“I’ve spent my career measuring value on balance sheets. But this is the most valuable thing I will ever help build—and not a dollar of it will ever appear on a balance sheet.”
Andrew Meyer, The Cornerstone Group at Morgan Stanley
We’re pleased to recognize Andrew Meyer, of The Cornerstone Group at Morgan Stanley, in Scottsdale, AZ, as a Community Service Award finalist for the 2026 Invest in Others Awards. Meyer has dedicated time and financial support to The Be Kind People Project (BKPP), an organization that creates positive change in the learning environment and provides learning and development opportunities that inspire humanity, academic achievement, and healthy living for students.
Meyer’s commitment to this cause began well before BKPP’s official founding. In 2003, Meyer and his wife hosted and fully underwrote an event honoring “everyday heroes” at their home, drawing 29 women. By 2011, the annual event had grown to 575 people, and that year the Meyers also honored 10,000 teachers in underserved Title I schools. That event, entirely run out of their home, served as the proof of concept that led to BKPP’s official 501(c)(3) designation in 2012.
“Kindness is foundational,” says Meyer. “Children who learn civility, respect, and relationship skills succeed in school and in life, and those capabilities scale outward to shape entire communities.”
The BKPP cause is also personal for the Meyers, whose granddaughter, Grace, was born with Kabuki Syndrome in 2004. When Grace entered school, she was the kind of child who risked being marginalized because of her differences. The Be Kind PledgeTM was developed entirely through the lens of what Grace needed to experience in the classroom. The pledge, a commitment to intentionally extend good to others in actions and words, and a list of 10 essential skills of kindness, is the foundation for the BKPP organization.
Meyer’s proudest achievement is seeing the start of BKPP in their own home and watching that movement grow to reach more than 5 million children. “Kindness, once taught, propagates,” says Meyer. “Every Be Kind Pledge a student learns becomes a small, durable shift in how that child communicates, resolves conflict, and treats people around them for the rest of their life.”
