Grace Farms Foundation funds a small number of mid-size grants focused on faith-informed civic engagement, design and architecture innovation, and cultural equity. A large share of support goes to Yale-affiliated research and program centers (faith & culture; ecosystems/architecture), while other grants back design-led humanitarian reconstruction and Black arts archival projects, as well as a final dissolution contribution for Africa work. Their giving signals an interest in design-driven social impact, religious/civic dialogue, and cultural preservation/representation.
Grace Farms Foundation Inc’s recent giving is anchored by a $100,000 grant to the Yale Center for Faith and Culture for its general charitable and educational programs, alongside another major grant to Yale Center for Ecosystems Architecture for biomaterials research. Those awards point to a funder that pairs faith-and-culture work with design and architecture research. The foundation also backs projects where built environment expertise is tied to social purpose: a grant to Center for Innovation supported design and construction experts contributing to reconstruction efforts in Ukraine, and another grant supported Black Artists Designers Guild Inc’s work on The Underground Library: An Archive of Our Truth. A smaller event grant to Laguna Art Museum supported local awareness for Design for Freedom, showing that the foundation uses both direct program support and public-facing convenings. One grant also served as a dissolution contribution to Africa Transformational Initiative, reflecting some flexibility in how it structures support.
Faith and civic culture is a central thread in Grace Farms Foundation Inc’s giving. In 2025, it gave $100,000 to Yale Center for Faith and Culture for general charitable and educational programs, and earlier it awarded $50,000 to the same center for general support. Design and architecture research is another recurring area: the foundation granted $55,000 to Yale Center of Ecosystems Architecture Yale School of Architecture for biomaterials research at Yale CEA. Its support also reaches applied design work in crisis settings, with $25,000 to Center for Innovation to support design and construction experts contributing to reconstruction efforts in Ukraine. Cultural heritage appears in a $25,000 grant to Black Artists Designers Guild Inc for The Underground Library: An Archive of Our Truth.
The foundation’s typical grant size is tightly clustered at $50,000, with the 25th percentile, median, and 75th percentile all at that level. Recent awards show a small number of grants rather than broad dispersal, and the pattern includes both general support and purpose-specific funding. The 2025 cycle includes grants that look project-based, general charitable, and even a dissolution contribution. The data also shows repeated support for at least one recipient across years, with Yale Center for Faith and Culture appearing in both 2023 and 2025.
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Most grants fall between $50K and $50K, with a median of $50K.
25th Percentile
$50K
Median
$50K
75th Percentile
$50K
Top 2 recipient countries by grant volume for Grace Farms Foundation.
| Rank | Country | Grants | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United StatesDomestic | 9 | $2.3M | 81.8% |
| 2 | Tanzania | 2 |
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Concentrated portfolio of a few mid-to-large grants (mostly $25k–$100k) with repeat funding to Yale-affiliated centers; targeted, thematic grants rather than broad, high-volume giving; mix of program support and project-specific design/capacity grants, including one final/closure contribution.
Notable grantees: Yale Center for Faith and Culture, Yale Center for Ecosystems Architecture (Yale School of Architecture), Black Artists Designers Guild, Center for Innovation (Ukraine reconstruction support), Africa Transformational Initiative
Grace Farms Foundation Inc gives locally: 100% of grants go to recipients in Connecticut, and the top state by grant count is CT. New Haven appears repeatedly through grants to Yale Center for Faith and Culture and Yale Center for Ecosystems Architecture Yale School of Architecture. Other recipient cities in the recent grants list include Brooklyn, San Francisco, Laguna Beach, and Dar es Salaam, showing that while the giving is Connecticut-based, some recipients or projects connect to other U.S. cities and Tanzania.
Its recent grants center on faith and civic culture, design and architecture research, reconstruction-related design expertise, and cultural heritage projects. Named examples include Yale Center for Faith and Culture, Yale Center for Ecosystems Architecture Yale School of Architecture, Center for Innovation, and Black Artists Designers Guild Inc.
Its grant-size distribution is flat at $50,000: the 25th percentile, median, and 75th percentile are all $50,000. Recent awards also include amounts above and below that level, from $3,000 to $100,000.
The foundation gives locally, with 100% of grants going to recipients in Connecticut. New Haven shows up repeatedly in the recent grants list, while other recipient locations include Brooklyn, San Francisco, Laguna Beach, and Dar es Salaam.
