Leave Your Mark
Empowering Ministries to Change Lives Globally


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The Leave Your Mark Grant is an annual initiative by IMG and MissionSafe, aimed at empowering mission-focused individuals and organizations. Each year, selected winners receive financial support to aid their mission trips and outreach projects. By submitting a brief essay or video sharing their mission goals and impact, participants have the chance to win resources that will further their work and ministry. Beyond funding, winners also receive national promotion and recognition for their efforts, amplifying their mission's influence and reach across the globe.
Grants Awarded in the following categories:

Short-Term Individuals

Long-Term Individuals

Organizations
Congratulations to the 2024 Winners!
Learn more about their Ministries and Projects below.
MissionSafe, in partnership with IMG, is thrilled to announce the 2024 Leave Your Mark Contest winners. This year was the largest applicant pool in the history of the grant with more than 800 submitted entries!
Ella Stuff
Kati Simpson
Allina Robie
Sharlene Cohen
Barbara Sasser
Mission of Hope
GAIA Vaccine Foundation
Awarded by MissionSafe
These winners were awarded by MissionSafe and received a grant of $2,500 each to support their work.
Ella Stuff
Ella Stuff lives in one of the most impoverished neighborhoods in her city helping provide resources for immigrants and refugees. The grant money will be used to provide school supplies and basic necessities for children such as winter coats and hygiene kits.

Kati Elizabeth
Kati is a long-term missionary with Global Frontier Missions. She trains and equips long-term missionaries while living and ministering in a Muslim neighborhood. Her goal is to equip and empower refugees to be able to return to their home country and spread the gospel.

Awarded by IMG
These winners were awarded by IMG. Organizations received a grant of $3,500 each.
Mission of Hope is a faith-based organization that works alongside local leaders in the Caribbean to transform lives through church advancement, education, and food security. The organization's many projects include providing meals, educating students, providing medical treatments, and serving through disaster response.
GAIA Vaccine Foundation is a nonprofit organization that collaborates with community clinics in Mali, West Africa. The nonprofit supports the development of vaccines, vaccine education, and the prevention, detection, treatment, and access to care for infectious diseases disproportionately affecting developing economies.

Awarded by IMG
These winners were awarded by IMG. Individuals received a grant of $1,000 each.
Allina Robie
Allina Robie serves as an advocate and caregiver for orphaned children in Ukraine's Zakarpattia oblast. Partnering with Shade for Children, she is helping to reform the orphan care system by establishing Blossom Cottage, a private group home for 8-10 children, focusing on those with special needs and large sibling groups.
Barbara Sasser
Barbara Sasser of Amazon Outreach brings essential support and care to remote Amazonian communities. On her third mission, she joins an all-women team to provide medical aid, clean water, and spiritual guidance to isolated villages, sharing the Gospel and uplifting Amazonian women and children.