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Elevate
Elevate is a nonprofit organization that seeks to create a just and equitable world in which everyone has clean and affordable heat, power, and water in their homes and communities — no matter who they are or where they live. Elevate designs and implements programs that reduce costs, protect people and the environment, and ensure the benefits of clean and efficient energy use reach those who need them most.
Purpose
Elevate recognizes the painful and ongoing history of racism and anti-Blackness in our communities. As an organization, we strive to dismantle oppressive systems by developing internal and external policies, programs, and procedures that lead to racial equity. Understanding and addressing these systems is essential to creating climate solutions that benefit everyone.
Vision
Elevate seeks to create a world in which everyone has clean and affordable heat, power, and water in their homes and communities — no matter who they are or where they live. Making the benefits and services of the clean energy economy accessible to everyone is how we fight climate change while supporting equity.
Mission
We design and implement programs that reduce costs, protect people and the environment, and ensure the benefits of clean and efficient energy use reach those who need them most. We do this by focusing on communities that are often left out of the clean energy conversation, including homeowners and renters with lower incomes, multi-family building owners, nonprofit organizations, and distressed communities and municipalities.
Additional Culture Details
As a leader in the clean energy industry, it is our commitment to bring racial equity to the forefront of the conversation. Climate change and COVID-19 are just two examples of crises that expose again how white supremacy and racist values are deeply embedded in our society, making it necessary for us to be engaged in the challenging and essential work of unlearning and challenging the, often unconscious, beliefs and actions that perpetuate anti-Blackness. At Elevate, we are working hard to understand how we have perpetuated systems of oppression and adopt the tools necessary to learn and change. We are committed to building a culture of anti-racism and dialogue among colleagues. We have work to do as an organization and as people. We invite you to be leaders in solution-oriented approaches that not only acknowledge the crimes against Black, Latino, and Indigenous communities and communities with lower incomes, but to work to dismantle systems of oppression that cause health, wealth, education, quality of life and other detrimental outcomes for these communities. This is how we can together show compassion and equity and justice towards each other and the planet.
Headquarters
Chicago, IL
Employees
248 US Employees
Industry
Non-profit - Other
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