Impact Funding Resources
The Barry & Marie Lipman Family Prize at the University of Pennsylvania is an annual global prize that celebrates leadership and innovation in the social sector with an emphasis on impact and transferability of practices.
The Lipman Family Prize recognizes and supports these organizations — providing a service to the broader social sector by connecting organizations across service areas to the broader Penn community. The University of Pennsylvania is home to a dynamic, diverse community of faculty, staff, administration, students and alumni committed to drawing on their knowledge and expertise to partner across disciplines and geographies to improve the world.
The Lipman Family Prize recognizes and supports these organizations — providing a service to the broader social sector by connecting organizations across service areas to the broader Penn community. The University of Pennsylvania is home to a dynamic, diverse community of faculty, staff, administration, students and alumni committed to drawing on their knowledge and expertise to partner across disciplines and geographies to improve the world.
End Date31 Jul 2025 Funding AmountUpto USD 250k Funding Resource TypeInnovation Award
Funding ProviderLipman Family Prize,University of Pennsylvania
Innovation Award
Lipman Family Prize,University of Pennsylvania
The Lipman Family Prize recognizes and supports these organizations — providing a service to the broader social sector by connecting organizations across service areas to the broader Penn community. The University of Pennsylvania is home to a dynamic, diverse community of faculty, staff, administration, students and alumni committed to drawing on their knowledge and expertise to partner across disciplines and geographies to improve the world.
Please see the FAQ page for additional information on the budget size eligibility range.
https://lipmanfamilyprize.wharton.upenn.edu/faq/
Leadership
Lipman Family Prize winners are organizations that achieve good through sustainable approaches. Their models are exemplary and provide solutions for tackling universal problems that can be adapted around the world.
Impact
Lipman Family Prize winners have exhibited proof of concept for their model and/or specific project. They are poised to scale and see the Lipman Prize as the catalyst for growth.
Innovation
Lipman Family Prize winners offer innovation and/or an innovative approach to solving a pressing world problem. They are addressing a social challenge in a way that is differentiated in some way from how others have addressed the same problem.
Transferability
Lipman Family Prize winners offer insights, models, or practices that others in the social impact sector can learn from and adapt. Their work has relevance beyond their immediate context, contributing to broader learning and progress across the field
The Lipman Family Prize is designed for organizations operating in the Nonprofit/NGO/Civil Society sector that address globally relevant issues. . In order to progress through the application process, these eligibility criteria must be met:
• Hold nonprofit status in the United States or an equivalent legal status in their home country.
• Operate as a nonprofit organization for three years or more.
• Monitor and evaluate their work, with impact results available for at least three years
• Maintain a three-year average of annual organizational expenses between $500,000 and $5M USD*.
• Not operate primarily to redistribute funds to other organizations or individuals.
• Not engage in direct lobbying to influence legislation or elections (e.g. 501(c)4 organizations), delivering programs with religious content, or discriminating on the basis of race, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, age or disability.
