The Lakewood Ranch Community Foundation accepts nominations annually for the C. John A. Clarke Humanitarian of the Year Award. The Lakewood Ranch Community Foundation established this prestigious award in recognition of John Clarke’s lifelong dedication to humanitarian ideals that have perpetuated the high ethical, moral and professional standards that epitomize his life. The Lakewood Ranch Community Foundation will honor an individual who has–or individuals who have–made outstanding, sustained, and unselfish contributions to community enrichment and whose commitment and dedication exemplify the ideal of service to the community. 

Past recipients include John Clarke, Don O’Leary, Pat Neal, Lorraine and Dick Vitale, Darrell Turner, Stuart J. Roth, Bob and Billie Delaney, Lou and AnnMarie Marinaccio, Col. John W. Saputo, Robert Rosinsky, Lee Wetherington, Donald and Vanessa Baugh, Rick Fawley, John Fain and Angela Massaro-Fain, Diane Brune, Joe and Barbara Najmy, Robert Smith, Ted Lindenberg, 2024 winner Heather Hackett, and our 2025 winner Rex Jensen.