Awards, Mar 03, 2005

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

Direct marketing. The Direct Marketing Association Nonprofit Federation (Washington) has given its 2005 Max Hart Achievement Award to Raymond J. Grace, chairman of Creative Direct Response (Crofton, Md.). The award, formerly called the Nonprofit Achievement Award, was recently renamed to honor Max Hart, former direct-mail fund raiser at Disabled American Veterans (Cincinnati).

Education fund raising. The Council for Advancement and Support of Education (Washington) has presented its 2005 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 Knott Foundation (Baltimore).

— The Robert Bell Crow Memorial Award for development professionals: Herbert P. Soles, associate head of school for advancement at Saint Andrew’s School (Boca Raton, Fla.).

— The Seymour Preston Award for trustees: Joseph Lindner Jr., a retired physician who serves on the Board of Trustees at the Asheville School (N.C.).

— The Support Staff Distinguished Service Award for nonprofessional development staff members: Karan L. Brown, gift-records coordinator at the Kent Denver School (Englewood, Colo.).

Fund raising. The Association of Fundraising Professionals (Alexandria, Va.) has announced the following recipients of its 2004-5 Awards for Philanthropy:

— Excellence in fund raising: National Credit Union Foundation Community Investment Fund (Madison, Wis.).

— Outstanding achievement in Internet fund raising: Foundation for Lincoln Public Schools (Neb.).

— Outstanding corporation: Wachovia Corporation (Charlotte, N.C.).

— Outstanding foundation: Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation (Dallas).

— Outstanding fund-raising professional: Ann H. Moffitt, vice president for community relations at Keystone Human Services (Harrisburg, Pa.).

— Outstanding philanthropist: H.F. (Gerry) and Marguerite Lenfest, of Huntington Valley, Pa., founders of the Lenfest Foundation (West Conshohocken, Pa.).

— Outstanding volunteer fund raiser: Carol Madson Russell, nominated by the AFP Nebraska Chapter.

The association has also announced three awards to its chapters:

— The AFP Massachusetts Chapter (Boston) has received the Charles R. Stephens Award for Excellence in Diversity, which honors creativity and leadership in increasing diversity among a chapter’s members and in its programs.

— The AFP Northwestern Pennsylvania Chapter and the AFP Silicon Valley Chapter (San Jose, Calif.) have received the Abel Hanson Award, in recognition of their communication projects.

— The AFP New Jersey Chapter (Flanders) has received the Founders’ Award for Public Service.

In addition, AFP has awarded its Skystone Ryan Research Prize to Richard P. Chait, a professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education (Cambridge, Mass.), William P. Ryan, a research fellow at the Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations at Harvard University (Cambridge), and Barbara E. Taylor, a former vice president of the Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges (Washington), for their book Governance as Leadership: Reframing the Work of Nonprofit Boards.

Health. The Henry Ford Health System (Detroit) has received the 2004 Foster G. McGaw Prize for Excellence in Community Service, which recognizes organizations that provide innovative programs and services that promote the health and well-being of community members. The $100,000 prize is sponsored by the American Hospital Association (Chicago), the Baxter International Foundation (Deerfield, Ill.), and the Cardinal Health Foundation (Dublin, Ohio). Three organizations were named finalists and each received $10,000: Harlem Hospital Center (New York), Saint Francis Medical Center (Grand Island, Neb.), and St. Joseph’s/Candler (Savannah, Ga.).

Political thought. The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation (Milwaukee) has presented its 2005 Bradley Prizes to honor outstanding achievement consistent with the foundation’s mission, which includes “the promotion of liberal democracy, democratic capitalism, and a vigorous defense of American institutions.” The recipients, who each received a $250,000 cash prize:

— Ward Connerly, founder of the American Civil Rights Institute (Sacramento) and the organizer of the Proposition 209 campaign to end preferential treatment in contracting, employment, and public education in California.

— Robert P. George, a professor of jurisprudence at Princeton U. (N.J.) and director of the university’s James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions.

— Heather Mac Donald, a fellow at the Manhattan Institute (New York) and a contributing editor to the institute’s City Journal who writes on such topics as education, homeland security, homelessness, and immigration.

— George F. Will, the syndicated columnist and a regular contributor to Newsweek.

Volunteer management. The Association for Volunteer Administration (Richmond, Va.) has presented its Harriet Naylor Distinguished Member Service Award to Jeffrey L. Brudney, a professor of public administration and policy at the U. of Georgia (Athens), and its Volunteer Administrator of the Year Award to Bonnie Gunter, voluntary-service chief at the Hines VA Hospital (Ill.). The association also presented Distinguished Service Awards to Donna Gillen, president of the Minnesota Association for Volunteer Administration (Maplewood); Linda Graff, an author and trainer on risk management and other volunteerism issues (Dundas, Canada); and the Northwest Oregon Volunteer Administrators Association (Portland).