The Philanthropy Roundtable is honored to administer the William E. Simon Prize for Philanthropic Leadership.
Each year, a living philanthropist who has shown exemplary leadership through his or her own charitable giving is honored with the prize and a $250,000 award (payable to any named charity). The award is bestowed at the Roundtable’s Annual Meeting, before a large audience of donors.
We would be pleased to receive your nomination of a deserving philanthropist. Nominations are due no later than Friday, February 24.
The William E. Simon Prize honors living philanthropists who have shown exemplary leadership in their charitable giving, either directly or through the foundations they have created. The purpose of the prize is to highlight philanthropy’s power to promote positive change, and to inspire others to support charities that achieve results.
The prize honors the ideals and principles of William E. Simon, the late financier, philanthropist, and Secretary of the Treasury: personal responsibility, resourcefulness, volunteerism, self-improvement, individual freedom, faith in God, and a willingness to help people help themselves. Read more about William E. Simon here.
The Simon Prize is generously funded by the William E. Simon Foundation.
Submit your online nomination here. Or to download a nomination form click here.
Past recipients include:
- Charles G. Koch (2011)
- Roger Hertog (2010)
- Philip and Nancy Anschutz (2009)
- S. Truett Cathy (2008)
- Frank J. Hanna III (2007 )
- Richard and Helen DeVos (2006)
- Ben Carson (2005)
- David Robinson (2004)
- the late Sir John M. Templeton (2003)
- Raymond G. Chambers (2002)
- the late John T. Walton (2001)