Turns out this Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year award is a big deal -- more than 1,200 people in black tie screaming for their favorites. Not exactly what those of us from the nonprofit world are used to!

Congratulations got to Matt Minkevitch and Jessica Norie who along with the Gibsons were the finalists.  Matt accepted the award with his usual grace, noting how terrific the other finalists were. I was struck that few if any of the other recipients mentioned the other finalists! 

The Community Foundation got some great plugs in and the category was very well received. We are the only of all the national EY events that focus o social entrepreneurship... kudos to us!I'll upload photos when available.

I hope that some fo the readers of this blog will consider applying next year, It is an amazing opportunity to get the word out about your work with a very important and untapped audience.