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Executive Order 14205 of February 7, 2025 

Establishment of the White House Faith Office 

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the 

laws of the United States of America, and to assist faith-based entities, 

community organizations, and houses of worship in their efforts to strengthen 

American families, promote work and self-sufficiency, and protect religious 

liberty, it is hereby ordered: 

Section 1. Policy. Faith-based entities, community organizations, and houses 

of worship have tremendous ability to serve individuals, families, and communities through means that are different from those of government and 

with capacity and effectiveness that often exceeds that of government. These 

organizations lift people up, keep families strong, and solve problems at 

the local level. The executive branch wants faith-based entities, community 

organizations, and houses of worship, to the fullest extent permitted by 

law, to compete on a level playing field for grants, contracts, programs, 

and other Federal funding opportunities. The efforts of faith-based entities, 

community organizations, and houses of worship are essential to strengthening families and revitalizing communities, and the Federal Government 

welcomes opportunities to partner with such organizations through innovative, measurable, and outcome-driven initiatives. 

The executive branch is committed to ensuring that all executive departments 

and agencies (agencies) honor and enforce the Constitution’s guarantee of 

religious liberty and to ending any form of religious discrimination by the 

Federal Government. 

Sec. 2. Amendments to Executive Orders. (a) Executive Order 13198 of 

January 29, 2001 (Agency Responsibilities With Respect to Faith-Based and 

Community Initiatives); Executive Order 13279 of December 12, 2002 (Equal 

Protection of the Laws for Faith-Based and Community Organizations), as 

amended by Executive Order 13559 of November 17, 2010 (Fundamental 

Principles and Policymaking Criteria for Partnerships With Faith-Based and 

Other Neighborhood Organizations); Executive Order 13280 of December 

12, 2002 (Responsibilities of the Department of Agriculture and the Agency 

for International Development With Respect to Faith-Based and Community 

Initiatives); Executive Order 13342 of June 1, 2004 (Responsibilities of the 

Departments of Commerce and Veterans Affairs and the Small Business 

Administration With Respect to Faith-Based and Community Initiatives); 

and Executive Order 13397 of March 7, 2006 (Responsibilities of the Department of Homeland Security With Respect to Faith-Based and Community 

Initiatives), are hereby amended by: 

(i) substituting ‘‘White House Faith Office’’ for ‘‘White House Office of 

Faith-Based and Community Initiatives’’ or ‘‘White House OFBCI’’ each 

time it appears in those orders; and 

(ii) substituting ‘‘Center for Faith’’ for ‘‘Center for Faith-based and Community Initiatives,’’ and ‘‘Centers for Faith’’ for ‘‘Centers for Faith-based 

and Community Initiatives’’ each time they appear in those orders. 

(b) Executive Order 13279, as amended by Executive Order 13559, is 

further amended by striking section 2(h) and redesignating sections 2(i) 

and 2(j) as sections 2(h) and 2(i), respectively. 

Sec. 3. Establishment of the White House Faith Office. (a) There is established 

within the Executive Office of the President (EOP) the White House Faith 

Office (Office). The Office shall have lead responsibility in the executive 


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branch to empower faith-based entities, community organizations, and houses 

of worship to serve families and communities. 

(b) The Office shall be housed in the Domestic Policy Council and headed 

by a Senior Advisor to the White House Faith Office, and supported by 

other positions as the President considers appropriate. In carrying out this 

order, the Office shall work with the Domestic Policy Council, the Office 

of Public Liaison, and the Centers for Faith established by Executive Order 

13198, Executive Order 13280, Executive Order 13342, and Executive Order 

13397, as amended by section 2(a)(ii) of this order. 

Sec. 4. White House Faith Office Functions. (a) To the extent permitted 

by law, the Office shall: 

(i) from time to time, consult with and seek information from experts 

and various faith and community leaders identified by the White House 

Faith Office and other EOP components, including those from outside 

the Federal Government and those from State, local, and Tribal governments. These experts and leaders shall be identified based on their expertise in a broad range of areas in which faith-based entities, community 

organizations, and houses of worship operate, including protecting women 

and children; strengthening marriage and family; lifting up individuals 

through work and self-sufficiency, defending religious liberty; combatting 

anti-Semitic, anti-Christian, and additional forms of anti-religious bias; 

promoting foster care and adoption programs in partnership with faithbased entities; providing wholesome and effective education; preventing 

and reducing crime and facilitating prisoner reentry; promoting recovery 

from substance use disorder; and fostering flourishing minds; 

(ii) make recommendations to the President, through the Assistant to 

the President for Domestic Policy, regarding changes to policies, programs, 

and practices, and aspects of my Administration’s policy agenda, that 

affect the ability of faith-based entities, community organizations, and 

houses of worship to serve families and communities; 

(iii) convene meetings with representatives from the Centers for Faith 

and other representatives from across agencies as appropriate; 

(iv) advise on the implementation throughout the Federal Government 

of those aspects of my Administration’s policy agenda aimed at enabling 

faith-based entities, community organizations, and houses of worship to 

better serve families and communities; 

(v) showcase innovative initiatives by faith-based entities, community organizations, and houses of worship that serve and strengthen individuals, 

families, and communities throughout the United States; 

(vi) coordinate with all agencies to implement training and education 

throughout the country for faith-based entity grantees to build their capacity 

to procure grants; 

(vii) support agencies in developing and implementing training and education regarding religious liberty exceptions, accommodations, or exemptions; 

(viii) consult with public and private businesses regarding their policies 

for employee volunteerism, charitable giving, and payroll deductions; 

(ix) coordinate with agencies on identifying and promoting grant opportunities for non-profit faith-based entities, community organizations, and 

houses of worship, especially those inexperienced with public funding 

but that operate effective programs; 

(x) work in collaboration with the Attorney General, or a designee of 

the Attorney General, to identify concerns raised by faith-based entities, 

community organizations, and houses of worship about any failures of 

the executive branch to enforce constitutional and Federal statutory protections for religious liberty; and 

(xi) identify and propose means to reduce burdens on the free exercise 

of religion, including legislative, regulatory, and other barriers to the full 


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and active participation of faith-based entities, community organizations, 

and houses of worship in government-funded or government-conducted 

activities and programs. 

(b) Agencies shall, to the extent permitted by law, provide such information, support, and assistance to the Office as may assist the Office in fulfilling 

this order. 

(c) The Directors of each Center of Faith shall oversee their respective 

agency’s efforts to assist the Office in carrying out this order, and shall 

report on such efforts to agency leadership and the Office. Agencies that 

lack a Center for Faith shall designate or appoint a Faith Liaison within 

the agency to oversee the agency’s efforts to assist the Office in carrying 

out this order and to report on such efforts to agency leadership and the 

Office. All such agencies shall designate or appoint such a Faith Liaison 

within 90 days of the date of this order. 

Sec. 5. Severability. If any provision of this order, or the application of 

any provision to any person or circumstance, is held to be invalid, the 

remainder of this order and the application of its provisions to any other 

persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby. 

Sec. 6. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this order shall be construed 

to impair or otherwise affect: 

(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department, agency, or 

the head thereof; or 

(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget 

relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals. 

(b) This order shall be implemented consistent with applicable law and 

subject to the availability of appropriations. 

(c) This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or benefit, 

substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by any party 

against the United States, its departments, agencies, or entities, its officers, 

employees, or agents, or any other person. 

THE WHITE HOUSE, 

February 7, 2025. 

[FR Doc. 2025–02635 

Filed 2–11–25; 11:15 am] 

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