Carolina García Jayaram, CEO of the Elevate Prize Foundation, told The Associated Press that she is also set to return to the conference to announce the nonprofit’s next winner of The Elevate Prize Catalyst Award

Her charitable initiative, Lizzo’s Juneteenth Giveback offered $50,00 to the Marsha P. Johnson Institute (MPJI), an organization dedicated to protecting and defending the human rights of BLACK transgender people.

Miami, FloridaCNN — “It’s literally like winning the Academy Award of humanitarian aid work.” That’s how Mobile Medics International founder Teresa Gray described being honored on the CNN Heroes stage in December.

Top 10 CNN Heroes from 2021 and 2022 gathered at the Elevate Prize Foundation's Make Good Famous Summit in Miami for nonprofit and leadership training.

Lizzo received her award in Miami during The Elevate Prize Foundation’s inaugural Make Good Famous Summit.

Former Elevate Prize GET LOUD Award winner Estefanía Rebellón is interviewed at the Make Good Famous Summit for her work with Yes We Can World Foundation.

2023 Elevate Prize winner Miami Waterkeeper hosted attendees of the Make Good Famous Summit for a morning of service. Volunteers helped plant native trees that will replace invasive plant species on Virginia Key Beach Park.

There was habitat help on Virginia Key as people worked to restore a South Florida beach. Their efforts are part of a three-day summit hosted by the Elevate Prize Foundation in Miami Beach.

"This my first baby tree," Shirley Raines shared. It's not her day job, but planting trees is just another way of looking after others. She's in town as part of the Make Good Famous Summit, which is aimed at tackling issues of social justice, health, tech, diversity and environmental issues.

Dozens participated in a habitat restoration project on Wednesday in Virginia Key as part of The Elevate Prize Foundation’s Make Good Famous summit.

Global agriculture has a unique role in our world affected by climate change as it is considered one of the biggest contributors towards the same while also being most affected by it.

“We knew that solutions existed, but they were expensive,” Kappagantulu says. “The challenge to find something that could be used in India. That is when we zeroed in on the idea of protected farming or the use of green houses.”