The $1 million Yass Prize celebrates the country's education provider which best demonstrates the STOP principles. In conjunction with the Yass Prize, the STOP Awards initiative provides over $20 million in support annually to honor educators who achieve excellence.

The mission of the Yass Prize and STOP Awards Initiative is to identify and support more best in class education providers who can tackle the big education challenges of the day and deliver an education for students that is Sustainable, Transformational, Outstanding, and Permissionless. It's more than an awards program or a philanthropic endeavor. It's a movement intended to transform education for everyone.