Congratulations to our 2024 Elevate Prize Finalists! Learn more about their inspiring work.
MAKING GOOD FAMOUS
Announcing our latest Elevate Prize Catalyst Award winner, the beloved characters of Sesame Street, honoring 55 years of inspiring children to grow smarter, stronger, and kinder!
Learn MorE!MEET THE 2025 ELEVATE PRIZE WINNERS
Lisa Hunter Romanelli, Ph.D.
The REACH Institute Resource for Advancing Children’s Health
David Flink
The Neurodiversity Alliance
Sean Sherman
North American Traditional Indigenous Food Systems
Yordanos Eyoel
Keseb
Michèle Traoré
Kabakoo – La maison de l’Etonnement
Bing Chen
Gold House Foundation
Fre Tachea
Essential Impact
Richard Casper
CreatiVets
Imran Ahmed
Center for Countering Digital Hate
Hannah Fried
All Voting is Local
Learn How these CNN Heroes connected in Miami and walked away reignited
At the Elevate Prize Foundation’s Make Good Famous Summit in Miami, the Top CNN Heroes of 2024 drew inspiration from other changemakers facing today’s toughest challenges and discovered fresh ways to amplify their impact.
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Announcing Sesame Street as our latest Elevate Prize Catalyst Award recipient!
Get to know our latest Elevate Prize Catalyst Award winner, the characters of Sesame Street, honored for their 55-year legacy of helping generations of children grow smarter, stronger, and kinder. Presented live on stage at our Make Good Famous Summit, this award celebrates Sesame Street and Sesame Workshop’s enduring impact — from tackling tough topics like mental health and homelessness to creating a joyful, trusted space for learning and emotional support.
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Celebrating Our Most Recent Elevate Prize Founder’s Award Recipient
Join us in congratulating Equality Now, honored for over three decades of groundbreaking work to reform discriminatory laws and advance legal equality for women and girls around the world. We proudly recognize their bold leadership with a decade-long commitment through the Elevate Prize Founder’s Award.
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Watch the powerful FINALE of Nevertheless!
Nevertheless is more than just a docuseries; it’s a storytelling project shining a spotlight on extraordinary women who persistently drive profound impact across the globe. In the third and final episode, we travel to India to meet Dr. Aparna Hegde, a 2021 Elevate Prize winner and pioneering force in women’s health. As the founder of ARMMAN, Aparna is harnessing the power of mobile technology to ensure life-saving healthcare reaches even the most remote communities—one cell phone at a time. Her work is a testament to innovation, equity, and the relentless pursuit of a healthier future for all women.
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Celebrating Peacebuilders
For the first time, the Elevate Prize Foundation has awarded $25,000 as part of our Elevate Prize GET LOUD initiative during the Hillary Rodham Clinton Awards led by Georgetown University’s Institute for Women, Peace & Security. The funds recognize peacebuilders Angela Scharf, Foreign Relations Coordinator for Women Wage Peace, and Reem Hajajreh, founder and director of Women of the Sun, for their collaborative efforts toward a peaceful resolution.
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Celebrating three years of collaborating with CNN Heroes!
For the third year, CNN Heroes is collaborating with the Elevate Prize Foundation! The Elevate Prize Foundation will grant the CNN Hero of the Year an additional unrestricted grant of $100,000 and provide the remaining honorees with a generous grant of matching funds up to $50,000 each, organizational capacity-building, and resources to bring visibility to their work and maximize their impact.
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