Editing The New York Times Company (section)

== Community awards ==
[[File:Linda Allen and Gigi Lincoln talk to Janet Robinson.jpg|thumb|2008 ''I Love My Librarian'' award recipients Linda Allen and Margaret "Gigi" Lincoln talk with [[Janet L. Robinson|Janet Robinson]] in [[The New York Times Building]].]]

The company sponsors a series of national and local awards designed to highlight the achievements of individuals and organizations in different realms.

In 2007, it inaugurated its first Nonprofit Excellence Award, awarded to four organizations "for the excellence of their management practices". Only [[Nonprofit organization|nonprofits]] in New York City, [[Long Island]], or [[Westchester County, New York|Westchester]] were eligible.<ref>{{cite press release |url=http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20070628006103&newsLang=en |title=The New York Times Company Announces Four Winners of Its First Nonprofit Excellence Awards |publisher=The New York Times Company |date=June 28, 2007 |access-date=December 10, 2008}}</ref>

Jointly with the [[Carnegie Corporation of New York]] and the [[American Library Association]], the New York Times Company sponsors an award to honor librarians "for service to their communities". The ''I Love My Librarian!'' award was given to ten recipients in December 2008, and presented by the New York Times Company president and CEO [[Janet L. Robinson]], Carnegie Corporation president [[Vartan Gregorian]], and Jim Rettig, president of the [[American Library Association]]. The award has been given to ten exceptional librarians annually since that date.<ref>{{cite press release |publisher=American Library Association |url=http://www.ala.org/ala/newspresscenter/news/pressreleases2008/december2008/ilovemylibrarian.cfm |title=Carnegie Corporation of New York/New York Times I Love My Librarian Award winners announced |date=December 8, 2008 |access-date=February 3, 2009 |archive-date=February 20, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110220131249/http://www.ala.org/ala/newspresscenter/news/pressreleases2008/december2008/ilovemylibrarian.cfm |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In May 2009, the company launched The New York Times Outstanding Playwright Award to honor an American playwright who had recently had his or her professional debut in New York.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/06/21/timess-outstanding-playwright-award-goes-to-kristoffer-diaz/?_r=0 |title=Times's Outstanding Playwright Award Goes to Kristoffer Diaz |last=Healy |first=Patrick |newspaper=ArtsBeat |date=June 21, 2011 |access-date=2017-02-12 |language=en}}</ref> The first winner was [[Tarell Alvin McCraney]] for his play "The Brothers Size".<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.miaminewtimes.com/arts/tarell-alvin-mccraney-brings-his-award-winning-the-brothers-size-home-to-miami-6498531 |title=Tarell Alvin McCraney Brings His Award-Winning The Brothers Size Home to Miami |last=Joseph |first=Chris |date=2011-08-31 |newspaper=[[Miami New Times]]|access-date=2017-02-12}}</ref> In 2010, Dan LeFranc won for his play "Sixty Miles to Silver Lake".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://investors.nytco.com/press/press-releases/press-release-details/2010/Dan-LeFranc-Wins-the-2010-New-York-Times-Outstanding-Playwright-Award-For-Sixty-Miles-to-Silver-Lake/default.aspx |title=The New York Times Company – Dan LeFranc Wins the 2010 New York Times Outstanding Playwright Award For "Sixty Miles to Silver Lake" |website=investors.nytco.com |language=en-CA |access-date=2017-02-12}}</ref>