Kappagantulu says the Elevate Prize armed him with the ability to tell Kheyti’s story effectively across platforms, and understanding the ways it pays dividends. He said that though colleagues “for a while must focus on solving the problem on the ground,” it’s important to learn to “wear both hats.”

The Peabody and Emmy® Award-winning CNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribute, which honors everyday people who are making extraordinary contributions to help improve the lives of others, returns on Sunday, December 10 at 8pm ET. This Year’s Top Ten CNN Heroes were revealed today by Anderson Cooper on CNN

David Fajgenbaum discovered a repurposed drug to save his own life and is now on a mission with Every Cure Co-Founders Grant Mitchell and Tracey Sikora to repurpose drugs for millions more.

Fox won this year’s Elevate Prize Catalyst Award, which the “Back to the Future” star plans to use to further his foundation’s work to find treatments for Parkinson’s disease.

The couple accepted an award together, after many years of individual award ceremonies, by the Elevate Prize Foundation. Their work with the Clooney Foundation for Justice was honored with The Elevate Prize Catalyst Award, for “social change.”

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.