Heritage Foundation Awards $1M in Prizes to Nonprofits

The Heritage Foundation on Thursday announced the recipients of its annual “Innovation Prizes,” a program that awards $1 million in prizes to nonprofit organizations for their work to strengthen society.

This is the sixth year that Heritage has given the awards to organizations that put conservative principles into action.

Recipients of this year’s prizes include Cardinal Newman Society, Center for Responsible Technology, College of St. Joseph the Worker, Election Integrity Network, FACTS About Fertility, Independent Medical Alliance, Inter-State Security Organization, Love Your School, Reformers Academy, Stop Predatory Gambling, True Charity, and Voices for the Voiceless.

“The conservative movement is always stronger when we work together,” said Dr. Kevin Roberts, president of The Heritage Foundation. “Nowhere is that collaboration more important than when it comes to securing our states and our election systems and strengthening our schools, health care systems, workplaces, and families.”

Organizations that received awards range from policy-training organizations to advocacy groups. Groups such as Love Your School and the Cardinal Newman Society received awards for promoting education by connecting parents and students with schools that provide necessary support and religious formation.

“This year’s winners exemplify the partnerships and love of neighbors that lead to flourishing families and civil societies,” Roberts said. “We are grateful for their work and honored to support their noble efforts to preserve the permanent things in our republic.”

Heritage established the Innovation Prizes in 2022 to encourage conservative organizations to develop solutions for modern societal problems, according to Roberts.

“America is at one of the most critical turning points in her history,” he said in a statement. “The only way we will save our republic is if the American people stand up and take action to defeat radical leftists and the destruction they are unleashing on our country. The conservative movement must go on offense like never before against those trying to bring down the nation from within.”