Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation Award
In 1998 the Foundation initiated an awards program to help sustain and strengthen long-term grantees making significant contributions to the social movements of which they are part. Each award was for $100,000 and in addition to the regular support that the organization received from the Foundation. The selection criteria included leadership, commitment to diversity, experience of movement building and organizational longevity. The Foundation intended to make 25 awards but the program was discontinued in 2008, after the 22nd award, due to the downturn in the economy. The Board will consider reinstituting the Awards in the future.
Award Recipients
Appalachian Sustainable Development – 1999
Center for Rural Affairs – 1998
Environmental Health Coalition – 1998
Federation of Southern Cooperatives – 1999
HIV Law Project – 2000
Idaho Women’s Network – 2002
Indigenous Environmental Network – 2000
Kentucky Coalition – 1998
National Campaign for Sustainable Agriculture – 2000
National Network of Abortion Funds 1998
National Organizers Alliance – 2000
Native American Women’s Health Education Resource Center – 1999
New York City Environmental Justice Alliance – 2000
Northwest Women’s Law Center – 2004
Rural Advancement Foundation International-USA – 1998
Rural Coalition – 2001
Southern Echo – 1999
South Providence Development Corporation – 2002
SouthWest Organizing Project – 1999
Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility – 2005
White Earth Land Recovery Project – 2006
National Latina Institute for Reproductive Rights – 2007
