The American Express NGen Leadership Award honors one accomplished nonprofit leader age 40 or under who has already demonstrated significant impact in addressing society's critical needs.

Ai-jen Poo, director, National Domestic Workers Alliance accepts the 2011 American Express NGen Leadership Award at the John W. Gardner Leadership Award Dinner at the 2011 IS Annual Conference in Chicago, IL.

In addition to already demonstrating a significant impact in addressing society's critical needs, the recipient of this award also displays a proven ability to collaborate in innovative, inclusive ways, and identify needs, generate solutions and assess progress toward goals. 

Nominations for this award will open in May and the recipient will be announced in late July. We invite you to learn more about the award criteria, award recognition, and the selection process.

This award extends Independent Sector’s commitment to and support of emerging leaders.  To learn more about NGen's programmatic offerings, please visit the NGen: Moving Nonprofit Leaders from Next to Now homepage.

If you have questions regarding the award, please email ngenaward@independentsector.org.