Grant Application Opens September 23, 2024

Accepting Grant Applications

Grant Cycle Closes October 25, 2024

Inclusive Grants by Elgin, for Elgin

Join us in building a more equitable community

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 an equitable world

We Reflect

Review, improve, stay responsible

Our Mission

We grant to grassroots projects, amplifiying under-heard voices for an equitable Elgin.

Our Vision

We center grassroots grantmaking for an equitable Elgin.

“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.”

2024 Grantees

Meet our 2024 grantees! Discover the innovative and impactful grassroots-led projects we support.

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