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Hilton Foundation Prepares For 2010 Humanitarian Prize
Thomas Coyle
14 September 2009
The Hilton Foundation and the Global Philanthropy Forum have formed an alliance to select this year's recipient of the Hilton Foundation Humanitarian Award -- which comes with a prize of $1.5 million -- for outstanding contributions to the field. The first award will be made the GPF's next annual confrence in Redwood City, Calif., in April 2010.
"The Hilton Prize is the humanitarian world's equivalent of the Nobel Prize," says the GPF's chief executive Jane Wales. "Its prestige and renown will enhance our conference, and be a source of inspiration to our community of philanthropists."
Previous winners include PATH 2009; BRAC , 2008; Tostan , 2007; Women for Women International , 2006; Partners In Health , 2005; Heifer International , 2004; International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims , 2003.
The Los Angeles-based Hilton Foundation and associated entities have more than $3.4 billion in assets. Since inception in 19944, the foundation has awarded more than $800 million in grants.
The San Francisco-based GPF is a learning network of over 750 philanthropists around the world.