ABOUT THE PRIZE
The Purpose Prize®, now in its eighth year, is the nation's only large-scale investment in people over 60 who are combining their passion and experience for social good. The Prize awards $100,000 to at least one individual in his or her encore career creating new ways to solve tough social problems.
The Prize was created in 2005 by Encore.org (formerly Civic Ventures), with funding from the John Templeton Foundation and The Atlantic Philanthropies to showcase the value of experience and disprove notions that innovation is the sole province of the young. It’s for those with the passion to make change and the experience to know how to do it.
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HOW IT WORKS
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MEDIA SPOTLIGHT
The Wall Street Journal writes, “These people are changing the world.” An NPR blogger calls The Prize “a kind of MacArthur ‘genius
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