LennonOno Grant for Peace

The LennonOno Grant for Peace is an award presented by artist and peace activist Yoko Ono. The grant, a sum of $50,000, has been awarded biennially to people and organisations chosen by Ono herself since 2002, in honour of Ono's late husband John Lennon.^[1]

Recipients

2002

• Zvi Goldstein
• Khalil Rabah^[2]

2004

• Mordechai Vanunu
• Seymour Hersh^[3]

2006

• Center for Constitutional Rights
• Médecins Sans Frontières^[4]

2008

• Iceland
• Vandana Shiva^[5]

2010

• Josh Fox
• Barbara Kowalcyk
• Michael Pollan
• Alice Walker^[1]

2012

• Lady Gaga
• Rachel Corrie (awarded posthumously)
• John Perkins
• Christopher Hitchens (awarded posthumously)
• Pussy Riot^[6][7]

2014

• Jann Wenner
• Jeremy Gilley
• Art Production Fund
• Jón Gnarr^[8]

2016 ^[9]

• Olafur Eliasson
• Sir Anish Kapoor
• Katalin Ladik
• Ai Weiwei

2018 ^{[10] [11]}

• Make the Road New York
• Wounded Warrior Fund at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center

References

1. "The LennonOno Grant For Peace 2010 – IMAGINE PEACE". Retrieved 7 December 2016.
2. "BBC NEWS - Entertainment - Ono launches peace prize". 10 October 2002. Retrieved 7 December 2016.
3. "VANUNU RECEIVES LENNON ONO PEACE GRANT AWARD". Retrieved 7 December 2016.
4. Colothan, Scott (October 2006). "Lennon Ono Grant For Peace Awarded - Gigwise". Retrieved 7 December 2016.
5. Review, Iceland (10 October 2008). "Yoko Ono Grants Iceland Peace Award". Retrieved 7 December 2016.
6. "Lennon Ono Grant For Peace 2012 awarded to Rachel Corrie, John Perkins, Christopher Hitchens, Pussy Riot and Lady Gaga – IMAGINE PEACE". Retrieved 7 December 2016.
7. "Yoko Ono to give John Lennon peace award to Pussy Riot - NME". NME. 19 September 2012. Retrieved 7 December 2016.
8. "Lennon-Ono Grant For Peace 2014 awarded to Jann Wenner, Jeremy Gilley, Art Production Fund & Jon Gnarr – IMAGINE PEACE". Retrieved 7 December 2016.
9. "Sculptor Anish Kapoor among winners of Lennon Ono peace prize". News & Star online. 17 August 2016. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
10. "YOKO ONO ANNOUNCES THE RECIPIENTS OF THE 2018 LENNON ONO GRANT FOR PEACE". 16 October 2018. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
11. "Yoko Ono awards Lennon-Ono Grant For Peace 2018 to Make The Road NY and The Wounded Warrior Fund". Retrieved 19 October 2021.