The Purpose Prize™: A Prize for Social Innovators Over the Age of 60

In partnership with the Atlantic Philanthropies, these two grants helped to launch and expand The Purpose Prize™, a nationwide initiative that seeks to inspire men and women with a vision of how to live with purpose in retirement. The annual Purpose Prize awards five $100,000 prizes and five $50,000 prizes to exceptional social innovators over the age of 60. The prizes are supported through an extensive communications campaign and the creation of the Purpose Prize Fellows program, a national network that includes all previous Purpose Prize winners, finalists, and semifinalists.

Grant Amount:

$8,148,322

Start Date:

January 2005

End Date:

September 2013

Grant ID:

11407, 13922

Suite of 2 separate grants totaling $8,148,322

James Harold Emerman, Executive Vice President
Encore.org (San Francisco, California)