A vision for change through strategic investment
Elevar: 1. to lift 2. to raise 3. to elevate
Elevating programs for positive change
The Elevar Fund was created in 2025 by Michael and Shawn Rubiera. The goal of the Fund is to create opportunities where people are encouraged to take risks and where innovation and creativity are celebrated.

Regenerate Ohio Farms Grant
In response to the cancellation and ongoing uncertainty of federal funding, the Elevar Fund, in partnership with Healing Soils Foundation (HSF), is forming the Regenerate Ohio Farms Grant to offset financial disruptions and provide critical relief to Ohio farmers affected by these disruptions. For more information, CLICK HERE.
QUESTIONS? Email Kim Nemeth, Executive Director
APPLY NOWWe believe in approaching opportunities from a place of curiosity, problem-solving and discovery. In building our company, we were creating the scaffolding as we grew. Often that meant breaking and rebuilding, pivoting, and being unafraid to try something new. Our approach to philanthropy will have an infusion of that same entrepreneurial spirit."
Michael and Shawn Rubiera