Awards, Sep 30, 2004

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

Arts. Americans for the Arts (Washington) and the National Association of Counties (Washington) have presented the 2004 National Award for County Arts Leadership to the Broward County Board of County Commissioners (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.). The commissioners were honored for their work to promote the arts in Broward County by making grants to local arts and cultural groups, helping create four ArtsParks, and advocating public art.

Direct marketing. The Direct Marketing Association Nonprofit Federation (Washington) has presented its 2004 Nonprofit Organization of the Year Award to Mothers Against Drunk Driving (Irving, Tex.). MADD was recognized for its success in using direct mail and telemarketing to both raise money and accomplish its mission.

Fund raising. The Indiana U. Center on Philanthropy (Indianapolis) has presented the 2004 Henry A. Rosso Medal for Lifetime Achievement in Ethical Fund Raising to three recipients: the late Sam H. Jones Sr., Robert L. Payton, and Dean Schooler.

Mr. Jones served as president of the Indianapolis Urban League from 1966 until his retirement in 2002. He was honored for his work to ensure equal access to education, housing, and health care and to improve community and race relations in Indianapolis. Mr. Payton is a founder and former executive director of the Center on Philanthropy and its first professor of philanthropic studies. He was honored for his work to assist young professionals at nonprofit groups, writings on philanthropy, and efforts to foster civil society in Eastern Europe and elsewhere. Mr. Schooler is president of the Schooler Family Foundation, in Coshocton, Ohio. He was honored for his work to establish or run various foundations, including the Foundation for Appalachian Ohio (Nelsonville) and the Community Foundation Serving Boulder County (Colo.).

The Association of Professional Researchers for Advancement (Naperville, Ill.) has presented the following awards:

— The 2004 Distinguished Service Award, sponsored by Bentz Whaley Flessner (Minneapolis), went to Cecilia Hogan, development researcher at the U. of Puget Sound (Tacoma, Wash.).

— The 2004 Researcher of the Year Award, sponsored by Prospect Information Network (Daytona Beach, Fla.), went to Randy Holden, director of research and prospect management at Lynchburg College (Va.).

— The 2004 Margaret Fuhry Grant Award went to Jeffrey Walker, research manager at Children’s Hospital and Health System Foundation (Milwaukee).

APRA also presented its Visionary Award, sponsored by Wealth ID (Silver Spring, Md.), posthumously to Ann Castle, who was director of development research at Harvard University (Cambridge, Mass.) and a creator of the Slate 60 list of the largest charitable donations made each year. Ms. Castle died in 1990 at the age of 48.

Humanitarianism. The Conrad N. Hilton Foundation (Reno, Nev.) has presented its 2004 Humanitarian Prize to Heifer International (Little Rock, Ark.). Heifer International provides food- and income-generating animals — including cows, llamas, and sheep — to low-income people worldwide. The Hilton Foundation awards $1-million each year to a nongovernmental organization or charity that has contributed significantly to alleviating human suffering.

Women. The Women’s Funding Network (San Francisco) has presented its 2004 Changing the Face of Philanthropy Awards, which honor women and foundations who are leaders in providing grants for women and girls and who inspire others to participate in social-change philanthropy.

The Canadian Women’s Foundation (Toronto) was recognized for its work to combat poverty and domestic violence and to promote the self-reliance and economic independence of women and girls in Canada.

The Women’s Sports Foundation (East Meadow, N.Y.) was honored for its efforts to ensure equal participation by women and girls in sports and to educate girls about physical fitness, and warn them of the dangers of drinking and smoking.

The Women’s Funding Network also honored Mary Morten, president of the Morten Group (Chicago), for her work with the Chicago Foundation for Women, Chicago NOW, and other organizations, and Margot Franssen, president of the Body Shop Canada (Toronto), for her company’s decade-long campaign to curtail violence against women.