The Raoul Wallenberg Award is bestowed by The Raoul Wallenberg Committee of the United States on "individuals, organizations, and communities whose courage, selflessness and success against great odds personified those of Raoul Wallenberg himself." It has been awarded periodically since 1985, when the inaugural award was given to Wallenberg himself. The Committee has also given Civic Courage Awards since 1986.
The following people and organizations have received Raoul Wallenberg Awards:
Raoul Wallenberg (1985), inaugural award made in absentia
H. Ross Perot (1987), for the rescue of his American employees in Iran
Senpo Sugihara (1990), for rescuing Jews in Lithuania
Miep Gies (1990), for protection of Anne Frank
Giorgio Perlasca (1990), who worked at the Spanish Embassy in Budapest and saved thousands of Jews
Alan C. Greenberg (1991), for his work with the Raoul Wallenberg Committee of the United States
Harvey M. Meyerhoff (1994), for the United States Holocaust Museum
Nicholas M. Salgo (1994), for donating a statue of Wallenberg in Budapest, Hungary
Thomas Veres (1994), who was Wallenberg's personal photographer
Elizabeth Dole (1995), for work with the American Red Cross
Robert S. Strauss (1997), for his work on finding the fate of Wallenberg as Ambassador to the Soviet Union
Elisabeth and Alexander Sandor Kasser (2000), Wallenberg's translator
Goran Persson of Sweden (2001), for Holocaust education in Sweden
William Basch of Czechoslovakia (2003), for Humanitarian work in Budapest.
Sister Luise Radlmeier (2006), for humantirian work in East Africa
Elliott Broidy (2008), for providing economic stability to Israel's economy during the time of the Second Intifada
Bujar Nishani (2015), for the gratitude towards the people of Albania, on rescuing the Jews during the World War II
The following people and organizations have received Civic Courage Awards from the Raoul Wallenberg Committee of the United States:
Coeur D'Alene, Idaho (1986), for work against militant Neo-Nazis
Denmark (1990), for the Rescue of the Danish Jews
Billings, Montana (1997), for setting an example for American communities in standing up to bigotry
Mark Kroeker (1999), of the LAPD
New York City (2001), for the efforts of citizens in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks
