The American Express Building Leadership Award was established in 1999 to recognize outstanding organizations for their leadership in investing in the people of the charitable community, through an emphasis on the development of internal staff, board, and volunteer leadership. This honor was previously known as the Leadership IS Award.

The 2009 recipient of the American Express Building Leadership Award was Community Voices Heard, which was honored for empowering low-income people in New York City and State to advocate for public policy changes that improve their lives.

Information about previous recipients can be found here.

Independent Sector is not soliciting nominations for this award.