Awards, May 12, 2005

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

Indigenous development. International Funders for Indigenous Peoples (Fredericksburg, Va.) has presented its inaugural IFIP Award to Susan Berresford, president of the Ford Foundation (New York), for her leadership in expanding philanthropic support for indigenous development projects and communities around the world.

Leadership. The Heinz Family Foundation (Pittsburgh) has announced the recipients of the 2005 Heinz Awards, which recognize exceptional leadership and accomplishments in five areas and honor the late U.S. Sen. John Heinz. The winners, who each receive $250,000:

— Arts and humanities. Mark di Suvero, of New York, a sculptor who founded Socrates Sculpture Park on the site of an abandoned landfill in Queens.

— Environment. Jerry Forest Franklin, of Seattle, a professor of ecosystem analysis at the U. of Washington who has developed a new framework for protecting America’s old-growth forests.

— Human condition. Joseph Rogers, of Philadelphia, an advocate for “user designed” mental-health programs who founded Project Share, an umbrella group that provides housing, job training, peer support, and other services for people with psychiatric conditions.

— Public policy. Sidney Drell, of Stanford, Calif., a professor emeritus at Stanford U.’s Stanford Linear Accelerator Center who has worked for many years to reduce the danger and proliferation of nuclear weapons.

— Technology, the economy, and employment. Mildred Dresselhaus, of Cambridge, Mass., a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology who has broken new ground both in her work on condensed matter and materials physics and in her efforts to expand opportunities for women in science.

In addition, the foundation has presented its Chairman’s Medal, which carries no monetary award, to Richard Goldman, for his lifetime achievements in philanthropy. Mr. Goldman is the chairman of Goldman Insurance Services and president of the Richard and Rhoda Goldman Fund and the Richard and Rhoda Goldman Foundation, both located in San Francisco. In 1990, Mr. Goldman and his late wife, Rhoda, established the Goldman Environmental Prize, which has been dubbed “the Green Nobel Prize.”

Nonprofit leadership.The William E. Simon Foundation (New York) has presented its 2005 William E. Simon Prize in Philanthropic Leadership to Ben Carson, director of pediatric neurosurgery at the Johns Hopkins Hospital (Baltimore) and founder of the Carson Scholars Fund, which provides scholarships to students with high academic marks who demonstrate “humanitarian qualities.” The foundation presented its 2005 William E. Simon Prize for Social Entrepreneurship to Wendy Kopp, founder and president of Teach For America (New York). Each prize carries a $250,000 award.

Social justice. The Academy for Educational Development (Washington) has announced its 2005 class of New Voices Fellows. The fellowship program helps small nonprofit organizations that work in HIV/AIDS, international human rights, migrant and refugee rights, racial justice, reproductive rights, and women’s rights hire new fellows and provide them with mentors. The program is financed by the Ford Foundation (New York), and each organization receives funds to cover part of the fellow’s salary and benefits. The fellows and their organizations:

— Gregory Braxton of Chicago House and Social Service Agency

— Mariela Paz Caceres of Seventh Generation Fund for Indian Development (Arcata, Calif.)

— Courtney Chappell of National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum (Washington)

— Heidi Corce of Global Deaf Connection (Minneapolis)

— Corey Davis of Prevention Point Philadelphia

— Noura Erkat of U.S. Campaign to End Israeli Occupation (Washington)

— Wanda Imasuen of Families United for Racial and Economic Equality (New York)

— Kayse Jama of Western States Center (Portland, Ore.)

— Angie Junck of Immigrant Legal Resource Center (San Francisco)

— Samantha Brynn Kusic of High Rocks (Hillsboro, W.Va.)

— Angela Mooney-D’Arcy of Wishtoyo Foundation (Oxnard, Calif.)

— Jennet Sambour of Southeast Asia Resource Action Center (Washington)

— Esperanza Tervalon-Daumont of California Black Women’s Health Project (Inglewood, Calif.)

— Ana Trinidad of Chica Luna Productions (New York)

— Jewel Woods of Toledo Metropolitan Ministries (Ohio)