The Columbus Foundation Community Awards


Harrison M. Sayre Award

The Harrison M. Sayre Award, given in honor of the Foundation’s founder and volunteer director for 25 years, recognizes leadership in philanthropy in central Ohio. 

As Mr. Sayre so well stated, “The best way to extend your life is to give to the community.”

Harrison M. Sayre

 
Congratulations to this year's winners!

2009 Harrison M. Sayre Award Recipient


Past Recipients 

2008 Ann I. Wolfe and John F. Wolfe
2007 Richard J. Solove
2006 Don and Thekla Reese Shackelford
2001 Maj. Gen. Raymond E. Mason, Jr. AUS (ret.) and Margaret E. Mason
2000 John H. McConnell
1999 Elizabeth M. Ross
Shirle N. Westwater
John G. McCoy
1998 John B. (Bernie) Gerlach
1997 Battelle
1995 Leslie H. Wexner
1994 Ingram-White Castle Family
1993 Early Donors:
Olga Anna Jones
Preston Davis
H. Russell Culp
Robert W. Stevenson
1992 Robert S. Crane, Jr.
Walter English
1991 Nationwide Insurance Companies
1990 Richard Heer Oman

 


Columbus Foundation Award

The Columbus Foundation Award is given to organizations that have made a significant difference in the quality of life in our community.


Congratulations to this year's winner!

2009 The Columbus Foundation Award Recipient


Past Recipients

2008 Columbus Housing Partnership
2007 LifeCare Alliance and and its Volunteers
2006     Maryhaven and Paul H. Coleman
2005 Columbus Metropolitan Library
2004 Virginia O'Keefe and Amethyst, Inc.
2002 YMCA of Central Ohio, Volunteers, and Staff
2001 Jimmy Crum and Recreation Unlimited
2000 Early Leaders of the YMCA, Karen Schwarzwalder, and the YMCA of Columbus
1999 Cee Cullman and Action for Children
1998 Volunteers Who Saved the Ohio Theatre, Doug Kridler, and the Columbus Association 
     for the Performing Arts (CAPA)
1997 Leslie A. Bostic, Buckeye Ranch Service Board, and The Buckeye Ranch
1995 Nancy Jeffrey, Melvin L. Schottenstein, and the Community Shelter Board
1994 Sister Mary Andrew Matesich, O.P. and Ohio Dominican College
Arthur G. James, M.D., and The Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Research Institute
     at The Ohio State University
1993 Children's Hospital
Early Leaders: F.O. Schoedinger, Dr. Earl Hayes Baxter, Ms. Truitt (Daisy) Sellers
Contemporary Leaders: Ann I. Wolfe, Dr. Grant Morrow, Stuart W. Williams
1992 United Way of Franklin County, Inc. and the People of Franklin County
1991 Thekla R. Shackelford, Arthur J. Kobacker, and I KNOW I CAN
1990 Melvin B. Dodge, Jack Hanna, and Columbus Zoological Park Association
1987 Fran Haskins, Operation Feed, and Nationwide Insurance Companies
1986 Sanford N. Hallock II, Walter English, and Center Of Science and Industry