BP Amoco Foundation Selects 6 Non-Profit Finalists For $500,000 Leader Awards; Two Winning Chicago Organizations Will Receive $250,000 Each In September.CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 3, 1999-- BP Amoco Foundation, Inc. has selected six Chicago non-profit organizations A non-profit organization (abbreviated "NPO", also "non-profit" or "not-for-profit") is a legally constituted organization whose primary objective is to support or to actively engage in activities of public or private interest without any commercial or monetary profit purposes. - ACCION ACCION Americans for Community Co-operation in Other Nations Chicago, Community Services West (Academy Bakery), Shore Bank Neighborhood Institute, The Resurrection Project, Women's Business Development Center and Women's Self-Employment Project - as finalists for its $500,000 Leader Awards which recognizes excellence in leadership, innovation, job creation and economic development. The winners will be celebrated on September 29, 1999, during a BP Amoco awards ceremony at the Fairmont Hotel. All finalists were selected by the Leader Awards Nomination Committee made up of Chicago business leaders, non-profit executives, the media and representatives from BP Amoco Foundation Inc. The first-round selection of nominees included 69 non-profit groups in the Chicagoland area. In the coming weeks, site visits to review each finalists' headquarter head·quar·ter v. head·quar·tered, head·quar·ter·ing, head·quar·ters Usage Problem v.tr. To provide with headquarters: operations will be conducted as well as a review of their successful Chicago-based programs. The two winning organizations each will be selected by a separate and discreet blue ribbon blue ribbon denotes highest honor. [Western Folklore: Brewer Dictionary, 127] See : Prize panel of judges Panel of Judges is an indie pop band from Melbourne, Australia. Members
Winning organizations will participate in the Amoco Fellows program, a nine-month curriculum to promote internal capacities of non-profit organizations through professional development and leadership. BP Amoco is one of the world's largest petroleum and petrochemical petrochemical, any one of a large group of chemicals derived from a component of petroleum or natural gas. The cracking processes for manufacturing gasoline produce vast quantities of gaseous hydrocarbons. groups. The BP Amoco Foundation, Inc. contributes to community and educational organizations in 30 countries. |
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