Diane Warren and Jimmy Jam will be honored at the 38th Carousel of Hope Ball on Oct. 5 at The Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California.
Warren will become the second recipient of the Inspirational Lifetime Achievement Award, an award won in 2016 by Sidney Poitier. Jimmy Jam will be honored with the Brass Ring Award, an award that has previously gone to a wide range of notables, including such music stars as Whitney Houston, Frank Sinatra and Stevie Wonder.
The biennial event will once again bring together VIPs from the film, television, music, and business industries to support increasing awareness of type 1 diabetes, and raise funds for clinical care, prevention, and diabetes research at the Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes.
“I have attended the Carousel of Hope Ball many times and am honored and flattered to have been selected to receive the Inspirational Lifetime Achievement Award and to be part of an event that helps shed light on all the wonderful work being done at the Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes,” Warren said in a statement.
Jimmy Jam noted that the award has special meaning to him and his family. “My son Max was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes at the age of two, so receiving this Brass Ring Award is particularly personal for me,” he said. “Max had previously vowed, ‘I promise to stay in this fight and find a cure for Type 1 diabetes.’ I thank Barbara Davis for keeping that dream alive for Max and our family.”
Warren and Jimmy Jam are among the most successful hitmakers in music history. Both have been inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame (Warren in 2001, Jimmy Jam in 2017). Both are Grammy winners (five for Jimmy Jam, one for Warren). Both are Oscar nominees for best original song (15 for Warren, one for Jimmy Jam). Both are Primetime Emmy nominees, with Warren winning for a song she wrote for CNN’s The Hunting Ground and Jam nominated as one of the music directors of Let’s Go Crazy: The Grammy Salute to Prince.
Jay Leno and David Foster will again serve as host and music director, respectively. (Foster produced Celine Dion’s 1996 recording of “Because You Loved Me,” the song that brought Warren her only Grammy award to date.) Clive Davis and Quincy Jones will reprise their roles as music chairmen, while George Schlatter returns to produce the show.
The Carousel Balls have raised more than $115 million to date, with proceeds benefiting the Children’s Diabetes Foundation and the Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes. Funds are raised through sponsorships, dinner tickets, a live and silent auction, and contributions.
The 2024 Carousel of Hope Ball is presented by Dexcom, a global leader in real-time continuous glucose monitoring for people with diabetes. Underwriting support is provided by Sanofi. Additional sponsorship is provided by American Airlines and The Beverly Hilton.