Barra Awards
Past Awards
Since 2013, the Barra Awards have supported exemplary organizations from across the five-county Greater Philadelphia region.
By exhibiting qualities of leadership, performance and adaptability, these organizations have demonstrated that they are keeping pace with a changing environment and continually looking for ways to be more effective in strengthening the communities they serve. We are grateful to the leaders who have served as past nominators, helping the Foundation identify the organizations that are having the greatest impact in their fields and communities.
Awardees
African Family Health Organization
AIDS Law Project of Pennsylvania
Catholic Social Services of Montgomery County
ChesPenn Health Services, Inc.
Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site, Inc.
Kulu Mele African Dance & Drum Ensemble
Mission Kids Child Advocacy Center
Philadelphia Children’s Alliance
Philadelphia Outward Bound School
Philadelphia Public School Notebook
Philadelphia Society for the Preservation of Landmarks
Nominators
Alain Oliver
Amanda Jefferson
Ami Patel Hopkins
Beatriz Garces
Chaya Scott
Chinwe Onyekere
David Bradley
Denise Ashe
Douglas Miller
Elizabeth L. Useem, Ed.D.
Erin Bernard
Erin Reilly
Gary Bell
Helen Haynes
J. Rudy Flesher
Jamie Gauthier
Janet Riley-Ford
Kathleen M. Shaw, Ph.D.
Kathy Sykes
Kim Kirn
Maria DiBello
Mark Schwartz
Nicholas Torres, M.Ed.
Philip Fitzgerald
Rita Buckley Connolly
Rob Lukens, Ph.D.
Selina Morales
Tamela Luce
Thoai Nguyen
Tony Valdés
Awardees
Cambodian Association of Greater Philadelphia
Central Montgomery MH/MR Center
Chester County Community Dental
Chester Higher Education Council
Children’s Crisis Treatment Center
Children’s Literacy Initiative
Esperanza Immigration Legal Services
Hope Springs Equestrian Therapy
Kùlú Mèlé African Dance & Drum Ensemble
Local Initiatives Support Corporation
Maternal and Child Health Consortium
Pennsylvania Health Law Project
Philadelphia Public School Notebook
Ready, Willing & Able Philadelphia
Smith Memorial Playground & Playhouse
Nominators
Amanda Bergson-Shilcock
Amy Friedlander
Arun Prabhakaran
Brian Armstead
Candace E. Bell, Ph.D.
Clemens Pietzner
Dennis W. Creedon
Frances Sheehan
Gavin Kerr
Gayle Isa
Grace Grillet
Helen Cunningham
Jeri Lynne Johnson
Jolley Bruce Christman
Joseph Pyle
Julie Avalos
Julie Hawkins
Kelly Woodland
Laura Kind McKenna
Laura Otten, Ph.D.
Laura Weinbaum
Linda Katz
Lois Welk
Margie DuBrow, Ph.D.
Martha Davis
Michael Norris
Michelle Angela Ortiz
Nan Feyler
Prudence Haines
Rochelle Nichols-Solomon
Romana Lee-Akiyama
Stacy Holland
Tatiana Garcia-Granados
Valerie Gay