Who is eligible to be nominated for The Purpose Prize®?
• At least 60 years old (by the application deadline of March 5, 2010). Someone who has initiated important innovations (in a new or ongoing organization) in an encore career. Encore careers combine personal meaning and social impact with continued work in the second half of life. Currently working in a leadership capacity on an initiative or in an organization or institution (public, private, nonprofit, or for-profit) to address a major social problem in the United States or abroad. Effecting measurable change. Initiated the innovation for which he or she is being nominated within the past fifteen years with the promise of more creativity to come. A legal U.S. resident (residents of U.S. territories are also eligible). Not an elected official. Not involved in a project that is strictly religious or sectarian. That is, we will not award The Prize to a person whose efforts are confined EXCLUSIVELY to individuals within a denomination or for THE SOLE purpose of expanding the religious mi
