Leave Your Mark 2026

In partnership with IMG, we are awarding $10,000 in grant funding to help mission-focused individuals and organizations leave a lasting mark for the Gospel.

• Two mission organizations will receive $3,500 each 
• Three individual winners will receive $1,000 each to use for their upcoming mission, volunteer, or service trip.

All winners will be selected and announced on Friday, October 16th, 2026.

The 2026 Leave Your Mark Grant Contest is Open from August 3 to September 13 at 11:59 P.M. EST. 

All winners will be selected and announced on Friday, October 16th, 2026.

To enter, record an approximately 3-minute video or write an approximately 500-word essay and submit it using the buttons on this page. Your written or video essay should answer the following questions:

• For Organizations: “How is your organization working to overcome the current obstacles impacting the world? How would this grant support your continued global outreach efforts?”
• For Individuals: “Explain why this mission, volunteer, or service trip is important to you. How will this grant support you and your global outreach efforts?”

Written Essays:

• Should be 500 words or less
• Can be typed directly into or copied and pasted into the submission form.

Video Essays:

• Should be approximately 3 minutes
• Should not include any inappropriate language, images, or sounds
• Should only include music and images to which you own the rights
• Videos need to be hosted on a site with shareable links (YouTube, Vimeo, etc).
• To submit, you will enter the sharing link into the form. 
• Note: the video does not need to be publicly listed as long as the link is viewable. 

RULES AND ELIGIBILITY The contest is open to participants worldwide; however, you must be at least 18 years of age to enter and not subject to 18 U.S.C. § 1033. Essays should be approximately 500 words in length and should be an original work of authorship. Videos and essays must not include intellectual property owned by other parties, or offensive, indecent, or objectionable material. The deadline to submit your video or essay to be eligible for the awards is September 13th, 2026, at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time. The winning videos and essays become works made for hire of MissionSafe (a Division of World Insurance Association, Inc.) and IMG. All winners will be selected and announced on October 16th, 2026. See attached for IMG Rules and
Regulations www.imglobal.com/leave-your-mark.