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2023 NYC Winners

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Arts & Culture Award THE CENTER FOR FICTION
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Winner of the 2023 Claire Friedlander Family Foundation Arts & Culture Imagine Award. The Center for Fiction
stands as the nation’s only literary center dedicated exclusively to the art of fiction. It is our mission to unite
readers and writers of all ages and backgrounds in a community with a shared passion for fiction.
Rising Star Award EMMA’S TORCH N Y C

Winner of the 2023 Aetna Better Health New York Rising Star Imagine Award. For refugees coming to America,
one of the hardest parts of the transition can be finding a new job, particularly one that is the starting point of
a meaningful career. A job is important for more than a paycheck: it is a chance to meet new people, practice
language skills, and find a sense of fulfillment and self-worth.

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CENTER FOR EMPLOYMENT
DEIA Award OPPORTUNITIES

Winner of the 2023 JPMorgan Chase Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, & Accessibility Imagine Award. Our mission
at the Center for Employment Opportunities (CEO) is to provide immediate, effective, and comprehensive
employment services to individuals with criminal convictions who have recently returned home from
incarceration.

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EXALT
Leadership Excellence Award

Winner of the 2023 Alliant Leadership Imagine Award. Under the leadership of CEO Gisele Castro, the
organization successfully completed an ambitious three-year scaling plan in FY2. exalt elevates expectations of
personal success for court-involved youth ages 15-19 by combining a rigorous curriculum with highly structured
paid internships focusing on three core pillars: 1) criminal justice avoidance; 2) academic progression; and 3)
employability.
Fan Favorite Award SCOTT J. BEIGEL
MEMORIAL FUND
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Winner of the 2023 Flagstar Bank Fan Favorite Imagine Award. Linda established the Scott J. Beigel Memorial
Fund on February 16, 2018, two days after her son Scott was murdered in the Parkland High School massacre.
The mission of SJBMF is to send at-risk, underserved children touched by gun violence to summer sleep-away
camp, giving them a positive path.

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Social Impact Award

Winner of the 2023 Cerini and Associates Social Impact Imagine Award. LiveOnNY’s mission is to honor, change,
and save lives through the gifts of organ and tissue donation. As the federally designated organ procurement
organization (OPO) for the NY region, LiveOnNY works with 100 donor hospitals, 11 transplant centers in their
designated service area and all transplant programs in the US to serve those in need. LiveOnNY manages Innovation Award HEAR YOUR SONG
all the communication with donor families in the hospitals and manages the clinical, operational, financial,
and recovery and transportation logistics of the organ and tissue procurement process with hospitals and
transplant centers across the nation. Winner of the 2023 OneGroup Innovation Imagine Award. Hear Your Song empowers children and teens with
serious illnesses and complex health needs to make their voices heard through collaborative songwriting.

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