The Bertrand Russell Society Award is granted to a person or organization that has advanced the aims of the Bertrand Russell Society. Past recipients are:
- 2026 Bernie Sanders | Acceptance Letter
- 2024 Center for Inquiry
- 2022 Bertrand Russell Peace Foundation
- 2021 Dr. Anthony Fauci
- 2020 Noam Chomsky
- 2019 Gideon Levy
- 2018 Bertrand Russell Archives
- 2017 Democracy Now!
- 2016 Philosophy Now
- 2015 A. C. Grayling
- 2014 Michael Ruse
- 2011 Brian Greene
- 2010 Jonathan Miller
- 2009 Richard Dawkins
- 2008 Mario Bunge
- 2006 Sir Martin Rees
- 2004 Daniel Dennett
- 2003 Katha Pollitt
- 2002 Studs Terkel
- 2001 Stephen Toulmin
- 2000 Stephen Jay Gould
- 1999 Dr. Henry Morgentaler (The Morgentaler Clinic)
- 1998 Irving Copi
- 1996 Willard Van Orman Quine
- 1995 Zero Population Growth
- 1993 Harry Ruja
- 1992 Karl Popper
- 1991 Planned Parenthood Federation of America
- 1989 Paul Edwards
- 1988 Paul Kurtz
- 1987 John Somerville
- 1986 People for the American Way
- 1985 Robert Jay Lifton and Lester Denonn
- 1984 Dora Black Russell
- 1983 Joseph Rotblat [1995 Nobel Peace Prize winner]
- 1982 Henry Kendall (Union of Concerned Scientists)
- 1981 Steve Allen
- 1980 Paul Arthur Schilpp
