The Heritage Foundation Recognizes Innovation Prize Winners with Nearly $1 Million to Conservative Organizations

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The Heritage Foundation Recognizes Innovation Prize Winners with Nearly $1 Million to Conservative Organizations

Jun 25, 2026 1 min read

WASHINGTON—The Heritage Foundation announced today the recipients of its annual “Innovation Prizes,” which recognize and provide substantive financial awards totaling up to nearly $1 million annually to results-oriented nonprofits.  

This year’s recipients of the awards include the Cardinal Newman Society, Center for Responsible Technology, College of St. Joseph the Worker, Election Integrity Network, FACTS About Fertility, Independent Medical Alliance, Inter-State Security Organization, Love Your School, Reformers Academy, Stop Predatory Gambling, True Charity, and Voices for the Voiceless.

Dr. Kevin Roberts, president of The Heritage Foundation, commended the recipients of the prizes for their great work:  

“The conservative movement is always stronger when we work together. Nowhere is that collaboration more important than when it comes to securing our states and our election systems and strengthening our schools, health care systems, workplaces, and families.

“This year’s winners exemplify the partnerships and love of neighbors that lead to flourishing families and civil societies. We are grateful for their work and honored to support their noble efforts to preserve the permanent things in our republic.”

These nonprofits are awarded prizes for projects that strengthen families, communities, and civil society through research, education, outreach, communications, and advocacy. Their work includes advancing educational excellence and parental engagement, promoting responsible technology, supporting election integrity, improving health and medical freedom, expanding vocational formation, and protecting the dignity of vulnerable and underserved populations.

To read more about the organizations’ projects and hear from their executives, visit this page.  

BACKGROUND:  

This is the sixth round of Heritage Innovation Prizes to be awarded. In 2025, prize winners included the American College of Pediatricians, American Reformer, the Ben Franklin Fellowship, Do No Harm, Families Empowered, LifeWise Academy, Napa Legal Institute, the National Center on Sexual Exploitation, State Armor, Them Before Us, and Wired Human.  

For more information on the inaugural awards, read here. For more information about the prize itself, read here