The Social Innovation Anthem Award
Presented by Social Innovation Summit & the Webby Anthem Awards
The Social Innovation Anthem Award celebrates the purposeful work of individuals, organizations, and movements around the world that are using their platform to drive real change. Social Innovation Summit 2026 highlighted a visionary organization making a meaningful difference in our host city of Atlanta.
The Social Innovation Anthem Award celebrates the purposeful work of individuals, organizations, and movements around the world that are using their platform to drive real change. Social Innovation Summit 2026 highlighted a visionary organization making a meaningful difference in our host city of Atlanta.
The 2026 Winner
In 2026, we were pleased to announce the winner of the third annual Social Innovation Anthem Award: Café Momentum
Café Momentum’s mission is to transform young lives by equipping our communities’ justice-involved youth with life skills, education and employment opportunities to help them achieve their full potential. They create opportunities for justice-involved youth through an ever-expanding network of award-winning non-profit restaurants and training programs. Youth, ages 15–19, gain industry skills and a strong support system. Restaurants alone can’t transform the juvenile justice system, but they can reshape communities and futures—one meal, one person at a time.
Previous Awards Recipients
-
2025: Galería de la Raza
-
2025: Teens 4 LA (Crypto For Good Award)
-
2024: Hope for the Day
-
2023: Born This Way Foundation (Innovator of the Year)
-
2022: Project Community Capital (Economic Empowerment), Trust for Public Land (Diversity, Equity & Inclusion), Citi Foundation (Environmental, Social & Governance), University Innovation Alliance (Education), CAA Foundation and Thrive Global Foundation for #FirstRespondersFirst (Health & Wellbeing), and Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy (Future of Work)
-
2021: Off Their Plate (COVID Relief & Impact), Northwestern Mutual for the Block by Block Amani Housing Strategy (Economic Empowerment), McLendon Foundation for the Minority Leadership Initiative (Diversity, Equity & Inclusion), and FutureFit AI (Future of Work)