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We are honored to work with powerful changemakers – from philanthropy partners to creative collaborators – to fund and champion progress, shout it from the rooftops, and inspire others to take up the torch and take action.
In 2022, we were excited to collaborate with the Streamy Awards for the first-ever in-show Creator for Social Good Award presented by The Elevate Prize Foundation.
The award honors a creator using their platform for good and inspiring their followers to take action – a powerful way to connect with wide audiences, and drive forward our mission of making good famous.
The award and our collaboration was announced by New York Times bestseller Jay Shetty, and granted to Mark Rober and Mr Beast for their #TeamSeas campaign along with a $50,000 donation from EPF.
The in-show activation drove incredible viewership, with this year’s Streamys garnering 2.3M+ views, being the #2 trending video on YouTube, and Streamy social posts specific to the Elevate Prize Foundation driving over 232K total video views.
The Elevate Prize Foundation was also an official participating partner of the Streamy Awards After Hours – the official after-party of the event. Our video team connected creators (Brent Rivera, Ian Boggs, Kara and Nate…to name a few!), asking them what communities, mission, and causes they GET LOUD for!
In 2022, The Elevate Prize Foundation joined forces with CNN Heroes to maximize the impact and support for the cohort.
CNN Heroes aims to honor a small group of “everyday people changing the world,” nominated by the public. Anderson Cooper and Kelly Ripa announced our collaboration during the live broadcast.
The CNN Hero of the Year, Nelly Cheboi was named one of our Elevate Prize winners for 2023, and all of the Heroes joined us at our Make Good Famous Summit in May 2023.
EPF is providing all honorees with an unrestricted grant of $25,000, tailored capacity-building, and ongoing support.
In 2022, Malala Yousafzai was awarded the Elevate Prize Catalyst Award on stage at the Clinton Global Initiative by our Founder Joseph Deitch and CEO Carolina Garcia Jayaram.
Elevate Prize Foundation was honored to take part in the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI), which returned after a six-year hiatus during the UN General Assembly week in 2022. When accepting the award, Malala pledged to use the $250,000 award to champion women and girls’ education in Afghanistan, advocating for the reopening of secondary schools closed by the Taliban, and exploring alternative methods of schooling.
The activation reached the influential audience at the Clinton Global Initiative and millions beyond, with over 340 press hits and a potential reach of 704 million across eight countries.
Following her acceptance speech, Malala sat down with Secretary Hilary Clinton to discuss the importance of the award and her advocacy in Afghanistan. Malala also went on the TODAY Show to speak about the award and its impact on their advocacy work.
