Jade Zaroff

Presented with the 2022 Spirit Award

Recipient Background

Congratulations to JADE ZAROFF for receiving the Spirit Award at our 2022 Be Great! Humanitarian Awards.

Jade is an artist, producer, entrepreneur and young change-maker. Her passion and purpose is to leverage arts & entertainment as a vehicle for impacting youth so they can impact the world. 

Jade is the Founder of Entertainment for Change™ (EFC) — a nonprofit that provides a platform that educates and empowers a community of young Impact Artists™, informed by the United Nations’ SDGs. Jade was a panelist at the United Nations Media for Social Impact Conference in 2019, has won the Broadway Green Captain Prize via the BGA, and has been featured as a young leader in other publications such as Real Leaders Magazine and Green Living Magazine. EFC launched its Impact Artist™ Program at one of the largest performing arts camps in the world, French Woods, and is currently expanding in NYC with the goal to implement this program nationwide. We believe that BEING an IMPACT Artist™ should be the norm for the next generation.

Learn more about Entertainment For Change at www.EntertainmentForChange.com

2022 Award Recipients

king

Nika King

Social Impact Award

Leigh Steinberg

Legendary Philanthropist

guermo

Guillermo Díaz

Impact Award

Dr. Khalilah Ali

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT

Ever Matson

ROCKSTAR YOUTH AWARD

Karl Kani

PIONEER PHILANTHROPIST

Sir Alec Stern

Exemplary Humanitarian

Jade Zaroff

Spirit Award

Dr. Cyndi Romine

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT

Andy Arias

CRYSTAL AWARD

Eric Power

PATRIOT AWARD

Gavin Keilly

INNOVATION AWARD

Larry Namer

ICON HUMANITARIAN

Emily Lartigue

QUINTESSENTIAL HUMANITARIAN