The AmeriCorps is soliciting applications for its State and National Native Nations Grants.
Donor Name: AmeriCorps
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 05/20/2026
Size of the Grant: Not Available
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 serve with organizations dedicated to the improvement of communities and those serving. AmeriCorps grants are awarded to eligible organizations engaging AmeriCorps members in evidence-based or evidence-informed interventions to strengthen communities. An AmeriCorps member is person who does community service through AmeriCorps. Members may receive a living allowance and other benefits. After successful completion of their service, members earn a Segal AmeriCorps Education Award they can use to pay for higher education expenses or apply to qualified student loans.
Funding Priorities
For this funding opportunity, AmeriCorps will prioritize consideration for applicants from organizations that:
Serve Communities:
- Prioritize civic engagement/social cohesion, and youth mental health;
- Education – improving student academic performance in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM), serving students who attend Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) schools, Tribal Colleges and Universities and Indigenous Urban Centers, Indigenous Teacher
- Preparation, and GED support programs, and programming focused on Indigenous or Tribal Data Sovereignty;
- Promote the preservation and teaching of traditional Native languages and cultural practices;
- Promote sustainable food systems and agriculture, habitat preservation; Indigenous environmental practices; Traditional Ecological Knowledge, and Indigenous food sovereignty (seed saving, foraging, etc.);
- Promote Economic Opportunity – including digital skills and increased access to broadband; infrastructure/transportation assistance; financial readiness; training and access to financial resources for home buying; or college; and college access program;
- Promote Healthy Futures – providing health-related services both on and off reservation lands, including building trauma-informed programs, addressing issues such as Missing and Murdered Indigenous People (MMIP) programs to raise awareness;
- Focus on improving the quality of life for veterans, active-duty members of the Armed Forces, and their families by recruiting veterans, military spouses, and their older children into national service;
Benefit AmeriCorps Members
- Enhanced member experience by providing opportunities for skill attainment, personal growth and connection to the community they are serving in support of a lifetime of civic participation; and
- Create workforce pathways for AmeriCorps members, including deliberate training, such as pre apprenticeship and apprenticeship opportunities, certifications, and hiring preferences or support.
Project Period
AmeriCorps generally makes an initial award for the first year of the three-year period of performance.
Eligibility Criteria
The following non-Federal organizations are eligible to apply:
- Indian Tribes
In addition to Indian Tribes, as defined, tribal organizations that are controlled, authorized, or chartered by Federally recognized Indian Tribes are also eligible to apply directly to AmeriCorps.
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
