11th Annual Excellence Awards Winners

Innovation. Partnership. CEO Leadership. Measurement. 

Congratulations to the 11th Annual Excellence Awards recipients!

Chairman's Award: The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
Received by Lloyd C. Blankfein, Chairman and CEO

President's Award: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
Received by James M. Cornelius, Chairman

Directors' Award: DonorsChoose.org, nominated by Crate and Barrel
Received by Charles Best, CEO and Founder, DonorsChoose.org

CECP Chairman Doug Conant presented the 11th Annual Excellence Awards in Corporate Philanthropy on June 1 at the CECP Summit in New York City.  Darell Hammond, founder and CEO of KaBOOM!, led the winning CEOs in discussion about the strategic approaches behind their unique programs. CECP thanks Microsoft Corporation for sponsoring the awards ceremony webcast.

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Chairman's Award

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

Presented to Chairman and CEO Lloyd C. Blankfein

10,000 Women

10,000 Women
is a five-year, $100 million program that is providing 10,000 underserved women in developing and emerging markets with a business and management education. The initiative is designed to foster economic growth around the world and was based on Goldman Sachs research highlighting the role that educating and empowering women plays in lifting GDP. 10,000 Women invests in the exponential power of women as entrepreneurs, managers and catalysts of social change.

10,000 Women 10,000 WomenCECP presents the Chairman’s Award to The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. for its 10,000 Women program which fosters economic growth around the world.

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President's Award

Bristol-Myers Squibb Company

Presented to Chairman James M. Cornelius

Secure the Future

The SECURE THE FUTURE® Technical Assistance Program (TAP) provides technical assistance, capacity-building tools and seed funding to extend community-based approaches for fighting HIV/AIDS to an increasing number of African countries and communities.

SECURE THE FUTURE® is Bristol-Myers Squibb’s pioneering $160 million initiative addressing HIV/AIDS in Africa. Since 1999, SECURE THE FUTURE® has engaged in more than 240 projects in more than 20 countries. Now in its third evolution, SECURE THE FUTURE® is leveraging its past investments by sharing its lessons across the continent.

10,000 Women SECURE THE FUTURE®CECP presents the Pesident’s Award to Bristol-Myers Squibb Company for its SECURE THE FUTURE® Technical Assistance and Skills Transfer Program.

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Directors' Award

DonorsChoose.org

Presented to Founder and CEO Charles Best
In partnership with Crate and Barrel

Since 2006, Crate and Barrel and DonorsChoose.org have developed an award-winning customer engagement program through which Crate and Barrel customers have received 1.1 million co-branded DonorsChoose.org gift cards to support 347,000 students. Sent in five distributions (the first with DonorsChoose.org prize funds), these pre-paid gift cards were received by mail and email and allowed Crate and Barrel customers to fund classroom projects at DonorsChoose.org. The campaign has demonstrated continuous ability to meet the partners’ objectives of deepening Crate and Barrel customer loyalty and inspiring civic engagement at DonorsChoose.org.

10,000 Women DonorsChoose.orgCECP presents the Directors’ Award to DonorsChoose.org for its unique partnership with Crate and Barrel, engaging customers in supporting classroom projects.

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