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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
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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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