Establishment of the White House Faith Office

The order establishes the White House Faith Office within the Domestic Policy Council, led by a Senior Advisor, to serve as the executive branch's lead on empowering faith-based entities, community organizations, and houses of worship. The office is directed to consult with faith and community leaders, advise on policy affecting religious organizations, coordinate agency training on religious liberty, help nonprofits access federal grants, work with the Attorney General on religious liberty enforcement concerns, and propose ways to reduce regulatory burdens on free exercise of religion. It also amends several prior executive orders dating back to 2001 to rename the predecessor office and its related centers under the new naming conventions.

Agencies are required to support the office, and those lacking an existing Center for Faith must designate a Faith Liaison within 90 days. The order includes a standard severability clause and specifies it does not create enforceable individual rights or alter existing agency legal authorities.

Faith-based organizations, houses of worship, community nonprofits, and religious liberty advocates seeking federal grants or policy engagement. Federal agencies across the executive branch are directed to cooperate and appoint liaison officers. State, local, and Tribal governments may also be consulted.

Religious organizations and faith-based nonprofits gain a dedicated White House office to advocate for their access to federal funding and religious liberty protections. Federal agencies must now assign staff specifically to coordinate with this office, embedding faith-focused liaisons throughout the executive branch.

The White House Faith Office sits inside the Domestic Policy Council and works alongside the Office of Public Liaison and pre-existing Centers for Faith at designated agencies. Agencies with Centers for Faith have their directors report to both agency leadership and the new office; agencies without one must appoint a Faith Liaison within 90 days. The office channels policy recommendations to the President through the Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy. Coordination with the Attorney General is required for religious liberty enforcement concerns.