$1.5m humanitarian award invites nominations from around the world
Howard Lake | 30 July 2014 | News
The Conrad N. Hilton Foundation has started accepting nominations for the 2015 Hilton Humanitarian Prize. At $1.5 million, this is the largest humanitarian award available to charities.
Since 1996, it has been presented annually to a nonprofit organisation anywhere in the world that is “doing extraordinary work to alleviate human suffering”. UK organisations have received the award in the past, including St Christopher’s Hospice.
The nomination period runs from 30 July to 31 August 2014. You can find the guidelines and eligibility criteria on the Foundation’s website. Restrictions include, for example, the requirement for organisations to have legally established for at least five years, and to have annual operating expenditure of more than $500,000.
Nominations can be made to
no*********@hi**************.org
or to
Prize Department
Conrad N. Hilton Foundation
30440 Agoura Road
Agoura Hills
CA 91301
USA
Tel: 818-851-3700
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