognizes working artists who have contributed significantly to the arts in Minnesota.

Education fund raising. The Council for Advancement and Support of Education (Washington) has presented several awards that honor books and doctoral dissertations on fund raising.

The Alice L. Beeman Research Awards in Communications and Marketing for Educational Achievement went to Jane R. Best, senior policy specialist in the education program at the National Conference of State Legislatures (Denver) for her Vanderbilt U. (Nashville) dissertation, “The Evolving Political Dynamics of Federal Higher Education Funding”; and to Richard L. Alfred, an associate professor at the U. of Michigan’s School of Education (Ann Arbor), for his book, Managing the Big Picture in Colleges and Universities: From Tactics to Strategy, published by the American Council on Education.

The John Grenzebach Awards for Outstanding Research in Philanthropy went to Luisa C. Boverini for her U. of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia) dissertation, “When Venture Philanthropy Rocks the Ivory Tower: An Examination of High Impact Donors and Their Potential for Higher Education Development”; and to Andrea Walton, associate professor of education and philanthropic studies at Indiana U. (Bloomington), editor of Women and Philanthropy in Education, published by the Indiana University Press.

The H.S. Warwick Research Awards in Alumni Relations for Educational Achievement went to Gregory Clark Wolniak, senior analyst with Human Capital Research Corporation (Evanston, Ill.), for his U. of Iowa (Iowa City) dissertation, “How Major Field of Study in College Affects Job Satisfaction: A Study of the Job Satisfaction of College Alumni and the Influences of Undergraduate Major, Major-Job Field Congruence, and Income”; and to Michael Worth, professor of nonprofit management at the George Washington U. School of Public Policy and Public Administration (D.C.) for his book Securing the Future: A Fund-Raising Guide for Boards of Independent Colleges and Universities, published by the Association of Governing Boards.

Nonprofit management. The Center for Nonprofit Advancement (Washington) has presented its 2006 Washington Post Award for Excellence in Nonprofit Management to N Street Village (Washington), a nonprofit group that serves homeless women. The award includes a $7,500 cash grant and a scholarship to Georgetown University’s Nonprofit Management Leadership Certificate program.