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Opus Prize

Opus Prize Foundation

NontraditionalPrize or challenge

A $1 million award to one faith-motivated social entrepreneur solving a persistent social problem, with two $100,000 finalist awards. Winners are surfaced through a partner Catholic university that hosts that year's award.

Indicative award
$100k–$1M (total award)The page states $1 million for the laureate and two awards of $100,000 for finalists, with roughly $24 million distributed since 2004.
Timing
Annual cycleAnnual cycle · NovNo specific published date recorded. This funder publishes a cycle rather than a date, and this database does not invent one.Laureates are announced in the autumn (the 2025 laureate was announced November 13, 2025) at a partner Catholic university campus. No nomination deadline is published on the site.
Who can apply
Community organisation, Practitioner
Eligibility
Open to individuals of any faith tradition anywhere in the world who lead work on persistent social problems; the page describes recipients as unsung humanitarian leaders and recent honourees include both congregations and community nonprofits. The homepage does not publish a nomination form or criteria and directs enquiries to info@opusprize.org, so entry is effectively by nomination through the foundation's university partners rather than open application.
SSWR clusters
Topics
faith-based humanitarian work · community organisations · social entrepreneurship
Apply at
https://www.opusprize.org/
This entry
Curated by the working group. Written 2026-08-07. The funder link has not yet been machine-checked.

Amounts and dates on this page are indicative and are maintained by people rather than scraped. Funders change ceilings, windows and eligibility without notice; confirm all details at the source above before applying.

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