Awarded every month to a community-based organization nominated on Instagram by you!
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GET ORGANIZED.
GET LOUD.
Democracy Defenders
Together with Kerry Washington and her production company Simpson Street – Executive Producers of our upcoming docuseries Nevertheless: Democracy Defenders – we’re looking for organizations, in the U.S. and abroad, working to protect, strengthen, and reimagine democracy.
As we see every day in the news, freedom isn’t guaranteed. It survives because people choose to defend it: by showing up, speaking out, and holding power accountable, even when silence would be easier.
That’s why this month we’re awarding $25,000 to one nonprofit defending democracy, whether through voter education and access, civic engagement, government transparency and accountability, press freedom, or the rights and institutions that hold it all together.
Head to our Instagram to comment and nominate an organization anywhere in the world doing the work to make sure democracy stays strong – and belongs to everyone.
NOMINATIONS ARE CLOSED!
COMING SOON:
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ABOUT THE AWARD
No applications, no barriers.
Community-based and grassroots organizations do incredible, life-changing work, often with scarce resources and little visibility. But how can funders like us find and support their work? That’s where the Elevate Prize GET LOUD Award comes in.
A first-of-its-kind, this award is driven entirely by public nominations on Instagram (that’s people like YOU!) based on a timely theme—no applications, no barriers.
GET LOUD is also designed to move funding quickly and efficiently to organizations around the world to ensure these remarkable changemakers get the support they deserve.
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