# 2025-02635: White House Establishes Faith Office to Aid Religious Groups

2025-02635, Establishment of the White House Faith Office, is a Federal Register presidential document from Executive Office of the President published 2025-02-12, effective 2025-02-07 (as of 2026-11-03).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-02635
- As of: 2026-11-03
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2025-02635
- Title: Establishment of the White House Faith Office
- Type: Presidential Document
- Agencies: Executive Office of the President
- Citation: 90 FR 9499
- Published: 2025-02-12
- Effective: 2025-02-07
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: no
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-11-03

## In one line

White House Establishes Faith Office to Aid Religious Groups

## Summary

The White House just created a new Faith Office to help faith groups, community organizations, and houses of worship get fair access to federal grants and programs. This office will boost partnerships that support families, work, and religious freedom, making sure no one faces discrimination. Starting now, federal agencies must back these efforts, but no new money is being spent immediately.

## Effects PRIA read

- Federal help to compete for grants: benefit, medium. The White House created a White House Faith Office inside the Executive Office of the President on February 7, 2025 to help faith-based entities, community organizations, and houses of worship compete on a level playing field for grants, contracts, programs, and other Federal funding opportunities.…
- Training to build grant capacity: benefit, medium. The Office will coordinate with all agencies to implement training and education throughout the country for faith-based entity grantees to build their capacity to procure grants. Agencies are directed, to the extent permitted by law, to provide information, support, and assistance to the Office to…
- Support for religious liberty protections: benefit, medium. The Office will support agencies in developing and implementing training and education regarding religious liberty exceptions, accommodations, or exemptions. It will also work with the Attorney General, or a designee, to identify concerns about any failures of the executive branch to enforce consti…
- Promotion of volunteerism and payroll giving: benefit, low. The Office will consult with public and private businesses about their policies for employee volunteerism, charitable giving, and payroll deductions. The Office will also coordinate with agencies to identify and promote grant opportunities for nonprofit faith-based entities, especially those inexpe…

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## Sources
- [2025-02635 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/02/12/2025-02635/establishment-of-the-white-house-faith-office)
- [2025-02635 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-02-12/pdf/2025-02635.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-02635 (as of 2026-11-03).