2021 J.M.K. Innovation Prize Awardees in the News
- Shelley Halstead of Black Women Build – Baltimore in CityBiz
J.M.K Innovation Prize
2021 J.M.K. Innovation Prize Awardees in the News
- Mike Milton of Freedom Community Center in St. Louis American
NYN Media Highlights “Optimism” in 2021 J.M.K. Innovation Prize
New York Nonprofit Media interviewed Executive Director Amy Freitag and 2021 awardee Shelley Halstead of Black Women Build – Baltimore about the promising trends and projects in this year’s J.M.K.
2021 Innovation Prize Awardees Featured in Philanthropy News Digest
Philanthropy News Digest, a daily news service of Candid, picked up the November announcement of the recipients of the 2021 J.M.K. Innovation Prize, as well
Co-worker.org Highlighted in Protocol
Coworker.org, a 2015 Innovation Prize awardee, was highlighted in Protocol for organizing tech laborers in their pursuit of better work environments.
Shifting Power Dynamics in Philanthropy: The Chronicle of Philanthropy Article by The J.M. Kaplan Fund
The Chronicle of Philanthropy published "Leaders in Nonprofit Innovation Show How Power Dynamics in Philanthropy Are Shifting," an article written by our Chairman Peter Davidson and Executive Director Amy Freitag. This article illustrates how the J.M.K. Innovation Prize introduced
Michelle Shively Featured in Grist
Grist featured the work of Michelle Shively at Rural Action, a member of the 2019 Innovation Prize awardee True Pigments, for turning the acidic run-off from Sunday Creek into iron oxide pigments.
Swapna Reddy Profiled in Forbes
Swapna Reddy of Asylum Seeker Advocacy Project, a 2017 Innovation Prize awardee, was profiled by Forbes as part of her Ashoka Fellowship. Read more about her, and the incredible work of ASAP, here.
Rachel Johnson-Farias Quoted in the New York Times
Rachel Johnson-Farias of Esq. Apprentice was quoted in the New York Times article, "Apprenticeship a Growing Alternative to College (and Debt)."
ASAP Staff Visits the Border
Asylum Seeker Advocacy Project sent their staff to the U.S.-Mexico border to learn about the most recent changes to immigration policy and see the impacts first-hand. Learn more about their experience by listening to this episode of Slate's Amicus