2025 Elevate Prize Winner Hannah Fried, founder of All Voting is Local, warns in TIME that recent laws and actions like Trump’s election executive order, the SAVE Act, and state-level counterparts are undermining voting rights by creating barriers that could block millions of eligible Americans from the ballot box. She calls on advocates, neighbors, and voters to ensure registrations are up to date, help others register, and press representatives to expand participation rather than restrict it.

X Games skier Alex Hackel and “Survivor” finalist Eva Erickson now represent The Neurodiversity Alliance, helping reshape narratives around dyslexia and autism by celebrating resilience and inclusion.

Engineering student Tory Ridgeway, who has autism and ADHD, felt deeply understood after hearing Neurodiversity Alliance President Jesse Sanchez talk about overcoming feelings of being a “defective toy.” The Alliance has grown from 60 to more than 600 schools in a year, with student leaders helping peers practice self-advocacy, embrace accommodations, and ease the toll of “masking.” At a Denver summit, students shared strategies, coping tools, and even self-soothed with LEGO bricks. Scaling remains a challenge—making support from The Elevate Prize Foundation and the LEGO Foundation critical.

The Elevate Prize Foundation is spotlighting the power of storytelling through its new Elevate Studios initiative. In a recent episode, Cindy Eggleton—CEO and co-founder of Brilliant Cities, a Detroit-based early childhood development nonprofit—shares her journey in a polished documentary that highlights the challenges and triumphs of serving underserved communities. As nonprofits face an increasingly uncertain funding landscape, many are embracing storytelling with higher production values to connect with donors and inspire support.

Elevate Prize Winner Sungai Design is tackling Bali’s plastic crisis by transforming river waste into stunning, sustainable furniture — proving that design can drive change.

Discover how the Elevate Prize Foundation, founded by Joe Deitch, grew from humble beginnings into a global force empowering changemakers.

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.

Alex Roque, an Elevate Prize Winner and Executive Director of the Ali Forney Center shares critical insights and essential resources supporting LGBTQ+ youth.

Elevate Prize winner David Fink and the Neurodiversity Alliance are building a global movement powered by young voices to promote inclusion and challenge stigma around neurodiversity.

Discover how Elevate Prize winner Sonya Passi and her organization FreeFrom, in partnership with Gifted, are empowering survivors of gender-based violence through healing and financial independence.

Discover how Sam Bencheghib, an Elevate Prize winner and co-founder of Sungai Watch, is transforming Indonesia’s waterways by tackling plastic pollution—recognized by TIME100 Creators as a catalyst for global change.