The Pyramid Awards recognize local nonprofit organizations for their outstanding contributions to our community. Each year, during CNPE’s CHANGEMAKERS Conference, awards are presented in six categories: Collaboration, Governance, Inclusion, Social Innovation and Vision. CNPE also presents its Lifetime Achievement Award, recognizing an individual for a lifetime of contributions and achievements benefitting the nonprofit sector.
2019 Pyramid Award Winners:
Lifetime Achievement:
Bruce Maza, Senior Fellow, C. E. and S. Foundation, Inc.
sponsored by Fifth Third Bank
Art of Collaboration:
Love the Hungry, WaterStep & Supplies Over Seas
sponsored by Deming, Malone, Livesay & Ostroff (DMLO)
Art of Governance:
Americana World Community Center
sponsored by Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs LLP
Art of Inclusion:
Community Foundation of Louisville
sponsored by PNC Bank
Art of Leadership:
Christen Boone, President & CEO, Fund for the Arts
sponsored by Kosair Charities®
Art of Social Innovation:
Hope Southern Indiana
sponsored by Metro United Way
Art of Vision:
Kosair Charities® Face It® Movement
sponsored by Dean Dorton
Past Pyramid Award Winners:
Art of Collaboration:
2018 – Family & Children’s Place and Volunteers of America Mid-States
2017 – Louisville Ballet
2016 – Doctors & Lawyers for Kids
2015 – Kentucky Coalition Against Domestic Violence and Kentucky Community & Technical College System
Art of Governance:
2018 – Second Chances Wildlife Center
2017 – YMCA of Greater Louisville
2016 – Maryhurst, Inc.
2015 – Boys & Girls Clubs of Kentuckiana
Art of Inclusion:
2018 – Eastern Area Community Ministries
2017 – Interfaith Paths to Peace
2016 – Kentucky Refugee Ministries
2015 – The Kentucky Foundation for Women
Art of Leadership:
2018 – Rod Napier, Cabbage Patch Settlement House
2017 – Dr. Anthony Zipple, Centerstone Kentucky
2016 – Marta Maria Miranda, Center for Women & Families
2015 – Randy Coe, President, Kosair Charities
Art of Social Innovation:
2018 – Water With Blessings
2017 – Kentucky Yoga Initiative
2016 – Beaded Treasures Project
2015 – The Food Literacy Project at Oxmoor Farm
Art of Vision:
2018 – Smoketown Family Wellness Center
2017 – Waterfront Botanical Gardens
2016 – The Louisville Orchestra
2015 – Kentucky Shakespeare
Lifetime Achievement:
2018 – Judy Freundlich Tiell, Jewish Family & Career Services
2017 – Benjamin K. Richmond, Louisville Urban League
2016 – Gordon Brown, Home of the Innocents
2016 – Joe Tolan, Metro United Way
2015 – Greg Fischer, Louisville Metro Government