About Us
The Race for Grace has grown into one of the Southeast’s leading youth-led public health and community service organizations, building a regional network rooted in dignity-centered care, direct outreach, and measurable community impact.
What began as a local effort to meet immediate needs has evolved into a multi-region model focused on food access, community wellbeing, resilience, and youth-led service infrastructure.
Today, our work reaches communities across the Southeast through coordinated outreach, public health-minded initiatives, regional partnerships, and a shared belief that young people can build systems strong enough to strengthen everyday life for others.
Our Leadership
The Race for Grace is led by Gracin Allen, Founder and Executive Director, whose vision has shaped the organization into a youth-led network advancing public health, community resilience, and dignity-centered service across the Southeast. Under his leadership, the organization has expanded into a multi-region model grounded in direct outreach, food access support, and long-term community wellbeing.
Supporting this mission is a growing network of Regional Directors and youth team leaders who help coordinate outreach, partnerships, service efforts, and community-based initiatives across their regions. Together, they strengthen the organization’s presence across the Southeast while keeping the work responsive, unified, and deeply connected to the communities it serves.
The Race for Grace is further supported by youth leaders across communications, research, operations, policy, and community engagement who help move initiatives from vision to action. Working alongside the executive team and Regional Directors, they build the structure, coordination, and service capacity that sustain our mission across the region.
