As we kick off our fifth anniversary, we’re proud to honor 10 exceptional social impact leaders. United with a vision for a more equitable world, this year’s prize winners are tackling timely, complex global challenges. They include an online hate and disinformation expert combatting shifting dynamics on social platforms, a James Beard-winning chef revitalizing Indigenous food systems, and champions of neurodiversity and inclusive storytelling in Hollywood, among many others who together are paving the way for more resilient communities that reflect the world’s diversity and can help heal growing division.
Meet the 2025 Elevate Prize winners.
Gold House Foundation
Gold House is a cultural ecosystem that unites, invests in, and champions Asian Pacific leaders to power tomorrow for all.
The Neurodiversity Alliance
The Neurodiversity Alliance’s mission is to improve the educational experience and outcomes of students who learn differently, while growing the neurodiversity movement for a more equitable and inclusive society for all.
Essential Impact
Essential Impact, which creates breakthrough innovations in fermentation to generate low-cost, high-quality, climate resilient proteins that tackle malnutrition and build climate-resilient food systems.
All Voting is Local
All Voting is Local is a 501(c)(3) nonpartisan, multistate, on the ground voting rights organization that fights against state and local voting policies that silence voters of color and other historically marginalized communities — not just in election years, but every year.
Center for Countering Digital Hate
The Center for Countering Digital Hate delivers change by exposing hate and disinformation producers, galvanizing support from the public and advertisers for tech reform, shaping informed debates, and driving policy changes, and collaborating with civil society leaders for social media reform.
The REACH Institute Resource for Advancing Children’s Health
The REACH Institute is dedicated to ensuring that the most effective, scientifically proven mental health care reaches all children and families.
Kabakoo – La maison de l’Etonnement
Kabakoo’s mission is to enable West African youth to flourish with mindset and skills
for self-employment through community-driven, AI-powered upskilling.
North American Traditional Indigenous Food Systems
The mission of NᾹTIFS is to promote Indigenous foodways education and facilitate Indigenous food access.
Keseb
Keseb is building an ecosystem for cross-country learning, collaboration, and innovation to counter authoritarianism and advance inclusive and resilient democracies.
Gifted by FreeFrom: Planetary Candles
FreeFrom creates a community where survivors of intimate partner violence can heal, thrive and drive change together. The products are all sourced from survivors to help grow their wealth and businesses. Fully run by survivors, 100% of proceeds is invested back into these survivor-entrepreneurs, helping fund a living wage of $38.46/hr.
Gifted by FreeFrom: Zodiac Box
Kismet x Project Street Vet: Slow Cooked Salmon Sticks (Dog Treats)
Project Street Vet delivers professional, non-judgmental medical care and support to families with pets experiencing homelessness and housing vulnerability. Dr. Kwane Stewart, Founder of Project Street Vet, has teamed up with Kismet, founded by Chrissy Teigen and John Legend, as its Chief Veterinary Officer to provide guidance on its product development and ensure the highest standards of pet health and nutrition.
BeeLove by Sweet Beginnings: Raw Honey
Beelove’s hive-to-jar products make a powerful impact – both when you use them, and when they are made. They’re super-charged with 100% natural ingredients and enriched with raw, unpasteurized honey, and they’re made in hope and power – Beelove’s hive-to-jar products are crafted by justice-impacted people enrolled in Sweet Beginnings, a social enterprise program in Chicago that provides training and employment to people returning from incarceration.
NEST: Decorative Basket
Nest is a nonprofit that provides creative entrepreneurs with free training, resources, and opportunities to grow and sustain their businesses. Nest developed the first-ever universally applicable standards and verification methodology for decentralized supply chains in the informal economy.
NEST: Ethically-Made Swiftie Friendship Bracelets
APOPO: Adopt a HERORat
Over 60 countries are contaminated with hidden landmines and other explosive remnants of war, causing tragic accidents and hampering communities fromdeveloping their productive land. APOPO is a non-profit organization that has tackled cases of landmines and tuberculosis around the world for the past 25 years. APOPO’s innovative scent detection technology has a massive potential to relieve human suffering and promote development when deployed in the fight against tuberculosis and landmines, as well as other applications under development.
These visionaries are breaking barriers, driving impact, and creating real change. Join us in celebrating the 2025 Elevate Prize Winners—because when Make Good Famous, we take good further.
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