Henry R. Kravis Prize in Nonprofit Leadership

[5] Sir Fazle Hasan Abed is a social worker and the founder and chairman of BRAC (Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee), which uses education, health-care and microfinance programs to lift people out of poverty.

A 2002 Bloomberg Businessweek article noted that most of BRAC's 110 million beneficiaries are women, and its centers operate schools that have helped “four million girls get at least five years of education.” [6] Roy Prosterman is the founder of the Rural Development Institute (RDI) (which recently changed its name to Landesa) and is active in the fields of land reform, rural development and foreign aid.

Nominations are considered by the committee and include a broad range of sectors in the nonprofit field, such as economic development, public health, law/justice/human rights, education and capacity building.

According to the Kravis Prize website, the Selection Committee considers a nominee's boldness, innovation, creativity, consistency, persistence and effectiveness in implementing their vision.

Additionally, the Selection Committee considers the pool of nominees’ letters of recommendations, quantitative and qualitative analyses prepared by the Prize staff and the person's direct impact on the nonprofit sector.

Case studies include: The Prize also seeks to add to the work already in progress at the Kravis Leadership Institute at Claremont McKenna College.