Awards Record

Environment (grassroots activism)

Goldman Environmental Prize: winners and how it is awarded

The Goldman Environmental Prize was created in 1989 by philanthropists Richard and Rhoda Goldman and is awarded by the San Francisco based Goldman Environmental Foundation to grassroots environmental activists from six world regions.26,1

Awarded byGoldman Environmental Foundation
Established1989
FrequencyAnnual, usually one recipient from each of six regions
Prize valueNot stated per recipient on fetched official pages. The foundation reports US$33 million in total prize funding over 37 years (as of 2026-10-27 (goldmanprize.org home page))

How the winner is chosen

An international jury selects the recipients from confidential nominations made by a worldwide network of environmental organisations and individuals. Recipients are chosen from six regions, Africa, Asia, Europe, Islands and Island Nations, North America, and South and Central America.

Winners

  1. 2026Iroro Tanshi (Nigeria)1Goldman Environmental Prize recipient
  2. 2026Borim Kim (South Korea)1Goldman Environmental Prize recipient
  3. 2026Sarah Finch (United Kingdom)1Goldman Environmental Prize recipient
  4. 2026Theonila Roka Matbob (Papua New Guinea)1Goldman Environmental Prize recipient
  5. 2026Alannah Acaq Hurley (United States)1Goldman Environmental Prize recipient
  6. 2026Yuvelis Morales Blanco (Colombia)1Goldman Environmental Prize recipient
  7. 2025Semia Gharbi (Tunisia)2Goldman Environmental Prize recipient
  8. 2025Batmunkh Luvsandash (Mongolia)3Goldman Environmental Prize recipient
  9. 2025Besjana Guri and Olsi Nika (Albania)4Goldman Environmental Prize recipient
  10. 2025Carlos Mallo Molina (Spain (Canary Islands))5Goldman Environmental Prize recipient
  11. 2025Laurene Allen (United States)6Goldman Environmental Prize recipient
  12. 2025Mari Luz Canaquiri Murayari (Peru)7Goldman Environmental Prize recipient
  13. 2024Sinegugu Zukulu and Nonhle Mbuthuma (South Africa)8Goldman Environmental Prize recipient
  14. 2024Alok Shukla (India)9Goldman Environmental Prize recipient
  15. 2024Teresa Vicente (Spain)10Goldman Environmental Prize recipient
  16. 2024Murrawah Maroochy Johnson (Australia)11Goldman Environmental Prize recipient
  17. 2024Andrea Vidaurre (United States)12Goldman Environmental Prize recipient
  18. 2024Marcel Gomes (Brazil)13Goldman Environmental Prize recipient
  19. 2023Zafer Kızılkaya (Turkey)14Goldman Environmental Prize recipient
  20. 2023Alessandra Korap Munduruku (Brazil)15Goldman Environmental Prize recipient
  21. 2023Chilekwa Mumba (Zambia)16Goldman Environmental Prize recipient
  22. 2023Tero Mustonen (Finland)17Goldman Environmental Prize recipient
  23. 2023Delima Silalahi (Indonesia)18Goldman Environmental Prize recipient
  24. 2023Diane Wilson (United States)19Goldman Environmental Prize recipient
  25. 2022Chima Williams (Nigeria)20Goldman Environmental Prize recipient
  26. 2022Niwat Roykaew (Thailand)21Goldman Environmental Prize recipient
  27. 2022Marjan Minnesma (Netherlands)22Goldman Environmental Prize recipient
  28. 2022Julien Vincent (Australia)23Goldman Environmental Prize recipient
  29. 2022Nalleli Cobo (United States)24Goldman Environmental Prize recipient
  30. 2022Alex Lucitante and Alexandra Narváez Trujillo (Ecuador)25Goldman Environmental Prize recipient

Notable facts

Several awards are shared by two people from the same campaign, for example Sinegugu Zukulu and Nonhle Mbuthuma of South Africa in 2024.8

The foundation's home page gives a cumulative figure of US$33 million in prize funding awarded over 37 years.1

Sources

  1. Goldman Environmental Foundation, Goldman Environmental Prize home page (2026 recipients) (27 October 2026)
  2. Goldman Environmental Foundation, Recipient page, Semia Gharbi (27 October 2026)
  3. Goldman Environmental Foundation, Recipient page, Batmunkh Luvsandash (27 October 2026)
  4. Goldman Environmental Foundation, Recipient page, Besjana Guri and Olsi Nika (27 October 2026)
  5. Goldman Environmental Foundation, Recipient page, Carlos Mallo Molina (27 October 2026)
  6. Goldman Environmental Foundation, Recipient page, Laurene Allen (27 October 2026)
  7. Goldman Environmental Foundation, Recipient page, Mari Luz Canaquiri Murayari (27 October 2026)
  8. Goldman Environmental Foundation, Recipient page, Sinegugu Zukulu and Nonhle Mbuthuma (27 October 2026)
  9. Goldman Environmental Foundation, Recipient page, Alok Shukla (27 October 2026)
  10. Goldman Environmental Foundation, Recipient page, Teresa Vicente (27 October 2026)
  11. Goldman Environmental Foundation, Recipient page, Murrawah Maroochy Johnson (27 October 2026)
  12. Goldman Environmental Foundation, Recipient page, Andrea Vidaurre (27 October 2026)
  13. Goldman Environmental Foundation, Recipient page, Marcel Gomes (27 October 2026)
  14. Goldman Environmental Foundation, Recipient page, Zafer Kızılkaya (27 October 2026)
  15. Goldman Environmental Foundation, Recipient page, Alessandra Korap Munduruku (27 October 2026)
  16. Goldman Environmental Foundation, Recipient page, Chilekwa Mumba (27 October 2026)
  17. Goldman Environmental Foundation, Recipient page, Tero Mustonen (27 October 2026)
  18. Goldman Environmental Foundation, Recipient page, Delima Silalahi (27 October 2026)
  19. Goldman Environmental Foundation, Recipient page, Diane Wilson (27 October 2026)
  20. Goldman Environmental Foundation, Recipient page, Chima Williams (27 October 2026)
  21. Goldman Environmental Foundation, Recipient page, Niwat Roykaew (27 October 2026)
  22. Goldman Environmental Foundation, Recipient page, Marjan Minnesma (27 October 2026)
  23. Goldman Environmental Foundation, Recipient page, Julien Vincent (27 October 2026)
  24. Goldman Environmental Foundation, Recipient page, Nalleli Cobo (27 October 2026)
  25. Goldman Environmental Foundation, Recipient page, Alex Lucitante and Alexandra Narváez Trujillo (27 October 2026)
  26. Wikipedia, Goldman Environmental Prize (27 October 2026)