Grants Awarded
ACTEC Foundation Grants
The ACTEC Foundation supports professional development and education in trust and estate law. If there is a project that you believe will benefit from the support of The ACTEC Foundation, please submit a grant request for review by the Grant Committee and the Board of Directors. Grants are considered three times a year in March, June, and October. Below are examples of grants that the Foundation has awarded in the past.
Grant Recipients
2025 | Approval Date | Amount |
| Dennis I. Belcher Young Leaders Program | 7/8/2025 | $27,500 |
| ACTEC Communications Committee Podcasts and Videos | 7/8/2025 | $38,371 |
| Bet Tzedek/UCLA | 7/8/2025 | $20,000 |
| ACTEC Communications Committee Podcasts and Videos | 3/22/2025 | $3,359 |
2024 | ||
| Mary Moers Wenig Student Writing Competition | 9/22/2024 | $12,500 |
| George Mason University Workshop | 6/21/2024 | $12,800 |
| Dennis I. Belcher Young Leaders Program | 6/21/2024 | $33,000 |
| Rocky Mountain Fellows Institute—matching grant | 6/21/2024 | $25,000 |
| Rocky Mountain Fellows Institute—release of funds from Jack Beaty Foundation | 6/21/2024 | $25,000 |
| Academic Symposium | 3/8/2024 | $20,000 |
2023 | ||
| Dennis I. Belcher Young Leaders Program | 10/26/2023 | $22,000 |
| Oklahoma City University | 10/26/2023 | $25,000 |
| Bet Tzedek/UCLA | 10/26/2023 | $23,460 |
| ACTEC Communications Committee Podcasts and Videos | 10/26/2023 | $63,227 |
| Mary Moers Wenig Student Writing Competition | 10/26/2023 | $12,500 |
2022 | ||
| Mary Moers Wenig Student Writing Competition | 11/6/2022 | $12,500 |
| Duquesne University | 11/6/2022 | $20,154 |
| Dennis I. Belcher Young Leaders Program | 11/6/2022 | $27,500 |
| University of New Mexico | 6/4/2022 | $40,000 |
| SSRN—five years of support | 3/9/2022 | $17,496 |
| Mary Moers Wenig Student Writing Competition | 3/9/2022 | $12,500 |
2021 | ||
| ACTEC Diversity, Equity & Inclusivity Committee Videos | 10/10/2021 | $7,000 |
| The Commons Law Center—Challenge Grant | 10/10/2021 | $40,000 |
| Dennis I. Belcher Young Leaders Program | 10/10/2021 | $27,500 |
| Tulane University—Symposium | 6/9/2021 | $20,000 |
| SSRN | 3/5/2021 | $3,409 |
2020 | ||
| ACTEC Communications Committee Podcasts and Videos | 10/20/2020 | $70,000 |
| ACTEC Diversity, Equity & Inclusivity Committee Podcasts and Videos | 10/20/2020 | $7,000 |
| The Commons Law Center | 8/6/2020 | $23,300 |
| Mary Moers Wenig Student Writing Competition | 6/17/2020 | $12,500 |
| Dennis I. Belcher Young Leaders Program | 6/17/2020 | $27,500 |
| SSRN | 3/8/2020 | $3,310 |
2019 | ||
| 2020 Mary Moers Wenig Student Writing Competition | 7/15/2019 | $12,500 |
| Dennis I. Belcher Young Leaders Program | 6/28/2019 | $27,500 |
| Hofstra University—Student Editorial Board of the ACTEC Law Journal | 6/28/2019 | $30,000 |
| 6th Edition—revision of the ACTEC Commentaries | 6/28/2019 | $10,000 |
| SSRN | 3/20/2019 | $3,183 |
2018 | ||
| University of California Davis | 10/27/2018 | $20,000 |
| ACTEC Communications Committee Podcasts and Videos | 10/27/2018 | $60,000 |
| SSRN | 6/22/2018 | $3,090 |
| Young Leaders Program | 6/22/2018 | $27,500 |
| University of Wyoming—support of the estate planning clinic at the University of Wyoming | 3/9/2018 | $60,000 |
| University of New Mexico Research Project in Trust and Estate Planning Services for Rural and Underserved Populations | 3/9/2018 | $40,000 |
2017 | ||
| University of Oregon School of Law, to fund an Estate Planning Fellow to administer Oregon’s Wills for the Underserved Program | 10/22/2017 | $16,500 |
