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Gideon Maltz, CEO of the Tent Partnership for Refugees, Named 2025 Charles Bronfman Prize Laureate
"The Judges made an outstanding choice this year," said Charles Bronfman . "Gideon's groundbreaking work with the exemplifies the Jewish imperative to 'welcome the stranger'. "He demonstrates the power of business to drive meaningful social change," said Prize co-founder Ellen Bronfman Hauptman . "By forging strategic partnerships with global corporations, he has created real pathways for refugees to rebuild their lives with dignity and economic security."
Maltz, a former member of the Obama Administration, joined in 2017 and has since expanded its reach across North America , Europe , and Latin America . The organization has also launched groundbreaking initiatives to support refugee employment, including targeted mentorship programs for Afghan, Hispanic, women, and LGBTQ+ refugees.
"I am incredibly honored to be the 2025 recipient of the prestigious Charles Bronfman Prize, which is an extraordinary recognition of Tent's impact and our unique work with the world's largest employers to connect refugees to jobs," . "At this urgent moment when the global refugee crisis is at an all-time high, I am grateful The Prize will help us reach even more companies to hire even more refugees – helping them restart their lives in their new communities."
Maltz will join a cohort of Charles Bronfman Prize laureates who have created a reverberative impact in refugee rights, medicine, environment, education, criminal justice, food justice, entrepreneurship, the arts and more.
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