Awards, Nov 15, 2001

The following awards have been presented for achievement in fund raising, management, research, and volunteerism:

Health-care fund raising. The Association for Healthcare Philanthropy (Falls Church, Va.) has given the 2001 Si Seymour National Award to Stuart R. Smith, president and chief executive officer of Banner Health Foundation of Arizona (Phoenix). Mr. Smith has helped raise money for many organizations nationwide and has written articles on the subject.

Leadership. The Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative (Roxbury, Mass.) has received the 2001 Leadership IS Award, which includes a $10,000 prize, from Independent Sector (Washington). The award recognizes an organization’s efforts to develop strong new nonprofit leaders while helping the community. The Dudley Street Initiative organizes local residents to improve their neighborhood in collaboration with business, government, and nonprofit groups.

Nonprofit management. The Peter F. Drucker Foundation for Nonprofit Management (New York) has presented its 2001 Peter F. Drucker Award for Nonprofit Innovation to the Florence Immigrant & Refugee Rights Project (Ariz.). The organization will receive a $25,000 prize, and a promotional video will be produced to help the group strengthen its education and public-relations efforts. Two additional programs were recognized for their innovative management: the High Touch Mentoring Works program of the Southeast Kansas Area Agency on Aging (Chanute) and the Mercado La Paloma program of the Esperanza Community Housing Corporation (Los Angeles).

Nonprofit research. Independent Sector (Washington) has awarded its 2001 Virginia A. Hodgkinson Research Prize to Lester M. Salamon, director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Civil Society and a professor at Johns Hopkins U. (Baltimore), and his co-authors for their book Global Civil Society: Dimensions of the Nonprofit Sector. Mr. Salamon will accept the $2,000 first prize on behalf of himself and Helmut Anheier, Regina List, Stefan Toepler, and S. Wojciech Sokolowski. The $1,000 second prize has been awarded to James Austin, a professor of business administration and chairman of the Initiative on Social Enterprise at Harvard U. (Cambridge, Mass.), for his book The Collaboration Challenge: How Nonprofits and Businesses Succeed Through Strategic Alliances.