The Elias Fund is a non-profit scholarship fund that provides educational scholarships to youth of Zimbabwe. It was inspired by the American band Dispatch and started in Summer 2005 by a group of young adults. The idea of Elias Fund began when Dispatch's Chad Urmston spent time in Zimbabwe in 1994. While there, he befriended a gardner named Elias who later became the inspiration and namesake to one of Dispatch's most popular songs. Elias dreamed his sons Honest and Manuel would one day have the opportunity to gain a higher education. His dream was the cornerstone behind the creation of the Elias Fund, and has since expanded to include the dreams of youth throughout the country.