The Olga Alexeeva Memorial Prize of £5,000 will be awarded to an individual who has demonstrated remarkable leadership, creativity and results in developing philanthropy for progressive social change in an emerging market country or countries. The prize will be for the individual winner to use at their discretion.
Nominations for the prize will be put forward by one main nominator and seconded by another person. The closing date for applications is 1 December 2012.
A shortlist of up to eight finalists will be developed by the following on behalf of the Olga Alexeeva Memorial Fund: Maria Chertok, Director, CAF Russia and former PBF trustee; Caroline Hartnell, Editor, Alliance magazine and former PBF Chair; Jenny Hodgson, Executive Director, Global Fund for Community Foundations and former PBF adviser.
The six judges who will select the final winner of the Olga Alexeeva Memorial Prize are:
Akwasi Aidoo, TrustAfrica, Senegal
Ana Valéria Araújo, Brazil Human Rights Fund, Brazil
Shenyu Belsky, Rockefeller Brothers Fund, China
Christopher Harris, independent consultant and former Philanthropy Bridge Foundation trustee, USA
Kavita Ramdas, Ford Foundation India
Larissa Zelkova, Potanin Foundation, Russia
The judges possess a rich knowledge of social change philanthropy – particularly in developing and emerging contexts. Their task will be to review the shortlist of nominations and to identify the very first winner of the £5,000 Prize.
Read more about the Olga Alexeeva memorial on the Alliance magazine website.
About Olga Alexeeva
Olga Alexeeva died suddenly and unexpectedly just over a year ago, on 20 July 2011. Olga was only 42. She had recently left Charities Aid Foundation to set up the Philanthropy Bridge Foundation, whose goal was to build meaningful connections, partnerships and, most importantly, trust between philanthropists looking to give and individuals and institutions looking to ‘do’ in developing and emerging market countries around the world. Underpinning this was Olga’s unswerving belief that philanthropy should and could be about making the world a better and fairer place, and that the best solutions invariably appear when initiative and inspiration emerge out of the local context rather than being imported from outside. This prize is in honour of her memory and beliefs.