2016

Winners

• Evan Edwards – To produce a CD to promote his new musical to the backers, developers and festivals whose creative and financial support were necessary for him to realize its full-scale production.
• Lucy Gram – To produce a three-day workshop of “In the Belly,” a new play about family, legacy and how we shape ourselves into independent adults despite our parents’ mistakes.
• Adam Miller – To produce a documentary called “BUCKETS” about Larry Wright, the creator of bucket drumming.
• Kristin Yancy – To orchestrate a workshop of “The Hunt,” an original approach to the quickly growing subset of the dramatic arts – immersive theater.

Judges

• Diana Roesch DiMenna, philanthropist
• Jean Hanff Korelitz, author
• Jeffrey Haydon, CEO, Caramoor Center for Performing Arts
• Heather Hitchens, Executive Director, American Wing Theatre

2015

Winners

• John Jacob Lee – To publish a mission-driven zine exploring themes of gender, race, and class through a variety of artistic mediums
• Hayet Moufti – To produce “My Empire of Solitude,” a 25-minute dance piece that will be a community-oriented work of art.
• Chris Corporandy – To complete certification by the Knight-Thompson Speech Work organization as an accent, dialect, and speech teacher for actors

Judges

• Scott Berrie, Emmy Award-winning Producer and CEO/Founder of Impulse Creative Productions
• Tangie Murray, Executive Director at Rush Philanthropic Arts Foundation
• Richard Zinman, Managing Director at Credit Suisse
• Kerry Steib, Director of Social Impact at Spotify
• Susan Henshaw Jones, Director of the Museum of the City of New York

2013

Winners

• Daniel Perez Gomez – To work with animal shelters to take high-quality photographs of dogs in order to increase their chances of adoption.
• Kathryn Anible – To publish “The Leafy Greens Cookbook” containing 100 recipes that featured a variety of greens.
• Anthony Wills – To write a screenplay “Pride from the Door,” which deals with race, addiction and loss.

Judges

• Lisa Dennison, Sotheby’s, Chairman, North and South America
• Hughlyn Fierce, Retired Jazz at Lincoln Center CEO and active not-for-profits board member
• Susan Freedman, President, Public Art Fund
• Brian Munn, Actor, starred in Wicked, and a former GP staff member
• Bronson van Wyck, Founder & Event Producer, Van Wyck & Van Wyck

2011

Winners

• Tim Marback – To produce his play “Mend” under the direction of Olympia Dukakis.
• Michael Menger – To produce his own work, “The Really Big Pirate Show”.
• Charles Wulster – To complete production on his film, “The Defenders of Belfast”.

Judges

• Gail Beltrone, Vice President, Frederick P Rose Hall, Jazz at Lincoln Center
• Marsha Firestone, President and Founder, Women Presidents’ Organization
• Timur Galen, Global Head of Corporate Services and Real Estate, Goldman Sachs
• Brian Halweil, Editor/Publisher, Edible Magazines
• Jonelle Procope, President and CEO, Apollo Theater Foundation

2006

Winner

• Garry Novikoff – To complete the final mixing, mastering, and production of his self-produced CD “Dog on the Moon.”

2000

Winners

• Trayce Gardner – To found the Brooklyn Young Filmmakers Center, which promotes “literacy, leadership, social skills, intergenerational exchange, and job training” to under-privileged NYC youth through film studies and film-making.
• Joe Clancy – To start The Drilling CompaNY, which develops and produces new dramatic works by emerging American playwrights.