A volunteer grant is a type of grant that organizations can give to people who volunteer their time and energy to a project or to an organization. Organizations can use volunteer grants to reward people for the work they do and to create incentives for people to volunteer more. Volunteer grants can take many forms, such as money, goods, or services. For example, if you volunteer at a soup kitchen, the organization may give you a gift card to a local restaurant as a thank you for your work. This is a volunteer grant.