Awards
- Fast Company Magazine, Social Capitalist Award (2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004)
- Charity Navigator, Four-Star “Exceptional” rating (2007)
- Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship, Social Entrepreneur of the Year in the U.S. (2007)
- Cause Market Forum, Gold Halo Award (2007).
- Yale School of Business – The Goldman Sachs Foundation partnership on Nonprofit Ventures Business Plan Competition, Grand Prize Winner (2005)
- Author’s Guild, Award for Distinguished Service to the Literary Community (2005)
- Forbes Magazine, Gold Star Charity (2003)
- Promotion Marketing Association, Reggie Gold Medal (2005).
- United States Coast Guard, Signature Charity since 2001
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