your gift helps equip individuals around the world

At the Acton Institute, your gift advances our core priorities: forming emerging leaders through transformative programs like Acton University, expanding our global reach with educational resources and strategic partnerships, and producing world-class research and media that defend the moral foundation of a free and virtuous society. Every contribution directly fuels our efforts to equip individuals around the world with the principles of faith, liberty, and sound economics.

Featured Priorities

Emerging Leaders Program

Each year, hundreds of outstanding students compete for just 20 places in Acton’s year-long Emerging Leaders Program—a formation experience that unites faith, freedom, and virtue.

General Operations

Your gift to General Operations strengthens the Acton Institute’s ability to nimbly and effectively respond to critical and emerging needs, influencing nearly every area of our work.

New Documentary: Poverty USA

Developing a powerful documentary that challenges assumptions and restores human dignity.

Research

Acton’s Research Department is the Institute’s intellectual engine, gathering theologians, economists, legal scholars, historians, and philosophers to demonstrate how faith and freedom sustain each other.

The Embassy for Faith & Freedom

Join us in building a lasting voice for faith, reason, and human dignity in the Eternal City.

PRIORITIES

Acton University

Acton University is our flagship, four-day conference that equips rising and established leaders with the ideas of liberty, virtue, and sound economics.

General Operations

Support Acton’s daily work by giving to general operations—fueling our programs, publications, and global outreach to advance a free and virtuous society.

Emerging Leaders Program

Invest in the next generation of changemakers by supporting the Emerging Leaders Program—Acton’s premier leadership initiative for exceptional young professionals.

Center for Social Flourishing

Support the Center for Social Flourishing to equip leaders with the principles and tools to address poverty and promote thriving individuals, families, and communities.

Collins Center for Abrahamic Heritage

Advance interfaith understanding by helping the Collins Center for Abrahamic Heritage promote shared moral principles among Jewish, Christian, and Muslim traditions.

Acton Europe

Strengthen the voice for faith and freedom in Europe by supporting Acton’s Rome-based outreach through Istituto Acton

Research and Publications

Fuel Acton’s world-class research and publishing—support the scholars behind our books, articles, and journals who demonstrate how faith and freedom sustain one another and shape culture, policy, and education worldwide.

Acton Media

Amplify the message of faith and freedom by supporting Acton Media, which includes our podcast, publications, and online platforms that engage global audiences with timely analysis, research, and cultural commentary.

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Donor Engagement & Resources

We are deeply grateful for your commitment to the Acton Institute. We offer various resources for our supporters to stay informed and engaged:

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Sustaining Acton’s Mission

Your dedicated support through various channels ensures the Acton Institute can continue its mission to promote a free and virtuous society for years to come.

Make an Investment in Acton Institute’s Future

Consider a gift to Acton Institute’s endowment to provide a stable, long-term source of funding, ensuring our work endures for future generations.

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