NEW YORK — Prison Fellowship founder Chuck Colson and philanthropist Sir John Templeton have been honored with the William E. Simon Foundation Awards.
Colson, who founded the prison outreach ministry in 1976, was presented with the Prize in Social Entrepreneurship, along with a cash award of $250,000. He was recognized for working with government, churches and communities to help restore the lives of prisoners and their families.
Templeton is known for sponsoring ground-breaking research about the connections between religion and science through the John Templeton Foundation in Radnor, Pa. He received the Prize in Philanthropic Leadership, along with a contribution of $250,000 to the charity of his choice. Colson was honored for his funding of projects, books, college courses and essays that highlight benefits of cooperation between religion and science.
The Simon Prizes were inaugurated in 2001 as part of the New York-based foundation’s efforts to further the legacy of its namesake, who was U.S. treasury secretary in the mid-1970s.
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