2025 Law and Social Policy Legacy Award Call for Nominations
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Established in 2020, the Law & Social Policy Legacy Awardf recognizes organizations defending and advocating for low-wage workers' rights and increases knowledge of this work in the philanthropic community. The Public Welfare Foundation spent more than a decade supporting public policy and system reforms to improve the lives of low-wage working people in the United States. This prize commemorates and builds on the Public Welfare Foundation’s support of the field and honors the critical role law and social policy organizations play in building an economy that works for all.
Economic Opportunity Funders (EOF) is a network of national, regional, and local funders working to advance economic equity and opportunity in the United States. A $10,000 award will be given by EOF with support from the Public Welfare Foundation annually until 2030 as a part of their legacy investment into the Workers’ Rights field. There are no restrictions or limitations on the use of the $10,000 award. Awardees are recognized at EOF’s Annual Budget and Tax Briefing, in front of dozens of funders. A short video about the winner’s work is also produced to share during the recognition event and with EOF members and partners.
The award is open to any 501(c)(3) organization (or fiscally sponsored project) working in the field of law and social policy to advance low-wage workers’ rights in the United States. Nominated organizations may be of any size or budget and work may have just started or occurred over years. Individuals are not eligible. Previous Law & Social Policy Legacy Award nominees can be nominated again in subsequent years. Previous winners cannot be nominated again.
Nominations will be evaluated on the following criteria:
- The nominee’s work has made a significant difference in the lives of low-wage workers and advances structural and systems change.
- The nominee employs a strong worker-engagement model and centers the voices of low-wage workers in their work.
- The nominee’s work stands out among their peers.
Preference will be given to nominations where recognition from the award will help the nominee capitalize on a specific challenge or opportunity. For example, 1) for a less well-known and under-resourced organization, recognition from this award will help increase visibility to new partners and funders; or 2) for a well-known and well-resourced organization, the recognition from this award will help amplify a new body of work focused on workers’ rights or a leadership transition.
Anyone can make a nomination and self-nominations are allowed. Nominators may make one nomination per year.
Instructions
Please review our Frequently Asked Questions before submitting a nomination. The nomination form has two Parts – information about you as the nominator (Part I) and information about the organization you are nominating (Part II).
Important:
- You will need to create a free Submittable account to submit this form. Here is a quick guide on how to get started: https://submittable.help/en/articles/904856-how-do-i-submit.
- If you start a submission and would like to finish later, you can save a draft of your work.
- We will follow up on your submission by email. Please be sure the email address you use to sign up for your Submittable Account is one that you check regularly.
- Please reach out to Submittable's Customer Support team with any technical questions at support@submittable.com.
- Please do not email, mail, or fax any additional documents. We will not accept any documents that do not come through the online nomination form.
During the review process, we will not be able to answer questions about the status of nominations. For questions related to the nomination process, please contact Cema Siegel at csiegel@eofnetwork.org.
Timeline:
- Nominations open: September 5, 2024
- Nomination submission deadline: 11:59 PM ET on October 17, 2024
- Nominators and award winner notified: November 15, 2024
- Award winner recognized: EOF Annual Budget and Tax Briefing on March 25, 2025, in Arlington, VA
Download the 2025 Law & Social Policy Legacy Award Instructions and Form.