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Congratulations to our 2024 Elevate Prize Finalists! Learn more about their inspiring work.

MEET THE 2026 ELEVATE PRIZE WINNERS

Utkarsh Saxena

Adalat AI

Ai-jen Poo

Caring Across Generations

Mara Fleishman

Chef Ann Foundation

Krutika Ravishankar

Farmers for Forests

Hillary Blout

For the People

Mónica Ramírez

Justice for Migrant Women

Manu Chopra

Karya

Tom Osborn

Shamiri

Shabana Basij-Rasikh

SOLA (School of Leadership, Afghanistan)

Aisha Nyandoro

Springboard To Opportunities

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EPISODE four OF THE WHOLE POINT IS HERE!

Hillary Blout is giving people their lives back, one resentencing at a time.

The 2026 Elevate Prize winner and founder of For The People joins Elevate Prize Foundation CEO Carolina García Jayaram to talk building Prosecutor-Initiated Resentencing from scratch, working inside the system that once defined her career as a prosecutor, and how that work has already helped free over 1,000 people.

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Philanthropy Must Choose Courage Over Caution

The headline says it all. As nonprofit leaders and philanthropists, it’s our time to be courageous, not cautious.

In this new TIME op-ed, Elevate CEO Carolina García Jayaram and Daphne Foundation founder Abigail Disney encourage us all to continue to meet this unprecedented moment in our society with the tenacity and boldness that we all know is desperately needed. To reinforce what we shared in Elevate’s first-ever impact report last year, Carolina and Abigail are calling on our sector to unite and put these principles into practice, both now and for the long-term.

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Announcing our latest Elevate Prize Catalyst Award recipient!

Get to know our latest Elevate Prize Catalyst Award recipient, Emmy Award–winning actor, producer, director, author, and activist Kerry Washington! Presented at the Sundance Film Festival, the honor recognizes Washington’s decades-long commitment to using storytelling as a powerful force for democracy. During her acceptance speech, Washington revealed that she will join Elevate Studios as an Executive Producer for the second season of Nevertheless: Democracy Defenders.

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The Elevate Prize Foundation Turned 5 in 2025!

To celebrate and mark our 5th anniversary, we’re launching our first-ever report, The Next Era of Impact: 5 Years, 5 Breakthroughs. In true Elevate style, this is a not your typical report. It’s a dynamic microsite that highlights our impact and timeline, but also the 5 key lessons we’ve learned since our founding, which are, in turn, 5 calls to action for the broader social impact sector.

Thank you to everyone that has been a part of our journey. Here’s to the next five years of and beyond!

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OUR CORE PROGRAMS

The Elevate Prize

Awarded annually, the Elevate Prize recognizes ten best-in-class social impact leaders driving transformative change across issue areas around the world. It’s designed to amplify their story and, in turn, widen their reach and maximize their impact.

elevate studios

Elevate Studios is creating an ecosystem for stories that don’t just entertain but inspire. This strategic arm elevates the voices of changemakers to make doing good not just famous, but universal and baked into the fabric of our every day.

The elevate prize  GET LOUD AWARD

The Elevate Prize GET LOUD Award is a monthly $25,000 grant created to fuel community-based organizations on the frontlines of society’s most pressing challenges.

The Catalyst AWARD

The Elevate Prize Catalyst Award recognizes prominent individuals or groups who use their influence to drive social action, providing $250,000 in unrestricted funding to deepen their impact and catalyze change.