The Trellis Non-Profit Grant: Helping More People Discover the Mission

There are a lot of heroes in our communities.

Most of them don't wear capes. They run non-profits.

They're feeding families, mentoring kids, caring for people during some of the hardest seasons of their lives, strengthening our communities, and doing work that matters every single day.

But there's a problem we see far too often.

They're doing incredible work, and not enough people know about it.

That's something we want to help change.

Something We've Wanted to Do Since Day One

When Alisha and I started Trellis Marketing, we wanted to build more than a marketing agency.

We wanted to build a business that could make an impact.

Non-Profits have had a profound impact on both of our lives. They've strengthened our faith, cared for people we love, and made the communities around us better.

We've always said that if God blessed Trellis, we wanted to use this business to bless others.

In 2026, we got to do something we'd dreamed about since the beginning.

We offered the Trellis Non-Profit Grant, and both grants have now been awarded.

More Than $30,000 in Marketing Services

In 2026, Trellis Marketing selected two local non-profits to receive more than $15,000 in marketing services each, an investment of more than $30,000 from our team.

Each grant included:

• A Trellis Brand Strategy Session
• A professionally designed website
• Three months of marketing support

Our goal is to have both organizations prepared to tell their stories well heading into Giving Tuesday and year-end giving.

But this isn't really about building websites or creating social media posts.

It's about what those things can help make possible.

Marketing Isn't the Mission

We say this a lot at Trellis:

Marketing isn't the mission. Marketing helps more people discover the mission.

The non-profits in our communities are already doing the important work.

They don't need us to give them a mission. They already have one.

What we can do is help them communicate it.

Because when more people understand the work a non-profit is doing, more people have an opportunity to get involved.

Someone may decide to volunteer.

A business owner may decide to become a sponsor.

A family may discover a resource they desperately need.

Someone else may decide to give.

Good marketing creates a bridge between people who want to help and organizations already doing the work.

That's where we believe Trellis can make a difference.

Why We're Doing This

Our mission at Trellis is simple:

To glorify God by helping business owners grow their businesses.

As Trellis has grown, we've been given opportunities we couldn't have imagined when we started.

We don't take that lightly.

Growth isn't only about what we can build for ourselves. We want to use the people, skills, tools, and resources God has entrusted to us to serve others well.

The Trellis Non-Profit Grant is one way we can do that.

And we hope this is only the beginning.

Know a Non-Profit Doing Incredible Work?

We're grateful to everyone who shared their story.

The 2026 grants have been awarded. If you're part of a non-profit that could benefit from a future grant, get notified when nominations open again.

And if you know an organization doing incredible work in our community, send this to them.

They may be quietly changing lives every day.

We'd love to help more people know about it.