Yes. Yale Center for Faith and Culture appears in both 2023 and 2025, with grants of $50,000 and $100,000 respectively. That pattern shows at least some repeat support rather than purely one-time giving.
Its recent giving includes general charitable and educational support, general support, project-specific funding, an event grant, and a dissolution contribution. The listed active programs also show multiple ways it can support work, including free space, open-call pilot projects, and relief funding.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
| $57K |
18.2% |
Recipient country reflects the grantee's headquarters per IRS 990-PF and Schedule F filings, not the program's implementation country.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| YALE CENTER FOR FAITH AND CULTURE | NEW HAVEN, CT | $100,000 | 2025 | TO SUPPORT THE YALE CENTER FOR FAITH AND CULTURE'S GENERAL CHARITABLE AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS. |
| YALE CENTER FOR ECOSYSTEMS ARCHITECTURE YALE SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE | NEW HAVEN, CT | $55,000 | 2025 | TO SUPPORT BIOMATERIALS RESEARCH AT YALE CEA. |
| AFRICA TRANSFORMATIONAL INITIATIVE | DAR ES SALAAM | $28,073 | 2025 | GFF AFRICA DISSOLUTION CONTRIBUTION TO LOCAL SUCCEEDING NGO. |
| BLACK ARTISTS DESIGNERS GUILD INC | BROOKLYN, NY | $25,000 | 2025 | TO SUPPORT THE GUILD'S WORK TO DESIGN/BUILD THE NEW PROJECT: "THE UNDERGROUND LIBRARY: AN ARCHIVE OF OUR TRUTH." |
| CENTER FOR INNOVATION | SAN FRANCISCO, CA | $25,000 | 2025 | TO SUPPORT DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION EXPERTS WHO ARE CONTRIBUTING TO RECONSTRUCTION EFFORTS IN UKRAINE. |
| LAGUNA ART MUSEUM | LAGUNA BEACH, CA | $3,000 | 2025 | TO PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR AN EVENT THAT RAISED LOCAL AWARENESS FOR DESIGN FOR FREEDOM. |
| STANFORD UNIVERSITY | STANFORD, CA | $25,000 | 2024 | TO SUPPORT RESEARCH ON CEMENT RELATED TO ENDING MODERN SLAVERY'S IMPRINT ON BUILDING |
| YALE CENTER FOR FAITH & CULTURE | NEW HAVEN, CT | $50,000 | 2023 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
YALE CENTER FOR FAITH AND CULTURE
$100,000TO SUPPORT THE YALE CENTER FOR FAITH AND CULTURE'S GENERAL CHARITABLE AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS.
YALE CENTER FOR ECOSYSTEMS ARCHITECTURE YALE SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE
$55,000TO SUPPORT BIOMATERIALS RESEARCH AT YALE CEA.
AFRICA TRANSFORMATIONAL INITIATIVE
$28,073GFF AFRICA DISSOLUTION CONTRIBUTION TO LOCAL SUCCEEDING NGO.
BLACK ARTISTS DESIGNERS GUILD INC
$25,000TO SUPPORT THE GUILD'S WORK TO DESIGN/BUILD THE NEW PROJECT: "THE UNDERGROUND LIBRARY: AN ARCHIVE OF OUR TRUTH."
CENTER FOR INNOVATION
$25,000TO SUPPORT DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION EXPERTS WHO ARE CONTRIBUTING TO RECONSTRUCTION EFFORTS IN UKRAINE.
LAGUNA ART MUSEUM
TO PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR AN EVENT THAT RAISED LOCAL AWARENESS FOR DESIGN FOR FREEDOM.
STANFORD UNIVERSITY
$25,000TO SUPPORT RESEARCH ON CEMENT RELATED TO ENDING MODERN SLAVERY'S IMPRINT ON BUILDING
YALE CENTER FOR FAITH & CULTURE
$50,000GENERAL SUPPORT
Current and upcoming funding from Grace Farms Foundation that your nonprofit may be able to apply for.
Who can apply: Mission-aligned government agencies, quasi-governmental entities, or 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations.
Deadline: 2026 Space Grants are now closed. Applications for April–August 2027 Space Grants will open in December and be reviewed on a rolling basis.
Who can apply: Project teams and organizations engaged in construction, design, research, or education that align with Design for Freedom goals (see Pilot Projects page for details).
Deadline: Annual Open Call (specific dates vary by year; consult the Pilot Projects page for the current call).
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