AmeriCorps is seeking applications for its 2023 Days of Service Grant Program.
Donor Name: AmeriCorps
State: All States
County: All Counties
Territory: American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 05/16/2023
Size of the Grant: $100,000 to $500,000
Grant Duration: 3 years
Details:
AmeriCorps improves lives, strengthens communities, and fosters civic engagement through service and volunteering. AmeriCorps brings people together to tackle some of the country’s most pressing challenges through national service and volunteerism. AmeriCorps members and AmeriCorps Seniors volunteers serve with organizations dedicated to the improvement of communities and those serving. AmeriCorps helps make service a cornerstone of their national culture.
The purpose of the September 11th National Day of Service and Remembrance grant funding is to mobilize more Americans to engage in service activities that meet vital community needs and honor the sacrifice of those who lost their lives or family members on September 11, 2001, or who rose in service as a result of that tragedy.
The purpose of the Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service grant funding is to mobilize more Americans to observe the Martin Luther King Jr. federal holiday as a day of service in communities, to encourage those who serve on this holiday to make a long-term commitment to community service, and to bring people together to focus on service to others.
Funding Priorities
AmeriCorps released its 2022-2026 Strategic Plan that defines the agency’s goals and objectives to advance the agency’s mission to improve lives and strengthen communities. AmeriCorps will execute the following goals to better position the agency to respond to national and local needs and help the communities it serves prosper:
- partner with communities to alleviate poverty and advance racial equity;
- enhance the experience for AmeriCorps members and AmeriCorps Seniors volunteers;
- unite Americans by bringing them together in service;
- effectively steward federal resources; and
- make AmeriCorps one of the best and most equitable places to work in the federal government.
AmeriCorps requests applications that feature major activities occurring on September 11th and/or MLK Day or within approximately one week of the actual Day and engage a significant number of volunteers. In order to carry out Congress’s intent and to maximize the impact of investment in national service, this Day of Service Notice prioritizes grant funding in distinct focus areas for September 11th and MLK Day.
AmeriCorps’ priorities for this funding opportunity are:
- MLK Day of Service, projects to honor Dr. King’s life example and that increase economic, environmental, educational, or other forms of equity and that meet an important immediate community need or advance racial justice and equity solutions
- September 11th Day of Service and Remembrance projects that honor and pay tribute to those who lost their lives on September 11th, 2001, their families, and those who rose in service in response to that tragedy as well as meet an important immediate community need or advance racial justice and equity solutions.
- Projects supporting Environmental Stewardship, including supporting communities to become more resilient through measures that reduce greenhouse gas emissions, conserve land and water, increase renewable energy use and improve at-risk ecosystems, especially in underserved households and communities.
- Projects engaging volunteers from historically underrepresented groups—including but not limited to Black, Indigenous, and people of color; LGBTQI+; veterans and military families; persons in rural areas; and persons with disabilities—in order to remove barriers to their full and equal participation.
- Projects supporting underserved individuals and communities.
- Projects engaging in activities to counter the corrosive effects of hate-fueled violence on their democracy and public safety
To receive priority consideration, applicants must show that the priority area is a significant part of the program focus and its intended outcomes and must include a high-quality program design. Proposing programs that receive priority consideration does not guarantee funding.
Funding Information
- AmeriCorps anticipates approximately $3,500,000 for FY 2023 Days of Service awards.
- Award amounts will vary as determined by the scope of the projects. AmeriCorps will make awards in the range of $100,000 to $500,000.
- Period of Performance: AmeriCorps anticipates making three-year grant awards.
Eligible Applicants
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- City or township governments
- State governments
- County governments
- Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Private institutions of higher education
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
