The Spaniard joins a list of names that have received the award, which also includes Spanish tennis player Carlos Moya, Federer himself and former president Nelson Mandela.
The Spanish tennis player Rafael Nadal on track today received the O2 Arena in London, where these days you play the Masters Cup in London, the Arthur Ashe Award for solidarity in recognition of the efforts of its founding.
The chief executive of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), Adam Helfant, presented the trophy to the day after the world number two fell defeated in that same track against Roger Federer, fourth-ranked player for a strong 6-3 and 6-0.
The organization of the award highlighted the Rafa Nadal Foundation "offers educational programs for young people with social disadvantages and uses sport as a tool for social integration and personal".
The organization sponsored by the player works with the Vicente Ferrer Foundation in Antapur (India) and SOS Children, dedicated to the protection of children in vulnerable situations.
The award for the work of the foundation was delivered shortly before the start of the second match of Czech Tomas Berdych in the group stage of the Masters Cup.
After being defeated in the third set tiebreak against Serb Novak Djokovic, world number one, the seventh player in the ATP rankings was framed with fellow Serb Janko Tipsarevic, replacing Andy Murray retired from competition by injury.