The Planning grants provide funding to help organizations develop new AmeriCorps programs to address community challenges.
Donor Name: Serve Colorado
State: Colorado
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 09/05/2022
Size of the Grant: up to $60,000
Details:
The mission of AmeriCorps is to improve lives, strengthen communities, and foster civic participation through service and volunteering. AmeriCorps grants are awarded to eligible organizations proposing to engage AmeriCorps members in evidence-based or evidence-informed interventions/practices to strengthen communities. An AmeriCorps member is an individual who engages in community service through an approved national service position. Members may receive a living allowance and other benefits while serving. Upon successful completion of their service, members earn a Segal AmeriCorps Education Award from the National Service Trust that members can use to pay for higher education and training program expenses or apply to qualified student loans.
Focus Areas
All AmeriCorps programming must fit into one of six focus areas: Education; Economic Opportunity; Disaster Response; Environmental Stewardship; Healthy Futures; and Veterans & Military Families.
Serve Colorado Funding Priorities
- COVID response and recovery
- Education
- Colorado Climate Corps
- Advancing Racial Equity
- Economic Mobility
- Health Care
Other Areas of Interest
Serve Colorado believes that AmeriCorps can be part of the solution for a wide range of community challenges and welcomes creative proposals addressing a broad range of community needs. In addition to the above priorities, they are also particularly interested in programs that aim to support:
- Development in rural and mountainous communities;
- Tribal governments and American Indian/Alaska Native communities;
- Immigrant and migrant communities;
- Veterans and military families;
- Workforce development and career pathways;
- Youth aging out of the foster care system; and
Funding Information
Planning grants are cost reimbursement grants up to $60,000.
Eligibility Criteria
The following non-federal entities (defined in 2 CFR 200.1) are eligible to apply:
- Indian Tribes
- Institutions of higher education
- Local governments
- Nonprofit organizations
- States
- Organizations that propose to operate only in Colorado must apply through Serve Colorado.
- Organizations that propose to operate AmeriCorps programs in more than one State or Territory must apply directly to AmeriCorps.
For more information, visit Serve Colorado.
