Each December, Robin Hood celebrates the people and organizations who have made extraordinary contributions in the fight against poverty. We honor three or four individuals who exemplify the common heroic nature of the people leading the groups Robin Hood supports.

While the heroes are diverse—they may be an executive director, staff member, volunteer or corporate partner—they share many of the same qualities: tenacity, selflessness, innovation and the ability to profoundly affect peoples’ lives. Each hero receives an award of $50,000 for the organization they represent.

		2009
		Linda Hamptlon Harlem United
		Laura Reyes KIPP ( Knowledge Is Power Program )
		Halana Richardson Yorkville Common Pantry
		2008
		Mayor Bloomberg and Paul Jones on Robin Hood Responds Robin Hood Responds
		Food Bank for New York City Food Bank for New York City
		John King Uncommon Schools
		Dwayne Mayes and Steve Coe Community Access
		Roberto Velez and Lisette Nieves Year Up
		2007
		Dr. Harold Freeman The Ralph Lauren Center for Cancer Care and Prevention
		The Georgetown Company
		Marshall Green Legal Aid Society
		Rochelle James Nontraditional Employment for Women
		2006
		Sister Mary Alice Hannan Part of the Solution
		Dr. Hawthorne Smith Bellevue/NYU Program for Survivors of Torture
		Dacia Toll and Doug McCurry Achievement First
		2005
		Dr. Angela Diaz Mt. Sinai Adolescent Health Center
		Chancellor Joel I. Klein New York City Department of Education
		Georgiette Morgan-Thomas and George Sanders Goddard Riverside Community Center
		Julio Perez, Marisol Gonzalez and Daniel Francois Red Hook on the Road
		2004
		Ellen Baxter and Julissa Ventura Broadway Housing
		Daliah Heller Citiwide Harm Reduction
		Maggie Runyan-Shefa KIPP Star
		Steve Stathis Graybeards
		2003
		Tuhina De O'Connor New York Asian Women's Center
		Sister Paulette LoMonaco and Monica Thompson Good Shepherd Services
		Brother Joel Magellan Reyes Asociación Tepeyac of New York*
		Edmond Taylor The HOPE Program
		2002
		Gail Gordon and Sister Susanne LaChapelle Little Sisters of the Assumption
		Nafissa Hannat Comprehensive Development, Inc.
		Isis Sapp-Grant Youth Empowerment Mission*
		2001
		John Ariza Abraham House
		Marina Bernard Damiba Bronx Prep Charter School
		Anthony DeMaria Jane Barker Child Advocacy Center
		2000
		Nancy Addison Altman Incarnation Children's Center*
		Dr. T. Berry Brazelton Brazelton Touchpoints Center
		Alexie Torres Fleming Youth Ministries for Peace and Justice*
		Verona Middleton-Jeter Henry Street Settlement
		1999
		The John F. Kennedy, Jr. Hero Award
		David Levin KIPP Academy
		Rosa Pardo J.E. and Z.B. Butler Child Advocacy Center
		Dick Robinson
		Marc Washington Friends of Island Academy
		1998
		Michael Carrera Children's Aid Society
		Jon Corzine Goldman Sachs
		Arlene Goldsmith New Alternatives For Children
		Hans and Ivan Hageman East Harlem School At Exodus House
		1997
		Willie Battle Imani Altisimo*
		Amy Betanzos Wildcat Service Corporation*
		Sister Mary Franciscus Opportunities For A Better Tomorrow
		Warner LeRoy Tavern on the Green
		1996
		Grace Perez Violence Intervention Program
		Irwin Redlener Children's Health Fund
		Martha Watford La Peninsula Community Organization Head Start*
		George Zuber Deloitte & Touche
		1995
		Victoria Bjorklund Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett
		Phil Caldarella Binding Together*
		Christina Giammalva The Family Academy*
		Carmen Vega Rivera East Harlem Tutorial Program*
		1994
		James O'Neal Legal Outreach
		Angel Rodriquez Andrew Glover Youth Program
		Holland West Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft
		Rita Zimmer Women In Need
		1993
		Peter Rose Clearpool School*
		Christine Rucker Teens Helping Each Other*
		Rick Surpin Cooperative Home Care Associates*
		1992
		Lucy Cabrera & Kathy Goldman Food Bank For New York City
		Geoffrey Canada Harlem Children's Zone
		Charles King Housing Works
		1991
		Ana Dumois Community HealthCare Network*
		Joe Holland HARKHomes*
		Sister Mary Paul & Sister Geraldine Center For Family Life In Sunset Park
		1990
		Gretchen Buchenholz Association To Benefit Children
		Madaha Kinsey Mindbuilders*
		Joe Perez Bedford-Stuyvesant Volunteer Ambulance Corp*
		Rocky Robinson Bedford-Stuyvesant Volunteer Ambulance Corp*