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Category: Leadership Awards

Meet the 2025 Leadership Award Recipients

We are excited to announce the recipients of our 2025 Leadership Awards—a remarkable group of innovators dedicated to improving lives, creating opportunity, and contributing to a better California. Selected from hundreds of nominations, these leaders are tackling critical issues such as Indigenous science and food sovereignty, Latina civic leadership, environmental justice, Black maternal health, equity … Continue reading Meet the 2025 Leadership Award Recipients

The James Irvine Foundation Awards $1.5 Million to Innovative Leaders of Six California Nonprofits

2022 Leadership Award recipients tackle the state’s most critical and high-profile challenges   Contact: Yianni Kazanis yianni@mozaicmc.com (916) 505-1891 SAN FRANCISCO (February 7, 2022) — The James Irvine Foundation today announced the recipients of its 2022 Leadership Awards, recognizing seven outstanding Californians at six organizations for their innovative solutions to pressing issues facing our state, … Continue reading The James Irvine Foundation Awards $1.5 Million to Innovative Leaders of Six California Nonprofits

Exciting Leadership Awards updates

We are excited to announce a few updates about The James Irvine Foundation Leadership Awards, our annual program to recognize leaders whose innovative solutions to critical state challenges improve people’s lives, create opportunity, and contribute to a better California. Nominations opening soon Last year, we made the difficult decision to cancel the 2021 Awards cycle … Continue reading Exciting Leadership Awards updates

The James Irvine Foundation Awards $1.5 Million to Innovative Leaders of Six California Nonprofits

2020 Awards honor leaders for effective solutions to critical challenges facing the state SAN FRANCISCO (February 19, 2020) — The James Irvine Foundation today announced the recipients of its 2020 Leadership Awards, recognizing seven leaders at six organizations for advancing solutions to several critical challenges facing California: transforming the parole process, environmental justice, career readiness, … Continue reading The James Irvine Foundation Awards $1.5 Million to Innovative Leaders of Six California Nonprofits

The James Irvine Foundation Awards $1.25 Million to Innovative Leaders of Five California Nonprofits

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 11, 2019 Contact: Kimberly Johnson, Senior Communications Officer 415-356-9917 kjohnson@irvine.org 2019 Awards mark the first time all recipients are women, and award amount increases to $250,000 each SAN FRANCISCO (February 11, 2019) — The James Irvine Foundation today announced the recipients of its 2019 Leadership Awards, recognizing leaders at five organizations … Continue reading The James Irvine Foundation Awards $1.25 Million to Innovative Leaders of Five California Nonprofits