Skidmore Prize

✨We are now accepting nominations for the 2025 Skidmore Prize!✨

Do you know a nonprofit professional superstar who deserves special recognition? We wanna hear about 'em!

The annual Skidmore Prize honors four young professionals whose work for local nonprofits makes our community a better place for all people. Click here to learn more about the Skidmore Prize — including eligibility criteria and general guidelines — and to submit your nomination.


More about the Skidmore Prize

The inspiration for the name of this prize: The Skidmore Fountain in Portland’s Old Town, which bears the inscription, “Good citizens are the riches of a city.”


Next fall, our four Skidmore Prize winners will enjoy special recognition throughout the Give!Guide campaign for their contributions and hard work. Skidmore Prize winners are the embodiment of community dedication, a testament to the power of passion and purpose. We honor not just their achievements but the potential in all of us to make a meaningful difference.


Winners of the Skidmore Prize must be under the age of 36 and work full-time for a local nonprofit.

2014 Prize Winners
Tyrone Rucker
His responsibility is to help [people] move off the streets and into permanent housing. But Tyrone does more than just that: He helps clients...
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Jared Hoffman
His enthusiasm for what AC Portland provides kids is beyond compare. Its amazing to sit with Jared in a car while driving through one of the...
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Haven Wheelock
She [works] with some of the most vulnerable people in our community, and authentically holds the hope for them when they are hopeless. The...
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A.M. O'Malley
In teaching, A.M. brings respect and a method in which our clients can learn to express their thoughts and feelings in a creative way. She is a...
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