Honorees each receive a $100,000 unrestricted award. “We trust that people know what they need,” says Rebekah Frank, program officer at the foundation that sponsors the awards.
Every year, the US Latinx Art Forum awards fellowships to 15 visual artists of Latin American or Caribbean descent who live and work in the United States, bringing them greater visibility.
The Homestretch Foundation is fighting unequal pay in professional cycling and provides free temporary housing to help women athletes continue their training.
The nonprofit InnerCity Weightlifting in Boston empowers people who were incarcerated to boost their income by becoming personal trainers. It also aims to make training clients think.