Social Innovation Awards
The Social Innovations Journal (SIJ) Awards is dedicated to health and social innovators and entrepreneurs who work at the cross section between the private sector, government, and not-for-profits and aligns them toward collective health and social impact goals and public policy. Social Innovations Journal chronicles social innovations and enterprises addressing the world’s most challenging issues surrounding health and social policy, leadership, human capital, and systems. In collaboration with government, philanthropy, not-for-profits and universities, the Journal bridges formal research and real-life experience. The Innovation Awards is a way to recognize agencies and leaders doing innovative work.
New Jersey Social Innovation Awards
We are pleased to bring the Social Innovation Awards to New Jersey. The Social Innovation Awards have celebrated regional innovators for the past six years in the social sector in Philadelphia, Chicago and beyond, and now will celebrate New Jersey social innovative leaders and or organizations.
The Social Innovation Awards is honored to bring this award to New Jersey to highlight the state’s most passionate social innovators, entrepreneurs and changemakers whose work and social impact too often goes unacknowledged. These efforts will be recognized among the region’s best; they are what make our communities thrive for all people.
The 2027 New Jersey Social Innovations Awards will begin accepting nominations in November, 2026.
Greater Philadelphia Social Innovation Awards
The Greater Philadelphia Social Innovations Awards celebrates greater Philadelphia social innovators. These awards honor our region’s most passionate social innovators, entrepreneurs and changemakers whose work and social impact too often goes unacknowledged, yet their efforts are what makes our communities a thriving region of innovation and opportunity.
The theme of the awards, “achieving a more just society,” recognizes organic leadership who re-envision the challenges that communities face and find innovative solutions to reshape communities.
Social innovators create change through innovative programs, policies, and by revolutionizing realities to bring us all forward to a more equitable and inclusive tomorrow -- today.
The 2027 Greater Philadelphia Social Innovations Awards will begin accepting nominations in October, 2026.
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If your city, region, and/or ecosystem is interested in co-hosting A Social Innovations Awards, please inquire with nick@socialinnovationspartners.org