Sunhak Peace Prize

What Sunhak Peace Prize does

The Sunhak Peace Prize is a non-profit award foundation established in 2015 and domiciled in South Korea, operating under a future-generations-focused philosophy that true peace requires practicing true love without expectation of reward. Its core offering is the annual Sunhak Peace Prize, awarded to individuals and organizations making significant contributions to peace, environmental sustainability, poverty eradication, conflict resolution, and human rights, complemented by a parallel Founders' Award category recognizing exemplars of the founders' values. The 2025 laureates included Wanjira Mathai, Hugh Evans, and Patrick Awuah Jr. for the main prize, and former Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan and Samuel Radebe for the Founders' Award.

The foundation's product surface extends well beyond the annual ceremony. It operates a Peace Issue editorial platform publishing articles on contemporary global topics ranging from refugee integration and intergenerational justice to AI activism, digital colonialism, and ocean acidification. It also runs an International Competition, a Learn & Act civic engagement initiative, and an Internship & Scholarship program aimed at youth participants. A bilingual English/Korean website (sunhakpeaceprize.org) and a YouTube channel (youtube.com/@sunhakpeaceprize) serve as the primary distribution channels.

The Sunhak Peace Prize has no commercial revenue model; prizes are awarded free of charge and the foundation discloses no financials. Its only publicly named staff member is Sharon Choi, Director of Planning at the secretariat, who authors the Peace Issue content. Operationally, it is a privately funded foundation with global reach — laureates to date have come from Kenya, Ghana, Nigeria, South Africa, the United States, and Australia — but with no institutional investors, no funding rounds, and no disclosed budget.

Name

Sunhak Peace Prize

Legal name

Sunhak Peace Prize

Website

https://sunhakpeaceprize.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

The Sunhak Peace Prize Foundation is a South Korean non-profit established in 2015 that annually awards a main peace prize and a Founders' Award to global figures contributing to peace, environmental sustainability, and future generations' wellbeing, supplemented by editorial content and youth participation programs.

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Product category

International Peace Award (Non-Profit Foundation)

NAICS

Grantmaking Foundations (813211), Grantmaking and Giving Services (81321), Other Grantmaking and Giving Services (813219), Grantmaking and Giving Services (8132), Business, Professional, Labor, Political, and Similar Organizations (8139)

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International Grantmaking & Development Foundations (BPAGAKAH)

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Social Justice & Human Rights Grantmaking Foundations (BPAGAKAN), Environmental & Climate Grantmaking Foundations (BPAGAKAM), Scholarship & Fellowship Foundations and Trusts (EDADAHAC), Research Grants, Fellowships & Stipends (International) (EDAIAOAJ)

Keywords

• International peace prize
• Humanitarian award foundation
• Future generations advocacy
• Nonprofit recognition program
• Environmental peace initiative

Headquarters

HQ city

Seoul

HQ country

South Korea

HQ region

Asia

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

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Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

The Sunhak Peace Prize Foundation confers the annual Sunhak Peace Prize and the Founders' Award upon individuals and organizations making significant contributions to peace, environmental sustainability, poverty eradication, and the well-being of future generations. It complements these awards with the Peace Issue content platform, an International Competition, the Learn & Act civic-engagement initiative, and Internship & Scholarship programs. All awards and educational offerings are provided free of charge as the organization operates as a non-profit foundation.

Product overview

Sunhak Peace Prize is a peace award organization that operates a portfolio of programs centered around its main prize (Sunhak Peace Prize) and the Founders' Award, which are presented annually to laureates making significant contributions to peace and future generations. The organization complements its award programs with educational content through its Peace Issue platform, international competitions, Learn & Act initiatives, and internship/scholarship programs, creating an integrated ecosystem focused on promoting peace, environmental sustainability, and intergenerational justice.

