The Prize honors breakthrough leaders and organizations tackling some of the world’s most pressing social, environmental, and economic challenges with bold vision, moral courage, and lasting impact.

Dr. Karanth and CWS join two other pathbreaking 2025 McNulty Prize winners: Layla Zaidane and Future Caucus, who are bridging political divides by empowering millennial and Gen Z lawmakers to build bipartisan solutions, and James Mugo and the Lwala Community Alliance, who are transforming rural healthcare and community development.