Individuals or organizations selected by the Arizona Interfaith Movement as having consistently demonstrated the Golden Rule in their daily interaction with others.
2025 Honoree Videos
Historical Honoree Listing
🏆 2025 Honorees
- Youth Award – Jacob Denlinger & Brophy College Preparatory Senior Day of Service Program
- Emergency Personnel Award – Sean Stoddard
- Faith Leader Award – Jaswant Sachdev
- Civic Leader Award – Rusty Bowers
- Business Owner Award – Elizabeth White
- Educator Award – Azra Hussain
- Paul Eppinger Interfaith Award – Dr. Warren Stewart, Sr.
- Darl Andersen Award – Bishop John Dolan
🏆 2023 Honorees
- Youth Pioneer Award – Anaik Sachdev / Loving Library
- Humanitarian Award – Childhelp
- Strengthening the Family Award – Native American Fathers and Families Association (NAFFA)
- Paul Eppinger Interfaith Award – Dr. Michael Crow
- Darl Andersen Award – Catholic Charities
🏆 2022 Honorees
- Humanitarian Award – Mission of Mercy
- Youth Award – Trevor Gentry
- Character in Sports Award – Michael Bankston
- Health Award – Dr. Gladys McGarey
- Paul Eppinger Interfaith Award – Marie Osmond
🏆 2019 Honorees
- Serving the Children Award – Sunshine Acres
- Humanitarian Award – Thomas T. Koseki & Japanese American Citizens League
- Community Building Award – East Valley Community Builders (received by Rev. Ozetta Kirby)
- Media Award – AZTV7 & Lynn Londen
- Darl Andersen Award – Nick Lowery
🏆 2018 Honorees
- Education Award – Playworks
- Humanitarian Award – Marilyn Murray
- Strengthening Families Award – Rose Mapendo
- Darl Andersen Award – Pastor Magdalena Schwartz
- Paul Eppinger Interfaith Award – Muhammad Ali (posthumous)
🏆 2017 Honorees
- Youth Award – Arrupe Project
- Humanitarian Award – Gabriel’s Angels
- Veterans Service Award – MANA House
- Character in Sports Award – Meadowlark Lemon (posthumous)
- Darl Andersen Award – Brian Mueller
🏆 2016 Honorees
- Youth Award – Matthew Kaplan
- Community Service Award – Diana Yazzie Devine
- Humanitarian Award – Charles Keller
- Paul Eppinger Interfaith Award – Dr. Paul Eppinger
🏆 2015 Honorees
- Humanitarian Award – Circle the City (Sister Adele O’Sullivan)
- Religion Award – Pastor Tommy Barnett
- Education Award – Genesis City (Karen Callahan)
- Peace Award – Rana Singh Sodhi
- Darl Andersen Award – Jimmy Walker
🏆 2014 Honorees
- Education Award – Arizona Brainfood (Ruth Collins)
- Philanthropy Award – Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust (Dr. Judy Jolley Mohraz)
- Humanitarian Award – Oskar Knoblauch
- Religion Award – Casa Maria, Tucson (Brian Flagg)
- Youth/Character in Sports Award – Queen Creek Football Team (Coach Joe Germaine)
- Darl Andersen Award – Jerry Colangelo
🏆 2013 Honorees
- Government Award – Mayor John Lewis (Gilbert)
- Business Award – Marty Shultz
- Non-Profit Award – Benevilla (Michelle Dionisio)
- Community Service Award – HopeFest (Billy Thrall)
- Education Award – First Things First (Rhian Evans Allvin)
- Youth Award – Spencer Zimmerman & Dayton Hayward
- Character in Sports Award – Larry Fitzgerald
🏆 2012 Honorees
- Youth Award – Warren J. Brown
- International Award – Ambassador Mussie Hailu
- Religion Award – Bishop Minerva Carcaño
- Business Award – David Engelman
- Community Service Award – St. Andrew’s Children’s Clinic (Laura Romero)
- Health Award – Dr. Patricia Nez Henderson
- Darl Andersen Award – David & Joan Lincoln
🏆 2011 Honorees
- Non-Profit Award – Stephen Zabilski & Society of St. Vincent de Paul
- Community Building Award – Don Logan
- Strengthening Families Award – Chris Coffman & Helping Hands for Single Moms
- Health Award – Dr. Leland L. Fairbanks
- Government Award – Senator Leah Landrum Taylor
- Religion Award – Rev. Dr. David Wilkinson
- Humanitarian Award – Dr. Ralph Showers
- Darl Andersen Award – The Basha Family
🏆 2010 Honorees
- Youth Award – The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Queen Creek & Chandler Heights Stake Young Men and Young Women)
- Religion Award – S.S. Gurukirn Kaur Khalsa
- Education Award – Lattie F. Coor, Ph.D.
- Business Award – Gene C. Blue, AZ OIC
- Non-Profit Award – Paul Luna & Helios Education Foundation
- Media Award – Art Brooks, Broadcasters Association
- Character in Sports Award – Steve & Barbara Young and Forever Young Foundation
- Darl Andersen Award – John O. Whiteman
- Special Merit – Governor Janice K. Brewer
🏆 2008 Honorees
- Religion Award – Rabbi Albert Plotkin
- Governmental Award – Rep. Mark Anderson
- Non-Profit Award – Metro Phoenix Boys & Girls Club
- Media Award – Lawn Griffiths, Spiritual Life Editor, East Valley Tribune
- Humanitarian Award – George Roundy
- Business Award – Sundt Corp. (J. Doug Pruitt)
- Youth Award – Paradise Valley United Methodist Church in Mission with the Homeless / Open Table
- Education Award – Arizona Community Foundation
- Character in Sports Award – Kurt & Brenda Warner
- Darl Andersen Award – Dennis Barney
🏆 2007 Honorees
- Business Award – Salt River Project
- Education Award – ASU Center for the Study of Religion and Conflict
- Humanitarian Award – Earl J. Baker, M.D.
- Non-Profit Award – The Wellness Community
- Religion Award – Rev. Dr. Benjamin Thomas, Sr.
- Youth Award – Hadley Nielsen
- Media Award – Hugh Downs
- Darl Andersen Award – Ira A. Fulton
🏆 2006 Honorees
- Youth Award – Tia Carley
- Business Award – Mayo Clinic, Arizona
- Education Award – Patricia Adams (StarShine Academy)
- Government Award – Chief Justice Charles E. Jones, AZ Supreme Court (retired)
- Non-Profit Award – George Dean (Greater Phoenix Urban League)
- Religion Award – Imam Abdur Rahim Shamsid-Deen
- Media Award – Frank Camacho, Channel 3 Anchor
- Darl Andersen Award – Monsignor Ed Ryle (posthumous)
🏆 2005 Honorees
- Business Award – Wells Fargo
- Education Award – Tom and Marty Horne
- Government Award – City of Phoenix
- Non-Profit Award – Save The Family
- Religion Award – First Institutional Baptist Church (Dr. Warren Stewart)
- Posthumous Award – Gerald Hardt
- Darl Andersen Award – Dr. Bill Starr