Exciting news: last night Poverty, Inc. was honored with the $100,000 Templeton Freedom Award presented by the Atlas Network.
We are truly grateful for this special recognition of the principles of human flourishing the film presents.
After years of hard work making this film, there is a natural temptation to relax and feel good about the 40 film festival honors, awards, and high profile screenings. On behalf of our team, I wish to convey that we remain humble and committed.
As you have heard us say time and again, Poverty, Inc. does not portend to offer silver bullets or one-size-fits-all solutions. It is about principles. We view these awards as positive feedback that these principles are indeed resonating in the hearts and minds of people around the world and making inroads into our culture.
Changing culture is no small task. There is much work yet to be done.
I invite you to join this effort by organizing a screening in your community, for your school, or for your organization. Learn how on our website or by emailing info@povertyinc.org.
Named for the late investor and philanthropist Sir John Templeton, the Templeton Freedom Award annually honors his legacy by identifying and recognizing the most exceptional and innovative contributions to the understanding of free enterprise, and the public policies that encourage prosperity, innovation and human fulfillment via free competition. Awarded since 2004, the Templeton Freedom Award beginning in 2013 is generously supported by Templeton Religion Trust.
Finalists for the Templeton Freedom Award are to display the following:
Achieved strategic impact (in areas of policy impact, social impact, academic impact, media impact, or student impact, etc.)
Made innovative contributions to the field of free enterprise education or policy research
Laid the groundwork for future progress in improving countries’ scores in rankings of economic freedom (e.g., The Index of Economic Freedom or the Economic Freedom of the World report)
