Cox Conserves Heroes Awards nominations due today

If you know a volunteer or nonprofit dedicated to driving environmental change, recognize that planet protector with a Cox Conserves Hero nomination. 

Why it matters

Nominations close today for the 2024 Cox Conserves Heroes program. Sustainability superstars have the chance to win up to $30,000 for the environmental nonprofit of their choice, courtesy of The James M. Cox Foundation.  

Cox Conserves Heroes honors volunteers and nonprofits that are actively working to make progress in environmental sustainability while inspiring others to do the same. To be eligible, nominees must be positively impacting the planet in the areas of conservation – reducing or reusing carbon/energy, or minimizing waste sent to landfills; volunteerism – activities done on a volunteer basis that are not paid – inspiration; and inspiration acting to inspire others to engage in environmental sustainability. 

Here’s how it works 

1. Nominate a Cox Conserves Hero by today, August 29. Visit Cox Conserves Heroes 2024 and fill out a brief form about your nominee. An internal council will select three finalists for each category: Adult Hero, Youth Hero and Nonprofit Hero. The volunteer or nonprofit in each category with the most votes wins.
   
2. Vote for your favorite between Oct. 7 – 13. The Cox Conserves Heroes website will feature videos sharing a story about each finalist. The public can then view the videos and vote for the nominee most deserving of the grand prize.  

Dig Deeper

The winners will be announced in the fall. All finalists and winners are recognized and receive grants to be donated to an environmental nonprofit of their choice. 

There will be one first-place winner in each of the three categories and they will each receive $30,000 to be donated to the environmental nonprofit of their choice. The second place and third-place finalists in each category will receive $15,000 and $5,000 respectively to also be donated to an environmental nonprofit of their choice. A total of $150,000 will be awarded from the James M. Cox Foundation to six individuals and three nonprofit organizations. 

The winner of the nonprofit category will receive The Jim Kennedy Conservation Award to honor Mr. Kennedy, chairman emeritus of Cox Enterprises, chairman of the James M. Cox Foundation, and an environmentalist who started the Cox Conserves sustainability program in 2007.   

Nominate your Cox Conserves Hero today 

Since 2008, Cox Conserves Heroes has honored more than 200 volunteers across the nation who have helped Cox make a significant impact on sustainability and environmental protection in the communities it serves. The James M. Cox Foundation has awarded more than $1.4 million to environmental and conservation causes.

Photo courtesy Cox of Diane Vaszily of Scottsdale, a previous Cox Conserves Hero dedicating her significant cash award to the Scottsdale Wildlife Conservation Center.