Community Partnership
The Mutual of America Foundation Community Partnership Award recognizes outstanding nonprofit organizations in the United States that have shown exemplary leadership by facilitating partnerships with public, private or social sector leaders who are working together as equal partners, not as donors and recipients, to build a cohesive community that serves as a model for collaborating with others for the greater good.
Each year, the Mutual of America Foundation sponsors a national competition in which hundreds of organizations demonstrate the value of their partnership to the communities they serve, their ability to be replicated by others and their capacity to stimulate new approaches to addressing significant social issues.
An independent committee selects organizations to receive the following Community Partnership Award honors:
- The Thomas J. Moran Award is presented to a partnership that is significantly and measurably improving lives and communities, serving as a model for replication in other areas.
- The Frances R. Hesselbein Award is presented to a partnership that is addressing social challenges in more than one community or that demonstrates the potential to be replicated in other communities.
- The Social Impact Award is presented to a partnership whose program is making a positive difference in its community, and has the potential to scale to increase its impact.
Since its inception in 1996, the Community Partnership Award has recognized 271 partnerships from cities and towns across America. Like so many of our clients working in the nonprofit community, Mutual of America is dedicated to having a direct, positive impact on society.
Ms. Sara Wiencken
Chair
Mutual of America Foundation
320 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10022-6839
Helpful Links
2026 Community Partnership Award Application