Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 AmeriCorps State and National Competitive Grants

Background
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 our national culture.

Grant Details
AmeriCorps grants are awarded to eligible organizations proposing to engage AmeriCorps members in evidence-based or evidence-informed interventions/practices to strengthen communities.
The funding priorities include partnering with communities to alleviate poverty and advance racial equity, enhancing the experience for AmeriCorps members and AmeriCorps Seniors, uniting Americans by bringing them together in service, effectively stewarding federal resources, making AmeriCorps one of the best and most equitable places to work in the federal government, investing in partnerships with non-profit, faith-based, and Tribal organizations, prioritizing investment in public health, climate and the environment, education and economic opportunity within AmeriCorps’ Focus Areas, targeting investments towards communities with populations that face racial inequality and poverty.

Eligibility Requirements
Eligible applicants include nonprofit organizations, State Service Commissions, states and US Territories, Indian Tribes, institutions of higher education, local governments including school districts.
New applicants are encouraged to apply.
Threshold requirements include demonstrating that the community where members will serve has an inadequate number of professionals if applying as a Professional Corps grantee.

Period of Performance
AmeriCorps anticipates making three-year grant awards with an initial award for the first year based on a one-year budget.
The period of performance may not be before July 1, 2024.
Continuation awards for subsequent years are not guaranteed; they depend upon availability of future appropriations and satisfactory performance.

Grant Value
The estimated available funds are subject to annual appropriations.
Award amounts will vary as determined by the scope of the projects.
There is no cost share or matching requirement for Fixed Amount grants.
For Cost Reimbursement grants, applicants must match funds based on a specified chart.