2010 Purpose Prize Honoring Older Social Innovators

Posted by on August 3, 2009

Nominations Open for the 2010 Purpose Prize Honoring Older Social Innovators
Deadline: March 5, 2010

A program of Civic Ventures, the Purpose Prize annually provides five awards of $100,000 each to people over 60 who are working to address society’s biggest challenges.

To be eligible for the prize, a nominee must be at least 60 years old by the deadline of March 5, 2010 and be a legal resident of the United States (including U.S. territories). Nominees should have initiated important innovations (in a new or ongoing organization) in an encore career. “Encore careers” are those that combine personal meaning and social impact with continued work in the second half of life. Nominees must currently be working in a leadership capacity in an organization or institution (public, private, nonprofit, or for-profit) to address a major social problem in the United States or abroad. Nominees should have demonstrated recent creativity and leadership with the promise of more to come.

Elected officials are not eligible for the prize. Individuals working in faith-based service organizations that have a broader social mission are eligible and encouraged to apply, but the purpose of their project cannot be strictly religious or sectarian.

Nominations are welcome from any organization or individual with knowledge of a potential candidate. Self-nominations are accepted.

Visit the Purpose Prize Web site for complete program guidelines.

Contact: http://foundationcenter.org/pnd/rfp/rfp_item.jhtml?id=260400028