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.

2018 Prize Winners
Madeline Kovacs
For some, the phrase “it’s complicated” conjures up a 2009 Meryl Streep film. For others, a relationship status. But for Madeline Kovacs, Program...
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Jenny Glass
On the corner of SE 162nd and Stark, the Rosewood Initiative community center’s doors swing open every few minutes. Nearby,...
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Chris Bailey
Chris Bailey wraps up his 11:00 a.m. business meeting — one of several for the day — on the patio at the Portland Mercado on SE Foster. It’s a sweltering...
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Isatou Barry
It’s 6:00 p.m. and Isatou Barry has stayed late — as she does each Monday — to oversee IRCO’s Africa House Youth Council meeting. Twelve high school...
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