CEO DATELINE - ASAE announces innovation grant recipients
CEO DATELINE - ASAE announces innovation grant recipients
- February 10, 2020 |
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Walt Williams
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The ASAE Research Foundation will award a total of $50,000 in grants to three programs aimed at improving association outcomes.
The recipients of the 2020 Innovation Grants Program will be recognized during ASAE's 2020 Great Ideas Conference, March 1-3, in Salt Lake City, Utah, the association said in a statement. The grants are funded through support from the SunTrust Foundation, law firm Whiteford, Taylor & Preston, GEICO, and the Atlanta Convention and Visitors Bureau.
The recipients are:
Two-Year Award of $30,000—American Academy of PAs (physician assistants) - PA Foundation
"Good by Association: Adopting Social Responsibility to Grow Membership, Increase Engagement and Amplify Messaging"
Alexandria, VA
$10,000 Award—Focus NJ and New Jersey Business & Industry Association
"Partnerships for Effective Experiential Learning"
Trenton, N.J.
$10,000 Award—Greater Cleveland Partnership
"Greater Cleveland Partnership | Towards a Racially Equitable Association"
Cleveland, Ohio
Over the last eight years, the ASAE Research Foundation has received 322 applications and awarded a total of 31 innovation grants to organizations of varied types, sizes, locations and industries, the association said.
"The 2020 award winners are examples of organizations that embrace innovation, and the inherent risk that often accompanies it, in order to effect change in society," Interim CEO Susan Robertson said.
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