Press Release

Call for Nominations: The Evelyn G. Ullman Innovative Leadership Award

Atlanta, GA - 3/31/2006 -

The Georgia Center for Nonprofits (GCN) today announced that it is accepting nominations for the first-ever Evelyn G. Ullman Innovative Leadership Award. The award, which will be given on June 7 at the Georgia Nonprofit Summit, will honor a nonprofit chief executive from Georgia who has shown innovation and strategic leadership in addressing a community issue.

The recipient's organization will receive a check for $15,000, made available by the Evelyn G. Ullman family, which has committed $75,000 to the awards program. The award will go to a single leader every other year for the next 10 years.

The deadline for nominations is April 14 at 5:00 p.m. Selection criteria and nomination materials are available online at http://www.gcn.org/UllmanAward.aspx.


About Evelyn G. Ullman

An Atlanta resident for much of her life, Evelyn G. Ullman is a long-time supporter of Georgia’s nonprofits—having been a volunteer, donor, and leader. Among her accomplishments is development of Jerusalem House, a program for homeless men, women and children with AIDS.

About the Georgia Center for Nonprofits

About the Georgia Center for Nonprofits
An all-in-one resource for and about Georgia’s nonprofit sector, the Georgia Center for Nonprofits works to serve, strengthen and support nonprofit, charitable organizations statewide. The center provides nonprofits with the resources and tools they need to be most effective; promotes partnerships between nonprofits and foundations, businesses and government to meet critical needs; and helps state and local policy-makers and the public understand and support the work of nonprofits
 

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Media Contact
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678-916-3005
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