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.”
2025 Grantees
Meet our 2025 grantees! Discover the innovative and impactful grassroots-led projects we support.
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