This award honors Ann Castle:

 

A native of Michigan, Ann Castle earned a bachelor's degree from Smith College and a master's degree from Harvard Divinity School.  In 1988, she became Director of Development Research at Wellesley College.  The following year, she became Director of Development Research at Harvard University, where she remained until 1997.  In 1997, Ann became Director of Development Research at Hamilton College in Clinton, New York.  For the last two years of her life, Ann worked as an independent consultant in Development Research, working for Slate.com at Microsoft, the United Nations Foundation, and the White House Conference on Philanthropy.  Ann passed away on February 22, 2000 after a brief illness.

Ann was the president of the Association of Professional Researchers for Advancement (APRA) from 1992 to 1993 and was the editor of the Philanthropic Digest.  A nationally recognized authority on women and philanthropy, Ann compiled The Women in Philanthropy website which is now archived by the University of Michigan.  In the late 1990s, when Slate magazine was looking for someone to compile a ranking of philanthropists that, in Ted Turner’s words, would "honor the generous and shame the stingy," the editors turned to Ann.  She quickly developed a listing that in December 1996 was published as the Slate 60, a listing that continues to the present.

 

NOTE: Current NEDRA board members are not eligible.

 

LINK TO NOMINATION FORM

The deadline for nominees is Friday, February 7th, 2025. 

Questions? Please contact us at awards@nedra.org.

Past Honorees (click on each name to read their bio):

2002	Judith Rottenberg
2003	Shelley Brown
2004	David Eberly
2005	Sandra Larkin
2006	Helen Brown
2007	Elizabeth Crabtree
2008	Valerie Anastasio
2009	Paul Dakin
2010	Charlie Carr
2011	Marianne Pelletier
2012	Joseph Donnelly Jr.
2013	Sarah Fernandez
2014	Heather Reisz
2015	Nancy Faughnan
2016	Dina Zelleke
2017	Jill Meister
2018	David Sterling
2019	Amy Begg
2021	Melissa Bank Stepno
2022	Tara McMullen-King
2023	Bruce Berg
2024	Barbara Moore