New Grantees will be announced January 2024
What is Elevating Equity?
Elevating Equity is a unique grant opportunity focused on supporting innovative and impactful grassroots-led projects addressing systemic inequity, including racial inequity in Elgin. We believe that the most powerful solutions to community issues can and should come from those facing those issues in their daily lives.
Our Pillars
We Dig
Discover deep roots, beyond symptoms
We Center
Empower and trust those impacted
We Imagine
Dream of equitable world
We Reflect
Review, improve, stay responsible
“The support I received from Elevating Equity has allowed me to sow the seeds of my dreams, but it is the community that helps them flourish. We are all invested in each other's success and growth.”
– Samantha Williams, 2020 Grant Recipent
2022 Grantees
Meet our 2023 grantees! Discover the innovative and impactful grassroots-led projects we support.
Legando, Historia y Tradición Performance
Organizing for Mobility Equity in Elgin
Vilma E Sanchez
Diane Martinez
Edwin Martinez
Hallie Morrison
Eagon Siahaan
Adriana Carpio
Kayla Bates
Rachael Caise