Acts of Grace Foundation Grants

Acts of Grace Foundation Grants is sponsored by Acts of Grace Foundation. Acts of Grace Foundation provides grants to charities, often focusing on leadership development, community outreach, and disaster response. Their 2026 grants included projects in Asia, supporting initiatives like leadership development in Cambodia, Laos, and Mongolia.

Acts of Grace Foundation | Granting Guidelines To apply for funding from Acts of Grace, charities and the projects they present for consideration must align with the Foundation's eligibility criteria, granting priorities and exclusions. Our 2026 granting process is closed. Continue to check the website for updates about our 2027 granting process.

We are not accepting Letters of Inquiry (LOIs) at this time. Acts of Grace has recently changed its granting priorities .

To be considered for an Acts of Grace grant, an organization must: Be a registered Canadian charity with a Christian faith basis Be an outwardly-focused charity, serving the broader community beyond its own constituents Have an independent Board of Directors or similar committee Demonstrate sustained organizational health Provide 3rd party prepared and reviewed financial statements for the two prior years Demonstrate a proven record of successfully delivering impactful, culturally and geographically relevant initiatives Demonstrate thoughtful consideration of long-term sustainability for the organization and its work The Acts of Grace Foundation accepts one application per granting cycle per charity.

Charities are not eligible to apply for new grants until all requirements for active grants have been met, including follow-up and final reports. We only grant to organizations with a Christian faith basis. In addition to these minimum criteria, other factors will also be considered such as the Foundation's Granting Priorities and Exclusions, as outlined below.

Acts of Grace will consider applications in the following areas: 1 ) CAPACITY - BUILDING GRANTS Initiatives t hat increase the long-term capacity of Canadian charities and/or their field partners to effectively serve marginalized people through investments in capital, infrastructure, systems, processes, equipment and people.

2) PROGRAM - DELIVERY GRANTS Initiatives that enable individuals, communities and/or the Church to affect their own long-term self sufficiency, well-being, and/or spiritual growth through programs in one of the following areas: Education & Skills Training Evangelism & Discipleship We prioritize initiatives that enable development or foster system-wide transformation. Acts of Grace does not provide funds for aid (relief).

Given the breadth of applications presented to the Foundation, Acts of Grace has made the necessary decision to direct its funding to specific areas.

To that end, the Acts of Grace Foundation does not fund any of the following types of organizations and/or initiatives: Excluded organization types: Government departments or agencies Charities without a Christian faith basis Start-up organizations with less than 3 years of operations Membership-based organizations (including political parties, lobbyist organizations, service clubs or special interest groups) Places of worship, churches, denominations, dioceses or agencies thereof (particularly where the purpose of the organization is inwardly-focused at serving its own members/constituents; we believe - in most cases - the local community has the capacity to fund its own initiatives, especially in Canada) Charities (or initiatives) focused on: b) environmental and resource protection or conservation c) climate action and clean energy d) industry and infrastructure development e) community recreation (camps, clubs, community halls and recreation facilities, libraries, zoos, parks and public spaces, etc.) f) scholarships, bursaries or tuition support g) legislation and policy reform Schools in North America (especially below the post-secondary level and particularly where the purposes of the organization is inwardly-focused at serving its own members/constituents) Excluded project/initiative types: *New as of 2025 Delivery of programs and/or services in the areas of: c) livelihood / economic security* * Acts of Grace will continue to consider applications for capacity-building grants for charities working in these areas Contributions to a charity's unrestricted/general funds, annual fundraising campaigns or general contributions to large-scale capital campaigns Fundraising or promotional events Advertising and publicity costs (with some exceptions for awareness building) Inwardly-focused projects aimed at serving an organization’s own constituents Initiatives taking place in the United States (we prioritize granting in Canada as our home and native land, believing that the local, US community has the capacity to fund its own initiatives) Projects with significant portions of the work taking place and/or the project completed prior to the granting decision deadline (the Foundation does not make grants to retroactively fund a project) Check this website for up to date information about deadlines for current and future granting cycles.

This website and the foundation's Facebook page are the only official sources of information about Acts of Grace foundation. The Acts of Grace Foundation uses an entirely paperless process and does not accept funding requests or inquiries by mail or email.