A Call for Nominations24th Annual Heinz AwardsArts and HumanitiesEnvironmentHuman ConditionPublic PolicyTechnology, the Economy and Employment

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Categories

Each year, candidates are considered for a Heinz Award in five categories, each

representing an area in which John Heinz was most active. Each recipient will

recieve a cash prize of $250,000.

Arts and Humanities

A society’s health is reflected in its culture. This category recognizes the

individual creator and thinker, as well as those who best preserve, teach,

interpret and advance the spirit of curiosity.

Environment

Individuals will be considered who have confronted environmental

concerns with innovation, action and creativity, and in the process have

improved our daily lives and our planet’s health.

Human Condition

Candidates are recognized who have developed and implemented

significant new programs in fields such as education, health, aging and

children and youth.

Public Policy

Individuals who have significantly influenced administrative, legislative or

regulatory processes, and who have advanced liberties and bettered society

will be considered. Elected or appointed officials are not eligible.

Technology, the Economy and Employment

This category honors individuals who have created and implemented

innovative, yet practical technologies or programs to advance regional or

national economic growth through job creation and competitiveness.

Overview

The Heinz Awards honor the memory

of John Heinz—husband, father,

philanthropist, art lover, outdoorsman,

environmentalist and United States

Senator. They were established to

celebrate the vision and the spirit that

produce achievements of lasting good.

The program is the principal activity

of the Heinz Family Foundation

of Pittsburgh. The Heinz Awards

recognize individuals for their

contributions in five categories:

Arts and Humanities, Environment,

Human Condition, Public Policy

and Technology, the Economy and

Employment.

Through his work in Congress, as

steward to the Heinz Philanthropies,

and as a private citizen, John Heinz

strove to develop and implement

workable, effective solutions to the

problems we face.

With joy and faith in our abilities

to succeed, we dedicate the Heinz

Awards to his optimistic spirit.

Chairman

Michelle Alexander

Jane LubchencoAnn Hamilton James NachtweyAaron WolfFreeman Hrabowski IIIMatt Mullenweg Nadine Burke Harris

Criteria and Nominations

Nominators are asked to bring forward candidates who

possess a remarkable mix of vision, optimism, creativity

and hard work which, when combined, produce tangible

achievements of lasting good. More specifically, candidates

for a Heinz Award must meet these essential standards:

1. Nominees must exhibit the following personal

characteristics:

A passion for excellence that goes beyond intellectual

curiosity;

A concern for humanity rooted in a deep sensitivity for

the well-being of others;

A broad vision which extends far beyond the particular

and embraces something universal;

A gritty determination that will see a job through to

completion despite the inevitable setbacks.

2. Work of the candidates for a Heinz Award must meet

the following criteria:

Be significant and not a “quick fix”;

Have an enduring and meaningful impact;

Be creative and innovative, and

Be sufficiently tangible to serve as a model for

replication elsewhere.

3. In addition, candidates should be actively working in the

field in which they are nominated so that this award will

recognize and enhance their potential for future societal

contribution.

An invited national Council of Nominators, comprised of

individuals with expertise in the five categories, identifies

qualified candidates.

Candidates for the Heinz Awards are selected without any

action on their part. They are not required to render any

service, either as a condition of being nominated or of

receiving an award.

Nominations are reviewed by Foundation staff and

then evaluated by a jury of experts, who then make

recommendations to the program’s Board of Directors for

final approval.

Recipients are chosen without regard to race, color, creed,

national origin, gender, sexual orientation or other

categories protected by law. Nominees must be U.S.

citizens. No award will be granted to members of the

Council of Nominators, jury members, staff, directors or

officers of the Foundation, or their family members, or to

elected or appointed public officials.

Nominations may be submitted online at

www.heinzawards.net/nominate.html. If you have any

questions about submitting a nomination,

please contact Kim O’Dell at (412) 497-5775 or

kodell@heinzoffice.org.

For a list of past recipients, go to:

www.heinzawards.net/recipients/all

Board of Directors

Teresa Heinz, Chairman

André Heinz

Ronald R. Davenport, Sr.

Arie L. Kopelman

Wendy Mackenzie

Linda K. Smith

Theodore E. Stebbins, Jr.

Heinz Awards

Kim O’DellDirector and Program Officer

Lisa GiorgettiProgram Officer

Jonathan GreeneProgram Officer

Molly MehlingProgram Officer

Halley CaseyExecutive Assistant

Heinz Family Foundation

Missy BattleChief Financial Officer

Maggie JonesController

Charles RichardsonIT Director

The Heinz Family Foundation 625 Liberty Avenue, Suite 3200 Pittsburgh, PA 15222 Phone (412) 497-5775 Fax (412) 497-5790 www.heinzawards.net

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