In the world of philanthropy the Robert W. Scrivner Award for Creative Grantmaking is tantamount to a Nobel Peace Prize or an Academy Award. Established in 1985, the Scrivner recognizes a grantmaker who has demonstrated outstanding creativity and is making a critical difference through a combination of vision, principle and personal commitment.
It was created by the friends and colleagues of the late Robert Winston Scrivner, a former staff associate of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund and first executive director of the Rockefeller Family Fund. The Council on Foundations administers the award each year. A selection committee, chaired by a member of the Council’s Board of Directors, reviews each nomination and determines the winner.
To date, three individuals associated with Public Interest Projects’ Four Freedoms Fund have won the Scrivner: Taryn Higashi and Geri Mannion, both in 2009, (see accompanying stories), and Magui Rubalcava, program director for the Funders Collaborative for Strong Latino Communities, in 2003.
