A Prize Without Losers? That’s the Plan.

A Prize Without Losers? That’s the Plan.

By | May 12, 2018

About five years ago, Kevin Starr offered a searing critique of the social sector prize-industrial complex in his piece, Dump the Prizes. Prizes, particularly crowdsourced ones, waste too much of everyone’s time, he wrote, rewarding novelty and distracting people from...

Who won The Encore Prize?

By | Oct 17, 2017

Critical Bridge and Hire Autism win $50,000 awards to bring mentors over 50 into the lives of young people who need champions Excitement was in the air, as the five finalists for The Encore Prize gave their three-minute pitches to a live audience of 125 people in...

$100,000 in Cash Prizes for Innovation Across Generations

By | Aug 7, 2017

How can we get more people over 50 engaged in the lives of young people who need more champions? Today, Encore.org announced 15 semi-finalists for The Encore Prize: Generation to Generation Challenge. Each of them has a great answer to that question. “Millions of kids...

Announcing the Encore Prize

By | Mar 9, 2017

The Encore Prize, offering $100,000 in cash prizes, coaching and a year of ongoing support, is looking for the next generation of programs and products that bring the talent of 50+ adults to social problems. Our first challenge: To help kids at risk. The first Encore...