Grants are generally made in support of programs and operating expenses, and rarely for capital projects. Grants are made to parachurch organizations. Domestically, grants are made to agencies that have a national impact except for local agencies serving the citizens of the Greater Puget Sound area. Grants are not made to organizations where, because of location or other reasons, the cost of evaluation is out of proportion to the size of the anticipated grant. Grants are generally limited to 10 percent of total operating budgets.
Grants are generally for one year's duration.
Multiple year requests are considered only when subject to annual review. The Foundation will not participate in conduit fundraising or the funding of individuals. Organizations applying for program funding, must practice full control of donated funds, discretion over their use and evaluation of their program's effectiveness. Grants are not made for scholarships or fellowships to individuals, endowments, debt retirement, videos, media time and program production, lobbying or influencing elections or legislation.