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 The John W. Gardner Leadership Award was established in 1985 to honor outstanding Americans who exemplify the leadership and the ideals of John W. Gardner (1912-2002), American statesman and founding chair of Independent Sector. Independent Sector presents the Award each year to an individual whose leadership in or with the nonprofit community has been transformative and who has mobilized and unified people, institutions, or causes that improve people’s lives.
The deadline for 2010 nominations was
Friday, January 29.
The William Randolph Hearst Foundation is a generous sponsor of the
2010 John W. Gardner Leadership Award.
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Geoffrey Canada Receives 2009 Gardner Award
Independent Sector honored Geoffrey Canada, president and CEO of Harlem Children's Zone, with the 2009 John W. Gardner Leadership Award in recognition of his groundbreaking success in helping children and families in Central Harlem to break the cycle of generational poverty. Since 1990, Mr. Canada has been the guiding force behind Harlem Children’s Zone’s comprehensive set of educational, social service, and community-building programs that has transformed the lives of thousands of low-income children and has created a community development model for policymakers to adopt and fund across the country.
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