Essl Social Prize

Prize winners

• 2008 – Father :de:Georg Sporschill|Georg Sporschill, for the "Casa Abraham" project in Ploiești, Romania; providing shelter and vocational training for young people who are homeless.
• 2009 – Szekeres Tiborné, creator of the foundation "For Equal Opportunity", devoted to housing and employment for people who are disabled.
• 2010 - Bill Drayton, founder of, for the Ashoka Globalizer project and his life's work.
• 2011 - Karlheinz Böhm and Almaz Böhm for the project :de:Menschen f%C3%BCr Menschen|Menschen für Menschen
• 2012 - Father :de:Wolfgang Pucher|Wolfgang Pucher and the St. Vincent de Paul for their work on homelessness, including the introduction of the "Housing First" model to Salzburg
• 2013 - Thorkil Sonne for Specialisterne, a social enterprise that supports people with autism to enter competitive employment by helping them identify their unique skills and matching them to relevant companies.