The ACTEC Foundation considers grant proposals relating to one or more areas of estate planning: (i) preparation and implementation of wills, trusts and other documents, and related tax laws; (ii) administration of trusts and estates of decedents, minors and incompetents through probate or other procedures; (iii) business and personal planning, including investments and employee benefits; (iv) litigation involving the foregoing; (v) improvements and reform of probate, trust and related tax laws and procedures; and (vi) professional responsibility and standards related to the foregoing.

Projects should result in benefit to lawyers in their practice in these areas, or to law students and scholars who may be interested in this field, or better service to the public in these areas.