Recent News

Christina Fialho and Christina Mansfield, founders of Social Justice grantee CIVIC, were recently awarded The James Irvine Foundation Leadership Award for their work to end isolation and create human conditions for immigrants in detention centers. Click here to read more: The James Irvine Foundation Leadership Awards

Land Art Generator Initiative (LAGI) has been included in ArtPlace America's recent report as a case study. Click here to read the report: Farther, Faster, Together: How Arts and Culture Can Accelerate Environmental Progress.

Esq. Apprentice, 2017 JMK Innovation Prize awardee, was recently featured on The Root. Click here to watch the video: These Future Attorneys Are Skipping Law School

David Muhammed, a 2017 JMK Innovation Prize Awardee, writes about the desperately needed paradigm shift in the administration of youth justice in Juvenile Justice Information Exchange. Click here to read more: Local Restorative Justice Could Be Best Kind of Diversion for Youth

Brandon Dennison, one of the Fund's 2015 JMK Innovation Prize awardees, was named WV Living's West Virginian of the Year. Read the whole article here:  Revisioning Appalachia

Chronicle of Philanthropy published Peter Davidson and Amy Freitag's op-ed that reflects upon the role of the Prize in the Fund's grantmaking, especially within this political climate. Read more here:The Power of Social Enterprise and Grass-Roots Decision Making: Lessons in Innovation.

The J.M. Kaplan Fund is excited to announce our 2017 J.M.K. Innovation Prize Awardees. Read the press release here: Ten Emerging Social Initiatives Win 2017 J.M.K. Innovation Prize

Gina Clayton, 2015 Awardee of The J.M.K. Innovation Prize and Founder of the Essie Justice Group, was awarded the Grinnell College Innovator for Social Justice Prize - the highest prize offered by an American college for social justice work. Read the full article: Grinnell College Awards Grinnell Prize to Gina Clayton, Founder of Essie Justice Group

Coworker.org, 2015 Awardee of The J.M.K. Innovation Prize, is mentioned multiple times in Wire for their innovative idea, which many say is changing the future of worker's rights. Read the full article here: Digital Trade Unions Will Empower Tomorrow's Sharing Economy Employees

Behold! New Lebanon, a 2015 Awardee of The J.M.K. Innovation Prize, received coverage in The Wall Street Journal in an August 1, 2016 article that talked about the organization's commitment toward creating a model for community economic development for tiny, rural towns across the U.S. Founder Ruth Abram speaks to the importance of such work, and explains what lies ahead in the future for Behold! New Lebanon. Read the original article here: A Place to Learn the Do-It-Yourself Arts