| University of Florida Law School Empirical Study Regarding the Testamentary Disposition of Assets by Persons with Non-Traditional Families | 10/22/2017 | $15,000 |
| ACTEC Elder Law Committee Interdisciplinary Study of the Exploitation of the Elderly | 6/15/2017 | $45,000 |
| Young Leaders Program | 3/10/2017 | $27,500 |
2016 | ||
| Young Leaders Program | 10/22/2016 | $13,750 |
| SSRN | 10/22/2016 | $3,000 |
| ACTEC Family Estate Planning Guide videos | 10/22/2016 | $50,000 |
| 2017 Mary Moers Wenig Student Writing Competition | 10/22/2016 | $9,000 |
| Fall 2017 Symposium—University of Iowa College of Law—Wealth Transfer Law in Comparative and International Perspective | 8/25/2016 | $20,000 |
| ACTEC Family Estate Planning Guide videos | 5/25/2016 | $18,100 |
| 2016 Mary Moers Wenig Student Writing Competition | 3/17/2016 | $9,500 |
2015 | ||
| Young Leaders Program | 6/19/2015 | $27,000 |
| 2015 Mary Moers Wenig Student Writing Competition | 3/6/2015 | $8,081* |
| Revising ACTEC Commentaries—Supplemental Grant | 3/6/2015 | $13,000 |
| $12,000 including unspent funds from prior year Mary Moers Wenig Student Writing Competition grants | ||
2014 | ||
| 2014 Mary Moers Wenig Student Writing Competition | 3/6/2014 | $12,000 |
| National Judicial College—web-based learning for probate judges | 10/17/2014 | $18,000 |
2013 | ||
| National Guardianship Network—Third World Guardianship Conference | 6/21/2013 | $25,000 |
| Revising ACTEC Commentaries | 7/29/2013 | $25,000 |
| 2013 Mary Moers Wenig Student Writing Competition | 10/27/2013 | $12,000 |
2012 | ||
| 2012 Mary Moers Wenig Student Writing Competition—Retroactive | 3/9/2012 | $12,000 |
| Trusts and Estates Journal on Social Science Research Network—5 years | 6/14/2012 | $15,000 |
| Fall 2014 Symposium—Vanderbilt University: “The Emergent Federal Role in Private Wealth Transfer” | 10/19/2012 | $24,000 |
| Hofstra University—Student Editorial Board of the ACTEC Law Journal | 10/19/2012 | $30,000 |
2011 | ||
| University of Wyoming College of Law Estate Planning Clinic | 6/25/2011 | $95,000 |
| Update to the ACTEC Commentaries | 10/16/2011 | $2,000 |
2010 | ||
| Fall 2010 Symposium—McGill University: “The Worlds of the Trusts” | 3/14/2010 | $9,800 |
| Lloyd Leva Plaine Memorial Fund Resolution | 6/17/2010 | N/A |
| Expenses for two representatives to attend McGill Symposium | 6/17/2010 | $4,000 |
| 2011 Mary Moers Wenig Student Writing Competition | 10/17/2010 | $12,000 |
| National College of Probate Judges—review of the standards of the probate courts | 10/17/2010 | $10,000 |
| Fall 2011 Symposium—University of Michigan Law School: “The Uniform Probate Code: The Remaking of American Succession Law” | 10/17/2010 | $27,250 |
| Update to the ACTEC Commentaries | 10/17/2010 | $1,750 |
2009 | ||
| Trusts and Estates Journal on Social Science Research Network—three years | 3/8/2009 | $9,000 |
| Hofstra University—Student Editorial Board of the ACTEC Law Journal | 3/8/2009 | $30,000 |
| Harvard Clinic | 3/8/2009 | $35,000 |
| Update to the ACTEC Commentaries | 6/25/2009 | $2,500 |
| 2010 Mary Moers Wenig Student Writing Competition | 10/18/2009 | $12,000 |
| Grants for Clinic Programs for two years | 10/18/2009 | $110,000 |
2008 | ||
| ABA Commission on Law and Aging—support outreach and education concerning Uniform Adult Guardianship and Protection Proceedings | 6/29/2008 | $15,000 |
| University of Tennessee—Clinical Education program for trusts and estates work | 10/26/2008 | $106,200 |
| 2009 Mary Moers Wenig Student Writing Competition | 10/26/2008 | $12,000 |
| Fall 2009 Symposium—Chicago Kent School of Law: “Philanthropy in the 21st Century” | 10/26/2008 | $25,000 |