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Heinz Family Foundation Announces $1.5 Million in Awards
From Championing the Employee Ownership Movement and Returning Wealth to Native Communities to Exposing Environmental Threats to Vulnerable Ecosystems, 27th Heinz Awards Recipients Embody Courageous Leadership
PITTSBURGH, September 22, 2022—The Heinz Family Foundation today announced the recipients of the 27th Heinz Awards, which will present unrestricted cash awards totaling $1.5 million to seven Americans for outstanding contributions in the categories of the Arts, the Economy and the Environment. Two awards will be given per category. As part of the accolade, each recipient receives an unrestricted cash prize of $250,000.
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Three Heinz Award Winners Discuss How to Tackle the Planetary Crises
On June 1, 2022,the world’s leading environmental scientists—including Heinz Award winners Gretchen Daily (2010), Paul Anastas (2006), and James Balog (2010)—joined together to discuss how to tackle the planetary crises, answer questions, and share solutions to climate change, protecting biodiversity, and preventing pollution.
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PITTSBURGH, September 22, 2022—The Heinz Family Foundation today named Anne C. Evens, Ph.D., CEO of the nonprofit Elevate, and Rhett Ayers Butler, founder of the global environmental news platform Mongabay, the recipients of the prestigious 27th Heinz Award for the Environment.
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PITTSBURGH, September 22, 2022—The Heinz Family Foundation today named Chrystel A. Cornelius, president and CEO of Oweesta Corporation, and Hilary A. Abell and Alison Lingane, co-founders of Project Equity, recipients of the prestigious 27th Heinz Award for the Economy.
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PITTSBURGH, September 22, 2022—The Heinz Family Foundation today named visual artists vanessa l. german and Cauleen Smith recipients of the prestigious 27th Heinz Award for the Arts.
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Q&A with Hal Harvey + Justin Gillis, co-authors of 'The Bix Fix: Seven Practical Steps to Save Our Planet'
TED.com: TED Countdown New York Session 2022
Peggy Shepard's TED Talk: How to build an equitable and just climate future
The San Diego Union-Tribune, Christian Hertzog
Review: San Diego Symphony and conductor Jason Seber delight in Mason Bates' ‘Philharmonia Fantastique’
Independent Sector
Bill Bynum receives the 2022 John W. Gardner Leadership Award
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