Nomination Form for the Robert Sinton Award for Distinguished Leadership

 

 

NOMINATE AN EXTRAORDINARY LIFETIME JEWISH VOLUNTEER LEADER!

The Robert Sinton Award for Distinguished Leadership is in honor of Robert Sinton, a businessman and community leader whose dedication to the Federation and other Bay Area organizations spanned more than five decades. This leadership award embodies his passion for Jewish communal and civic volunteerism.

The Sinton Award is for an extraordinary life-time leader who has given time consistently to the Jewish AND general communities.

Recipients of this high honor:

  • Demonstrate sustained AND outstanding leadership to the Federation, Jewish AND general communities.
  • Have held at least ONE leadership role at the Federation OR in a community organization.
  • Exemplify the importance of tzedakah (righteous giving) and philanthropy in their lives.
  • Mentor and motivate others to follow their lead in service to our Bay Area community.

Many Jewish communal professionals also generously volunteer in the Jewish community. Please distinguish between professional responsibilities and volunteer roles. If necessary, please seek feedback from friends of the nominee or professionals who have worked with the nominee to ensure that you provide a complete picture of the nominee.

A $2,500 grant will be given to the award winner for a nonprofit of his or her choice.

Nomination Instructions

Please complete this form as fully as possible so we have a complete picture of the nominee. If necessary, please seek feedback from friends of the nominee or professionals who have worked with the nominee so that the information you provide is as detailed as possible. While past recipients of the award are not eligible, you may re-nominate previous nominees who have not received the award.

To ensure that your work is not lost due to unforeseen circumstances, please prepare and save a copy of your nomination in a word processing program such as Microsoft Word. To do this:

1. Prepare answers in a separate document, saving the document periodically as you work.
2. Copy and paste your answers into the appropriate fields on the nomination form below.
3. Click submit when you are done. You will be directed to a confirmation page. If your form is not accepted please check for errors in the form, in red text below.

*Nominations are confidential. Please do not disclose your nomination to the nominee.

For questions, please email awards@sfjcf.org.

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