Drucker Award Honoring Nonprofit Innovation

Posted by on June 10, 2005

[posted from RFP Bulletin]

Applications Invited for Drucker Award Honoring Nonprofit Innovation
Deadline: August 12, 2005

The Peter F. Drucker Award for Nonprofit Innovation is presented each November to three U.S. nonprofit organizations in recognition of an innovative, existing program that has made a difference in the lives of the people it serves. Peter Drucker’s definition of innovation — "change that creates a new dimension of performance" — is key to consideration for the award.

The award is accompanied by a first-place prize of $20,000 and two runners-up prizes of $2,500 each. The cash prizes are unrestricted and designed to celebrate and further the work of innovative nonprofit organizations in the United States. The Peter F. Drucker and Masatoshi Ito Graduate School of Management at Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, California, administer the award.

The selected program must have specific and measurable outcomes; exemplify innovation by demonstrating a new dimension or standard of performance; have made a demonstrated difference in the lives of the people it serves; and serve as a model that can be replicated or adapted by other organizations.

Applications must be submitted by the organization responsible for the program; third-party nominations will not be accepted. The organization must be a U.S.-domiciled entity serving a U.S. population and be a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, while the program must be fully operational at the time of application.

Complete application information and form are available at the program’s Web site.

RFP Link: <a href="http://fconline.fdncenter.org/pnd/2110/drucker">http://fconline.fdncenter.org/pnd/2110/drucker</a>

For additional RFPs in Philanthropy and Voluntarism, visit: <a href="http://fdncenter.org/pnd/rfp/cat_philanthropy.jhtml">http://fdncenter.org/pnd/rfp/cat_philanthropy.jhtml</a>