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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!
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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.
LEARN MORECelebrating 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.
LEARN MOREWatch 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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Get to know our latest Elevate Prize Catalyst Award winner, Dwyane Wade, a passionate advocate for trans rights. With our award, his organization, the Wade Family Foundation, has launched a new digital platform called Translatable (announced live on stage at our Make Good Famous Summit!). Translatable will serve as a safe space where young members of the trans community can express themselves, and as an educational resource for their friends and family.
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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.
LEARN MORECelebrating 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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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.
make good famous summit
The Make Good Famous Summit is an annual convening that brings forth some of the most innovative cross-sector minds to positively disrupt the impact landscape and to be a place of connection.