
Past National Philanthropy Day Award Recipients
Baylor Landrum, Jr. Leave a Legacy AwardThis award recognizes an individual who has made a planned gift or has helped to promote planned giving in our community. The Leave a Legacy Award is named in honor and memory of Baylor Landrum, Jr., a hero to many organizations in our community. 2011 - Dr. Elizabeth Park Cressman2012 - Leslie E. Vidra2013 - Joyce Seymour and the Steering Committee of the Joyce Seymour Leadership Fund2014 - Mary and Al Shands III2015 - Wade Mountz2016 - Turney Barry2017 – James R. Ryan2018 – Max Baumgardner2019 - Walter Clare
Emerging Leader Award
This award recognizes an outstanding individual fundraising professional (ages 25-40 at the time of nomination) who works for a nonprofit, charitable organization and who practices his/her profession in an exemplary manner. The recipient has demonstrated outstanding commitment to the Greater Louisville/Southern Indiana community through professional fundraising, evidence of quality of leadership in creating change within their organization, being an active member of AFP, commitment to continuing professional development, and commitment to fundraising and philanthropy through volunteer service and financial support of non-profit organizations. The recipient’s fundraising efforts and community leadership have motivated others to give and become involved in philanthropy.
2019 - Lena Iwu
Frank W. Penick Founder’s AwardThe Frank W. Penick Founder’s Award was created in 2000 as a tribute to Mr. Penick, a founding member of the Association of Fundraising Professionals Greater Louisville Chapter. The award is presented to an individual who has demonstrated exceptional leadership and commitment to the advancement of the development profession. All recipients are certified fundraising professionals with at least 10 years of experience. This award is funded by an endowment established by Mr. Penick, and provides a grant to support the recipient’s continuing professional education. 2000 - Frank W. Penick2001 - Robert J. Mueller2002 - Anne Wunsch2003 - William Schneider2004 – Jennifer Scott, CFRE2005 - Christine Allen2006 – Leonard Moisan2007 – Lee Smith2009 - Chuck Willenbrink2010 - Linda Johnson2011 – Leslie Smart, CFRE2012 - Linda Medley2013 - Kirsten M. Bullock2014 – Lynnie Meyer, RN, EdD, CFRE2015 - Mike Schultz2016 – Mark Rountree2017 – Cathy Galante2018 – Traci Simonsen, CFRE
2019 – Jamie CampbellOutstanding Volunteer FundraiserThis award recognizes an individual who has demonstrated exceptional leadership in raising money and organizing groups of volunteers for major fundraising projects for more than one organization, all within the Greater Louisville/Southern Indiana region. 1996 - Malcom B. Chancey, Jr1997 - The late Dr. Lolita A. Weakley1998 - The late Owsley Brown Frazier, the late Baylor Landrum, Jr. and the late Mary Wallis Landrum1999 - UPS Employees2000 - Madeline Abramson2001 - Beach Mold & Tool/ James W. Bye2002 - James R. Gaunt2003 - David Y. Wood2004 - Robert Rounsavall III2005 - Jim Parobek2006 - Dr. Paula Grisanti2007 – Will Ward2008 - Lindy B. Street2009 - Carl M. Thomas2010 - William E. Juckett2011 – Mary Porter2012 - Todd P. Lowe and J.A. Paradis III2013 – Jon Dubins2014 - Julie LaValle Jones2015 – Cathy Zion2016 – Steve Trager2017 - Margaret Schneider2018 – The Roby Family
2019 - Barbara Bernard Outstanding Youth in PhilanthropyThis award recognizes an individual or a group of young people ages 5-17 (at time of nomination) who demonstrated outstanding commitment to the Greater Louisville/Southern Indiana community through any or all of these activities: direct financial support, development of charitable programs, volunteering, or leadership in philanthropy. 2001 - North Harrison Elementary School2005 - Artemis Fund - Kentucky Country Day2006 - Rachel Helson2007 - Lauren "Rosie" Graft2008 - The dePaul School and Kinsey Morrison2009 - Mary Michael Daunhauer2010 - Chad Kamen2011 - The Louisville Zoo Youth Board2012 - St X/St Joseph of Arimathea Society2013 – Emily Kosse2014 - Anna-Maria Beck2015 - Harper Gray2016 - Louisville Philanthropy Council2017 - Andrew Klem and Jack Schrepferman2018 - Brooklyn Roller2019 - Ellie Bright
Philanthropist of the Year – IndividualThis award recognizes an individual with a proven record of exceptional generosity who, through direct financial support to charities in Greater Louisville/Southern Indiana demonstrates outstanding civic and charitable responsibility, and whose generosity encourages others to take on philanthropic leadership roles on local, national, and international levels. 1988 - The late Mary and the late Barry Bingham1989 - The Brown and Frazier Families1992 - Betty and David Jones1996 - Mason C. Rudd2000 - Denise and Jay Gordon2001 - G.H. "Bo" Nixon & the late "Dotsie" Nixon2003 - Nick Simon2004 - Bernard and Jean Trager2005 - Carla Wallace2006 - John L. Hoeck2008 - Pete and Joan Schickel2010 - Joseph Pusateri2012 - Dr. Mark E. Lynn2013 - Allan M. Parnell2014 - Frank and Paula Harshaw2015 - Margy Caldwell Thomas2016 - William O. Alden, Jr.2017 - Richard A. Lechleiter2018 - Brad & Carla Sue Broecker2019 - Edie Nixon
Philanthropist of the Year – OrganizationThis award recognizes a business or grant-making organization in the Greater Louisville/Southern Indiana community with a proven record of exceptional generosity who, through direct financial support demonstrates outstanding civic and charitable responsibility to our community, and whose generosity encourages others to take on philanthropic leadership roles on local, national, and international levels. 1989 - Brown-Forman1990 - James Graham Brown Foundation1991 - WHAS Crusade for Children1993 - GE Appliance Employees1994 - The Gheens Foundation1995 - The Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels1998 - Paul Ogle Foundation, Inc.2001 - Community Foundation of Southern Indiana2002 - Kosair Charities2007 - The Norton Foundation2009 - Yum! Brands2011 - The Humana Foundation2012 - Brown-Forman Corporation2013 - Lift a Life Foundation2014 – UPS2015 - Horseshoe Foundation2016 - Irvin F. & Alice S. Etscorn2017 - Sam Swope Family Foundation2018 – Northwestern Mutual2019 - Churchill Downs
Young Philanthropist of the YearThis award recognizes an individual or a group of young people ages 18-35 (at the time of nomination) who demonstrated outstanding commitment to the Greater Louisville/Southern Indiana community through direct financial support, development of charitable programs, volunteering and leadership in philanthropy. The nominee must be living at the time of nomination. 2000 - Eric Roll2002 – Heather Falmen2003 - Sandra Frazier2004 - C. Tyson and Suzanne Bizot Gorman2005 - FSAB/Billy Fowler2007 - Jaclyn Montgomery2009 - Old Louisville Meets New Louisville2010 - Todd Crawford2011 - Annie Oyler2012 - Wes and Kelly Blair2013 - Mimi Hwang2014 - Wyatt Jackson2015 - Maddie Calzi2016 - Kayla Garrison2017 - JC Campbell2018 – Lauren Hendricks
2019 - Jennifer Lawrence