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Brands

• Sunhak Peace Prize (Main Prize): The main peace prize awarded to individuals or organizations making significant contributions to peace
• Founders' Award

Products and services

• Sunhak Peace Prize Main international peace prize awarded to individuals and organizations for significant contributions to peace, environmental protection, poverty eradication, conflict resolution, human rights, and the well-being of future generations.
• Founders' Award Special achievement award given alongside the main Sunhak Peace Prize to recognize additional outstanding contributors to peace and future generations' wellbeing.
• Peace Issue Editorial/content platform publishing in-depth articles on global peace and security topics including climate change, refugee integration, intergenerational justice, media literacy, digital colonialism, human security, gender equity, and other contemporary peace issues.
• International Competition Competitive program inviting participation from youth and global citizens interested in peace and global issues, hosted under the foundation's Participate section.
• Learn & Act Educational initiative that provides resources and opportunities for civic engagement on peace and future generations issues, including continental initiatives and action programs.
• Internship & Scholarship Program Program offering internship and scholarship opportunities for individuals interested in peace and future generations research and advocacy.

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Technology focussed No

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Recent moves4 records

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Direct peers

• Right Livelihood Award: The Right Livelihood Award is often called the "Alternative Nobel Prize," annually honoring visionaries and change-makers working on practical solutions to global problems. It is directly comparable to Sunhak Peace Prize as an independent, international recognition award outside the Nobel system.
• Gandhi Peace Prize: Awarded by the Government of India for contributions to social, economic, and political transformation through non-violence and truth, the Gandhi Peace Prize is a directly comparable peace recognition award with a humanitarian and global-peace mandate.
• Martin Ennals Award for Human Rights Defenders: The Martin Ennals Award recognizes individuals defending human rights, similar in scope to the Sunhak Peace Prize's recognition of peace and human rights leaders. Both are privately operated global recognition prizes for humanitarian leadership.
• Aurora Prize for Awakening Humanity: The Aurora Prize is a newer global award honoring individuals who have had an exceptional impact on preserving human life and advancing humanitarian causes. Like the Sunhak Peace Prize, it is a privately funded, globally oriented recognition prize with a humanitarian mission.
• Sydney Peace Prize: Awarded annually by the Sydney Peace Foundation for peace with justice, the Sydney Peace Prize is a comparable internationally focused peace recognition award. It is similar in mission (peace, social justice) and format (single named laureate per year) to the Sunhak Peace Prize.
• Ramon Magsaysay Award: Often referred to as "Asia's Nobel Prize," the Magsaysay Award honors individuals and organizations in Asia working toward public service and humanitarian outcomes. Comparable to Sunhak Peace Prize for its Asia-rooted founding, annual recognition model, and peace/development themes.

Broad incumbents

• Templeton Prize: Funded by the Templeton Foundation, this prize recognizes contributions to affirming life's spiritual dimension. While focused on spiritual progress rather than peace directly, it shares a similar private-foundation-funded international recognition model comparable to the Sunhak Peace Prize.
• Nobel Peace Prize (Nobel Foundation): The Nobel Peace Prize is the dominant incumbent in global peace recognition, awarding annually for outstanding contributions to peace. It shares the same primary activity—peace laureate recognition—and is the natural comparator for any new peace prize's brand weight and prestige.
• UNESCO Prize for Peace Education: UNESCO's Prize for Peace Education honors institutions and individuals promoting peace through education, comparable to Sunhak's peace-and-future-generations mission and its educational programming (Learn & Act, internships, scholarships).

Others

• Global Citizen (organization): Global Citizen is a movement co-founded by 2025 Sunhak Peace Prize laureate Hugh Evans. While not an award-giving body, it shares thematic alignment on poverty eradication and global activism, and represents both a peer ecosystem and a partner opportunity for the foundation.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights2 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@sunhakpeaceprize
• Xx.com/SunhakP
• Facebookfacebook.com/sunhakpeaceprize
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/sunhak-peace-prize

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Profiles1 record

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