The Law & Social Policy Legacy Award was established in 2020 to recognize organizations defending and advocating for low-wage workers’ rights. 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 will commemorate and build on Public Welfare Foundation’s support to the field and honor the critical role law and social policy organizations play in building an economy that works for all.

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 Public Welfare Foundation annually until 2030 as a part of their legacy investment into the Workers’ Rights field. Awardees will be recognized at EOF’s Annual Budget and Tax Briefing in March.

2020 CALL FOR NOMINATIONS

EOF seeks nominees whose work is:

Significant: The nominee’s work is critical to improving low-wage workers’ lives and advances best practice in the field. This may be through innovation (testing new tactics or engaging new allies) or a deep commitment to sustained progress over time.
Collaborative: The nominee’s work is collaborative, engaged in concert with partners and impacted communities.
Systemic: The nominee’s work will have lasting impact, advancing structural and systems change.

The award is open to any organization 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.

Anyone can make a nomination, and self-nominations are allowed. Nominators may make one nomination per year. Two external references are required along with the online application.

DISCLAIMER: Award recipients are not selected based on the volume of nominations received. A single nomination will place the organization in consideration for the award.

Nominations must be received by 11:59pm ET on October 30, 2020.

The winner will receive $10,000 and be recognized at the EOF Annual Budget and Tax Briefing in March 2021.

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Questions? Visit our FAQs or contact Cema Siegel at csiegel@eofnetwork.org.

Make A Nomination

Download a copy of the 2020 nomination instructions and form here.

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