Winners – 2025
OUR WINNERS ARE AN EXTRAORDINARY GROUP OF LEADERS, VISIONARIES, AND ACTIVISTS ON A MISSION TO SOLVE SOME OF THE WORLD’S MOST CRITICAL CHALLENGES — AT A TIME IN OUR HISTORY WHEN IT’S NEVER BEEN NEEDED MORE.
The Prize: $250,000 in unrestricted funding for each organization, plus tailored support to amplify their work. $50,000 for each leader, because doing this work requires being resourced, rested, and ready to show up fully.
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Meet our 2026 Elevate Prize Winners!
Utkarsh Saxena
Adalat AI
Adalat AI uses artificial intelligence to reduce judicial delays by streamlining courtroom processes and enabling faster access to justice.
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Ai-jen Poo
Caring Across Generations
Caring Across Generations works to transform the U.S. care system so that all people can age, live, and care with dignity through advocacy, organizing, and culture change.
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Mara Fleishman
Chef Ann Foundation
The Chef Ann Foundation promotes healthy food in schools by supporting scratch-cooked meals made from whole ingredients and by empowering school food professionals with training and tools.
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Krutika Ravishankar
Farmers for Forests
Farmers for Forests partners with farmers to create biodiverse farms and forests that improve climate outcomes, biodiversity, and rural livelihoods.
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Hillary Blout
For the People
For The People advances prosecutor-initiated resentencing by providing training, technical assistance, and support to help reunite families and strengthen communities.
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Mónica Ramírez
Justice for Migrant Women
Justice for Migrant Women ensures migrant women have guaranteed human and civil rights, including dignity at work, freedom from violence, and the ability to migrate safely.
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Manu Chopra
Karya
Karya is building ethical AI by creating high-quality datasets while providing dignified digital work to underserved communities, ensuring that AI systems better represent the diversity of the world.
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Tom Osborn
Shamiri
Shamiri Institute provides scalable, evidence-based mental health interventions for young people, delivered by trained young adults to help youth manage anxiety and depression and improve overall well-being.
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Shabana Basij-Rasikh
SOLA (School of Leadership, Afghanistan)
SOLA educates Afghan girls to become critical thinkers, ethical leaders, and compassionate citizens who will rebuild Afghanistan’s future.
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Aisha Nyandoro
Springboard To Opportunities
Springboard to Opportunities works alongside residents of federally subsidized housing as they pursue their goals in school, work, and life by providing navigation support, connections to services, and opportunities to build social capital.
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