DON’T JUST BE PART OF A
GLOBAL MOVEMENT.
CREATE IT.

$5M.
10 winners.
1 goal: To MAKE GOOD FAMOUS.

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The Elevate Prize is our annual award recognizing 10 social impact leaders who are driving progress around the world. We partner with winners for two years, granting each a minimum of $300,000 in unrestricted funding, and provide tailored support services including brand development, marketing and communications, public speaking organizational capacitybuilding and leadership development to strengthen their impact and amplify it to new audiences.

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The Elevate Prize is designed to champion leaders, their organizations and their causes. Here’s how.

UNRESTRICTED FUNDING

We practice trust-based philanthropy, providing unrestricted funding (minimum $300,000).

TAILORED RESOURCES

Our programs are curated for each Elevate Prize recipient based on where they are and what they need.

AMPLIFICATION AND VISIBILITY SUPPORT

Our intensive personal and professional development programs help organizations amplify their impact and reach new audiences.

MENTORSHIP & COMMUNITY

We’re focused on community building, both between winners and with our network of partners and supporters.

This year, applications are by invitation only – which is where you play a vital role.

Introduce us…

to the organizations and people that inspire you

– innovators, activists, problem-solvers, thinkers and doers. People with big ideas that can ignite a movement. Organizations at a tipping point that the Elevate Prize can help grow, scale and make even more impact.

As a thank you, for every nomination we’ll be planting a tree through One Tree Planted.

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Who’s eligible?

Organizations must be registered as a 501c3 organization (if registered in the United States) or meet equivalency determination for non-governmental organizations (if registered outside the United States).

Nominated individuals and
organizations should be:

Purpose-Driven

We want to connect with leaders who are clear about why they are doing this work, why these issues are important to their community, and how their work can inspire others. Leaders should embody the vision and values of the Elevate Prize Foundation.

Problem Solvers

We are eager to engage with leaders who are ideating, workshopping, and implementing solutions that target the issues they are passionate about and who use data to measure their success.

Embodying Radical Diversity

We want to learn about leaders whose work is designed with and for systems impacted communities. We want to connect with leaders that promote an organizational infrastructure that elevates the dignity, talents, and contributions of personnel.

Resilient + Creative:

We are excited to hear about resilient leaders who have overcome challenges and failures. We want to work with leaders who are replicating or scaling their efforts in creative ways that align with their communities.

At a Tipping Point

No matter what stage they’re at, the leaders we want to learn from have already made an impact and are well positioned to do so much more.

Sound like someone you know?

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Nominations will be open from April 4 to May 20, 2022